Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
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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!
Tags: feed, giving stuff away, mira grant, party games, silliness
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vixyish

June 25 2012, 20:43:25 UTC 5 years ago

You know, it's interesting... the Masons being so conscious of their image and their ratings, it could go either way. They could decide they should look totally homogenous because it looks better... *or* they could decide it looks good for their ratings to adopt children of color (and the "poor" that would be implied there) because it shows how open-minded they are and etc etc. I can think of a couple of white celebrities who got a lot of mileage out of that very concept, and I can see the Masons going that particular route.

So it would kind of work either way as far as their characters.

asphaltangel

June 26 2012, 00:48:20 UTC 5 years ago

You know, I actually imagined them having this conversation, and Mr. Mason wanting to have a multicultural family, but Mrs. Mason saying something along the lines of "We aren't Brad and Angelina" then insisting their kids look like them.

She's extra special, the Mrs. Mason that inhabits my imagination.