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!

psiten

June 25 2012, 22:02:34 UTC 5 years ago

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For Stacy and Michael Mason, I tried to think about who Hollywood might cast for my very specifically suburban parents. For George and Shaun, the criteria mostly consisted of "someone who can act an intelligent badass very well". Soo Ae was probably the best part of Athena: Goddess of War, which just about says it all, and Ian Somerhalder's Damon Salvatore has a wonderful mix of devil-may-care irreverence with borderline psychosis.
Stacy Mason: Sharon Stone	Michael Mason: Pierce Brosnan		George Mason: Soo Ae		Shaun Mason: Ian Somerhalder
Although most of the other members of After the End Times are favorite character actors -- I've always thought Brad Dourif had a riveting, quiet command of expression and space, and Aasif Mandvi has excellent delivery whether he's being serious or funny -- I chose AnnaSophia Robb, someone new to me, as Buffy for bringing an real, approachable feel to blonde and vivacious.
Buffy Meissonier: AnnaSophia Robb		Mahir Gowda: Aasif Mandvi		Rick Cousins:Brad Dourif
For the Republicans, I had to go with the smarmy, fake-charm Kurt Fuller can do so well as Tate, and the up-and-coming Mad Man for Ryman.
David Tate: Kurt Fuller			Peter Ryman: Jon Hamm

idancewithlife

June 26 2012, 03:27:15 UTC 5 years ago

I love all your choices!

June 26 2012, 13:25:48 UTC 5 years ago

Thank you!

shuryorin

June 26 2012, 04:43:06 UTC 5 years ago

I love these choices. They all look perfect. Honestly, your choice for George looks so much like I imagined (minus the hair and lack of shades) her it's scary. I picture her as of at least partial Japanese or Korean decent.

I would probably go with someone with a bit less hair for Professor Mason, but that's the only change I would make.