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 26 2012, 15:42:41 UTC 5 years ago Edited: June 27 2012, 12:23:30 UTC
Shawn Mason – Jason Dohring. I know I read a post by Seanan saying that Jason would be her pick but it just works.
Georgia Mason – Kristen Bell. I just can’t go past the chemistry between Jason and Kristen on Veronica Mars and Kristen has the gutsy attitude required for Georgia. She would have to have brown hair of course.
Georgette "Buffy" Meissonie – Amanda Seyfried. She’s got the right look and she’s capable of pulling off Buffy’s tech aspects as well as her duplicity.
Rick Cousins - Martin Freeman – Already attuned to blogging from Sherlock he would make a great Rick.
Peter Ryman – Rob Lowe. Sam Seaborn is the archetype of the idealist young politician and would suit Peter Ryaman.
Emily Ryman - Jennifer Ehle. I was so impressed with Jennifer Ehle in theIdes of March, even if her part was small, she was the perfect politician’s wife.
Michael Mason – Michael Douglas. He might be a bit old but my reasoning is that as they adopted Shawn and Georgia he doesn’t necessarily have to be young. He has the air of a collage professor and people would trust what he says.
Stacey Mason – Catherine Zeta Jones. This was a hard one. I decided on Catherine because of her marriage to Michael Douglas and her work in Entrapment shows she can do Irwin activities such as climbing through laser beams.
Mahir Gowda - Kunal Nayyar. I don’t know whether he can do straight acting but I love him on Big BangTheory.
Rebecca "Becks" Atherton – Summer Glau. Because what movie wouldn’t be made better by having Summer Glau as a part of the cast. Despite it being a bit role in the first movie her name would drawn people in and she would kick ass in Deadline.
Shawn Mason – Jason Dohring. I know I read a post by Seanan saying that Jason would be her pick but it just works.
<img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TrI6AiMiy14/TlwoRD33FXI/AAAAAAAAA3U/F9yLVyVWgJM/s320/Jason_Dohring.jpg" alt="" />
Georgia Mason – Kristen Bell. I just can’t go past the chemistry between Jason and Kristen on Veronica Mars and Kristen has the gutsy attitude required for Georgia. She would have to have brown hair of course.
<img src="http://celebritywonder.ugo.com/wp/Kristen_Bell_in_Burlesque_Wallpaper_8_800.jpg" alt="" />
Georgette "Buffy" Meissonie – Amanda Seyfried. She’s got the right look and she’s capable of pulling off Buffy’s tech aspects as well as her duplicity.
<img src="http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMjUyODkwODUyMF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMzU3MjYxMw@@._V1._SY314_CR32,0,214,314_.jpg" alt="" />
Rick Cousins - Martin Freeman – Already attuned to blogging from Sherlock he would make a great Rick.
<img src="http://www.thebluemidget.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Martin-Freeman-as-Watson-in-Sherlock-221x350.jpg" alt="" />
Peter Ryman – Rob Lowe. Sam Seaborn is the archetype of the idealist young politician and would suit Peter Ryaman.
<img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BzG5ZK_l7oc/Td52Z9oW4EI/AAAAAAAAAWo/6LgzF1TQRgY/s320/6a00d83451be5969e200e54f3232f68833-640wi.jpg." alt="" />
Emily Ryman - Jennifer Ehle. I was so impressed with Jennifer Ehle in theIdes of March, even if her part was small, she was the perfect politician’s wife.
<img src="http://0.tqn.com/d/movies/1/7/f/x/X/ides-of-march-george-clooney-jeffrey-wright-jennifer-ehle.jpg" alt="" />
Michael Mason – Michael Douglas. He might be a bit old but my reasoning is that as they adopted Shawn and Georgia he doesn’t necessarily have to be young. He has the air of a collage professor and people would trust what he says.
<img src="http://bernews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/michael-douglas-solitary-man1-289x300.jpg" alt="" />
Stacey Mason – Catherine Zeta Jones. This was a hard one. I decided on Catherine because of her marriage to Michael Douglas and her work in Entrapment shows she can do Irwin activities such as climbing through laser beams.
<img src="http://www.the-reel-mccoy.com/movies/1999/images/entrapment1.jpg" alt="" />
Mahir Gowda - Kunal Nayyar. I don’t know whether he can do straight acting but I love him on Big BangTheory.
<img src="http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/m536/osanna-o75/big_bang_kunal_nayyar-3.jpg" alt="" />
Rebecca "Becks" Atherton – Summer Glau. Because what movie wouldn’t be made better by having Summer Glau as a part of the cast. Despite it being a bit role in the first movie her name would drawn people in and she would kick ass in Deadline.
<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2r0njh93D1qj6xr4o1_500.jpg".alt="" />
Governor Tate – Sir Ian Mckellen. This may be influenced by the fact that I recently watched X-men but he is a great villain and would bring the necessary belief that what he was doing was right to turn Tate from a caricature to a vision of a frightening future.
<img src="http://topnews.in/light/files/Sir_Ian_McKellen.jpg" alt="" />
July 6 2012, 23:48:56 UTC 5 years ago