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 28 2012, 04:04:51 UTC 5 years ago
And I'm casting based purely on matching my mental images alone and not acting ability (that's a whole different question).
For Shaun I see Rowly Dennis:
http://www.poptower.com/rowly-dennis-pi
I like that picture because it looks like a blogger shot.
and for Georgia I totally picture someone like Jordana Brewster:
https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1CH
(I couldn't pick just one picture - she was too perfect of the actresses I looked at)
For Georgia I definitely required someone that shared similiar features with a striking Indian woman while yet retaining a different ethnic identity. Also, obviously her dark hair was mentioned often enough.
Is it terrible that I see them as beautiful? Maybe it's because I love Georgia so much so I automatically assign onto her physical characteristics that I'm drawn to. and Shaun to me just has to look like someone that is going to poke things with sticks and of course he has to try and look good on camera. I mean, how else would he have such a high viewership? Especially amongst the females of America? Not that I care about it, but I mean, his hair's going to be bleached from being outdoors and from well, bleach. And then he'll likely tan easily because he's not perma sunburned and freckled. You know that Teutonic heritage that could have dark hard but the sun insta bleaches and without sun is pasty but almost immediately tans? Also known as Dark German? That's his genotype.
This is going to seem weird, but imagine Jessica Simpson as Buffy. She's short, and for me Buffy has to be short and not just because everyone in Whedon's show is short (seriously? Charisma is the tallest at like 5'6?) and can totally pull off all the blonde characteristics of the character and I think I even give her enough depth of acting to pull of the intelligence.
I tried to look for some of the other characters but either they weren't vibrant enough for me to completely visualize them or well, maybe the right match just isn't out there. Or they could be played by so many people it could be anyone! Who can say. :)
July 6 2012, 23:08:33 UTC 5 years ago