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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Andrea Janicki

June 28 2012, 22:00:20 UTC 5 years ago

Mostly, I drew from the other suggestions, since there were so many excellent ones. What fun!

Mahir - Dev Patel

Becks - Geneivieve Paladecki - Georgia isn't just aggressive - but someone who could play that way would be perfect for Becks. And she matches my mental image VERY closely. Could have been a debutante, but tough.

Buffy - Dianna Agron - thought about Hayden Panetierre, but Dianna has this kind of softness to her that I imagine Buffy has. You can believe that she's dreamy, yet smart. AnnaSophia Robb is another great pick.

Georgia - Allison Scagliotti. Ellen Muth is very George-like in attitude (not to mention having played a George herself!) I'm not so sure about the hair, but hair is easily fixed, right? Danielle Panabaker has a lot of the right look too. Of the three, I think I'm casting my vote for Danielle.

Shaun - Ian Somerhalder. I had options, and comparisons, and then I saw that picture of him someone has posted, and all of those thoughts went out the window. He has EXACTLY the right look.

Love the touch of Sarah Michelle Gellar for Stacy Mason. How about Nicholas Brendon for Michael? I've always seen him as kind of a Xander.

Second the Emily Deschanel for Emily Ryman.

Gabriela Vergara for Maggie. Runner-up, Eliza Dushku. It's the dimples.

Absolutely, Seanan/Mira should play Dr. Abbey! That would be awesome.

seanan_mcguire

July 6 2012, 23:04:22 UTC 5 years ago

I'm totally wrong for Dr. Abbey, but I love the rest of your suggestions. :)