Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: chipper
  • Music: The cats thumping around the house.

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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pujaemuss

July 1 2012, 02:27:53 UTC 5 years ago

I'd personally go with Emilia Clarke for George - she's got enough of a look of vulnerability about her to sucker some people in, but she could definitely be hard-edged when she needs to be:


One that might get me scoffed at, but Zac Efron would be my Shaun. If you try and forget High School musical, he's grown up into a pretty good actor and he's got the smile to sell the Irwin merchadise:


Liam Cunningham for the world-weary Rick:


I'd like to second someone else's Dichen Lachman and Nathan Fillion for Bex and Ryman respectively. Perfect casting that I can't improve upon.


I'm struggling for a Buffy. Maybe Maisie Williams? Although she might be a bit young, she's got the fragile, pale indoorsy look of a Fictional. Need blonde hair dye though:


PJW

seanan_mcguire

July 6 2012, 22:16:06 UTC 5 years ago

This is some FABULOUS casting.