chipperA 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!
June 25 2012, 21:01:49 UTC 5 years ago
My casting was highly influenced by the fact that I was marathoning Dead Like Me when I was reading Feed, but it's always seemed right in my head and not just because Georgia Lass in Dead Like Me has the same name, and Mason in Dead Like Me has Shaun's last name. Just. Well.
Ellen Muth as Georgia. 1. 2. 3. First reason I'd want her to be Georgia is just because of how perfectly Georgia she is in Dead Like Me. Sarcastic, dangerous without really acknowledging it, and clever as all hell, so we know that Ellen Muth would be able to handle the role well. Maybe Georgia Mason would be quite a bit more lethal than Georgia Lass, but I have a feeling she'd roll with the part. Second are her features. She has very dark eyes. In some shots you can tell that they're brown, but in most shots they're so dark that they look black, same as I'd imagine Georgia's retinal Kellis-Amberlee. Her hair tends to be blond in most shows, with the roots showing through dark. This is very Georgia without having had a chance to dye her hair in awhile to me, though for Ellen Muth with properly dyed "Georgia" hair, there is this.
Callum Blue as Shaun. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. If anything, Callum Blue's Mason has far more in common with Shaun than Ellen Muth's Georgia Lass has in common with Georgia Mason. There are the obvious differences, but for those of you who have seen the show, Mason had a mischievous personality with the thrill for danger that is so essentially Irwin. He's protective of those he cares about, and his love for people is both secreted away and so blatant that it's ridiculous. And Ellen Muth and Callum Blue are beautiful when they play off of each other, same as Georgia and Shaun would be.
Pictures of those two together: 1. 2. 3.
June 25 2012, 21:02:19 UTC 5 years ago
Buffy is difficult, because I saw her as a combination of people (Sarah Michelle Gellar, Kristin Bell, Dianna Agron, Laura Harris.) For the same reason as before, my opinion is biased towards Laura Harris. And the image of Buffy making Shaun dance with her makes me happy. While Laura Harris' Daisy in Dead Like Me acts a lot like Buffy, I still can't see it.
Sendhil Ramamurthy as Mahir. 1. 2. 3. 4. In my head Sendhil is around Mahir's age, if not just slightly younger. He's also brilliant at playing the most clever of people, which Mahir is.
Bill Pullman as Governor Tate. 1. 2. He's entirely too good at playing the villain behind everything, and looks the part.
For Rick, I agree with
Gina Torres as Becks. 1. 2. While she's a little older than I'd put Becks, she is also an extreme badass and I can see her being a brilliant Becks.
I had people in mind for the (older) Masons and Senator Ryman, but for the life of me I cannot remember them now.
June 26 2012, 14:46:44 UTC 5 years ago
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