Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
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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Charles Ellis

June 25 2012, 21:59:07 UTC 5 years ago

Georgia: Danielle Panabaker (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1263939/) . I'm mostly familiar with her from "Shark" but she has fairly broad experience for her age, which is close to the right range, and I think she could pull it off.

More ethnically diverse option for Georgia: Freida Pinto (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2951768/) who would be more likely to bear a resemblance to Mahir's wife.

Shaun: I see several "Heroes" alumni have been mentioned for roles, so how about Thomas Dekker (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0215281/) who appeared in the first season and then went on to play John Connor. He has the bonus of being close in age to my pick for Georgia.

Buffy: I have to agree that Hayden Panettiere would be a good pick for that role.

Stacy Mason: I don't know quite why, but I keep seeing Natasha Henstridge (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000449/) in this role. She does make a good action girl.

Michael Mason: Tough one, most of the actors I can picture as being professorial tend to be about 70, Upon further review of the source material, I'll have to go with David Caruso based on the physical description from Blackout.

Rick Cousins: I'll take Joshua Jackson (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005045/) for this one.

Senator Ryman: Simon Baker (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0048932/) who, in addition to his acting skills, has previously demonstrated a willingness to appear in a zombie movie (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0418819/).

Governor Tate: John Lithgow (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001475/) who can definitely fulfill the role and is unfortunately too old to play Michael Mason.

seanan_mcguire

June 26 2012, 17:53:11 UTC 5 years ago

I like these choices.