Content is hard. Let's have CASTING!: seanan

Content is hard. Let's have CASTING!

It's been a while since we've had a good fantasy casting thread, and this promises to be a crazy week at work, so I figure it's time to have a pretty party. This week, we're casting Feed. Feel free to cast other works in the Newsflesh universe as well (so if you want a high-profile actress for Becks, when it's essentially a cameo in the first book, explain how you'll use her in the second). Pictures are a plus!

A few things to keep in mind:

There is absolutely no reason, by the text, that the actors cast for Georgia and Shaun need to be white. George is described as "pale" after she's been inside for a long period of time, but that's it. The only characters that really need to be cast Caucasian are Buffy and the older Masons (Stacy and Michael). Buffy because she's blonde, the Masons because they're a very specific sort of suburban archetype gone horribly wrong.

Your Shaun and Georgia should be similar in age, because they're going to be playing off each other a lot.

Explaining your casting/supplying pictures is a big, big plus.

At the end of the week—well, Thursday; I'm on a plane all day Friday—I'll pick the dream cast I like best and send them a signed copy of Blackout. Because I hate the post office but hate thinking about addresses more, this is open to everyone.

Have fun!

dostehseh

June 25 2012, 14:27:40 UTC 5 years ago Edited: June 25 2012, 14:28:17 UTC

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I just watched HBO's "Newsroom" last night, and wanted Dev Patel for Mahir immediately. I mean, probably him being in a newsroom biased me. It was terrible, the moment I saw him in the newsroom, I thought, "HEY THAT GUY IS MAHIR!" :(

Adrianne Palicki - if I imagine her with super curly hair. I don't know why I picture Buffy with super curly hair. Anyway. She would work for me. She has, to me, that kind of busty blonde goofy look, but not really ... bimbo-y. I am not great with the words.

Georgia is always hard. Currently I am leaning towards Genevieve Padalecki. She has strong features and, from what I've seen of her acting, does kind of ... aggressive firm pushy well. Haha. She'd just have to cut her hair.

For Sean, I want Jessie Williams. Again, I am biased because I am in love with him, but he also kind of has a really mischievous ... expression. Often. And mischievous is how I want Sean to look more often than not, haha. Plus, look at his eyes.

Rick, I vote for Henry Cavill. He's younger than the actors for Sean and Georgia, which if I recall, would not be correct, but his physical age progression in the Tudors leads me to believe he could play older AND I think shows his likely ability to transform from the Rick in the first to the Rick in the last.

Finally, for Ryman, I say Nathan Fillion. He has that kind of ... strong jawed look that should just be a caricature of a politician, plus I think he could play off the fine line between cheesy political posturing and not quite cheesy political posturing that would make a good Ryman. If that makes sense.