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!

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June 25 2012, 17:05:21 UTC 5 years ago

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Sean Mason - Thomas Dekker
Georgia Mason - Allison Scagliotti
Georgette "Buffy" Meissonier - Leven Rambin
Mahir Gowda - Alessandro Juliani
Senator Peter Ryman - Stephen Moyer
Rick Cousins - Tom Hiddleston
Rebecca "Becks" Atherton - Anna Kendrick

eurii

June 25 2012, 17:22:09 UTC 5 years ago

I am in love with your choices!

spectralbovine

June 25 2012, 17:27:26 UTC 5 years ago

Anna Kendricks as Becks FTW! Good choices all around, really, though I'd want someone Indian for Mahir.

vixyish

June 25 2012, 19:05:37 UTC 5 years ago

That was my first thought as well re: Mahir.

thegreenyear

June 25 2012, 20:19:32 UTC 5 years ago

that was exactly who i pictured as Mahir, too! though i didn't know his name at the time.

June 25 2012, 20:23:27 UTC 5 years ago

Actually I was replying to

spectralbovine, agreeing that my first thought was that I'd rather see an Indian actor for Mahir.

taldragon

June 25 2012, 17:44:36 UTC 5 years ago

"Georgia Mason - Allison Scagliotti"

oooh good call! although i think she'd be my choice for Buffy.

batyatoon

June 25 2012, 23:03:10 UTC 5 years ago

Actually, I've been picturing Dr. Kellis as Alessandro Juliani. But that's a friend's fault.

brightlotusmoon

June 26 2012, 00:30:28 UTC 5 years ago

Ooh, ooh, I love these, all of them.

I was thinking that for Mahir, my other pick would be Kunal Nayyar. He can pull off a good shy astrophysicist on "The Big Bang Theory" and I can certainly see him indulging in all of Mahir's expressions and love of tea. It's a rough choice between Juliani and Nyaar for me...