Perfect Casting, part 2

[Jaeh]

I could see it if she tanned and bronzed up for the part, right now she just doesn't quite fit my mental image of Susan.  Now my favorite for Susan would probably be everyone's favorite deputy, Erica Cerra, but I'm positive she's been brought up before.

...I brought her up. :p

I knew I'd seen the name mentioned here! Great call. I haven't seen her act so I'll have to take your word for it in that department but she's got the look for sure. Sultry, looks generally like the right ethnic background (but I guess that is kind of controversial right now so I didn't say that ) and looks like she could

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kick major butt as a half vampire.

I have to say she is probably the most solidly cast in my mind...I should have looked her up sooner. Post your full list of casting choices and I'll look them up when I have time. (I just started college so be warned, we're looking at a few days at least.) 

my current definite and solid cast in my head would be:

Harry - Michael Weatherly


Susan - Sarah Shahi


Thomas - Matt Bomer



(uh, yeah, I just like looking at him, lol. xD)
Marcone - Mark Harmon



...that's about it for now. haven't found my definite Murphy and Michael yet.

[MoSeS]

I am leaning more toward Movie Actors than TV Actors because my idea of a perfect cast would be geared toward a Silver Screen version and not another TV Show version.

I am no actor myself, but there are tons of debates especially from acting school attendees about the difference in Acting for Television, Film, and Theater.

Personally, I have always felt there is a difference between them.

However there are always exceptions,
though for me, most of those have been within the last 5 years.

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So that basically reinforces for us fans of seeing a younger actor play Harry, than a lot of the old guys that are being suggested. 

haha, yeah, more or less. Harry is going to appear to age normally until he MAYBE hits 40, by which point, his physiology is going to slow down. He might not even appear to actually look like he's in his 60s until he's well into his first century and a half.

[hatshep2]

my current definite and solid cast in my head would be:

Harry - Michael Weatherly
Susan - Sarah Shahi
Thomas - Matt Bomer
(uh, yeah, I just like looking at him, lol. xD)
Marcone - Mark Harmon

...that's about it for now. haven't found my definite Murphy and Michael yet.

I have to say you have very good tastes. I'm still making up my mind about Michael Weatherly (basically clearing my head of preconcieved notions I got from Dark Angel) but I am kind of liking him for the role. Like I said, Sarah Shahi is spot on for Susan! Your casting for Thomas is...well, he's Matt Bomer - what else can I say? And I must say Mark Harmon is excellent. I would not have thought of him (NCIS is not a regualr show I watch) but I think he's got the kind of presence that Marcone would have. Granted, he seems a little too old for me but even so I think he could do a very respectably job.

[Vash the white]

i would be fine with a t.v show or doing something like they did with the stand. but damn it i want at least two books a season!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[kennedy_c]

Okay - Like Mark Sheppard for Nicodemus (he even looks like a smarmy @sshole)

Was thinking that Hayden Panettiere could make a good Murph. . .if she was older (she has even studied martial arts)

A few more new ones:

Sean Blakemore as Sanya
Katee Sackhoff as Charity
Christina Hendricks as Lea

Lindsay Lohan as Maeve (she wouldn't really have to act much)

[Jaeh]

I am leaning more toward Movie Actors than TV Actors because my idea of a perfect cast would be geared toward a Silver Screen version and not another TV Show version.

I am no actor myself, but there are tons of debates especially from acting school attendees about the difference in Acting for Television, Film, and Theater.

Personally, I have always felt there is a difference between them.

However there are always exceptions,
though for me, most of those have been within the last 5 years.

well yeah, there's this, but I've always thought that most of movie actors are far too recognizable, and I don't want anyone recognizable for DF - but ones with acting experience.

and thanks, hatshep2!

[snowbank]

Actually, that's mostly a myth these days.  Women earn less in the aggregate than men by some measures, but when you adjust for number of hours worked and compare the same job to the same job, the gap mostly vanishes.

No. Women who take time off to raise kids (slackers!) often make less, but all things being equal, men still get paid more. And just look at the disparities in numbers. How many women run Fortune 500 companies or are on boards of directors at major financial institutions? Men prefer to hire men for business.

Again, not true, that law simply doesn't say that.  The law might be a good or a bad idea, but the popular idea of it produced by the news coverage and political spinning is totally fallacious.

Actually I think it's pretty close to the federal law, which wasn't enforced. It may be the more likely enforcement  possibilities are what drives the emotional response.

And Judy Garland didn't look like a 14 year old in the Wizard of Oz, either. (or was Dorothy 12 in the books?)

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Okay - Like Mark Sheppard for Nicodemus (he even looks like a smarmy @sshole)

Thank you! And thank Bluebeard, too, lol. It was Bluebeard's idea in the first place.

Was thinking that Hayden Panettiere could make a good Murph. . .if she was older (she has even studied martial arts)

Which is why I originally wanted (and still do want, tbh) Sarah Michelle Gellar. She actually is the same age now as Murphy is at the beginning of the books, and she has also studied martial arts (she's a black belt in Taikwondo which, granted, is worlds away from her being a seasoned aikidōka, but she is a trained martial artist, and once you have the basic discipline down, she wouldn't have much trouble applying the disciplines, albeit in a different way, toward aikido)

A few more new ones:

Sean Blakemore as Sanya
Katee Sackhoff as Charity
Christina Hendricks as Lea

Lindsay Lohan as Maeve (she wouldn't really have to act much)

Sean Blakemore -- Spot on. Wow. I was beginning to despair of ever finding Sanya This guy looks awesome. He's exactly how I pictured Sanya... But can he do a Russian accent?


Katee Sackhoff -- I've never seen her act. Sorry Does she look like a woman that builds her husband's weapons, sword fights with him, and used to rebuild motorcycles?


Christina Hendricks -- Holy crap! I can DEFINITELY see this woman as a psychopathic magic-wielding, violent Sidhe!


And Lohan as Maeve? Yeah, why not? She's got the cat-like eyes. Plus, Maeve is pretty much a bloodthirsty horndog. That's, like, Lohan's lifetime achievement.

[snowbank]

Katee Sackoff was Starbuck in the new Battlestar Galactica. She can do physical strength in a very compelling way.

[hatshep2]

Sean Blakemore -- Spot on. Wow. I was beginning to despair of ever finding Sanya This guy looks awesome. He's exactly how I pictured Sanya... But can he do a Russian accent?


Christina Hendricks -- Holy crap! I can DEFINITELY see this woman as a psychopathic magic-wielding, violent Sidhe!


And Lohan as Maeve? Yeah, why not? She's got the cat-like eyes. Plus, Maeve is pretty much a bloodthirsty horndog. That's, like, Lohan's lifetime achievement.

Sean Blakemore looks exactly how I picure Sanya! He has my vote for sure!!! Christina Hendricks, a perfect Sidhe. (She is being suggested for Leah, not Mab, right?) I'm afraid I can't agree if the Lohan you are talking about is Lindsay Lohan. She has no shred of dignity or professionalism left to her name, might wind up in jail for drug possession (or DUI, or whatever) while they're trying to film the movie, and has no sex appeal now that she's become a drugged up crackhead. Not saying I have someone in mind for her - she is a very hard character to cast - just that I really couldn't approve of Lohan in anything. But I would almost take her as Maeve if that would assure Sean Blackmore the role of Sanya. He is that awesome!

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Sean Blakemore looks exactly how I picure Sanya! He has my vote for sure!!! Christina Hendricks, a perfect Sidhe. (She is being suggested for Leah, not Mab, right?)

LOL, yes, she is being suggested for Lea.

I'm afraid I can't agree if the Lohan you are talking about is Lindsay Lohan.

It is, and it was incredibly dry sarcasm I used, lol. That fool would probably start a fight with a studio exec if she found out she had to wear her hair in glacier-colored dreads.

He is that awesome!

He is indeed!

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On a random note, what do you all think of Matt Lanter (below) as Will Borden? He's the voice of Anakin Skywalker on Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated series, and he's the lead actor in that Twilight mockery, Vampires Suck, as Edward Sullen (*snickers*). Plus, he plays Liam Court on 90210... which I'm not keen on, but hey, he voices Anakin, which is nifty, so I forgive him.

(just so y'all know, he has my vote, especially since he was born 30 minutes away from my hometown in Ohio. Same county, even )

[j3nnee]

I just watched my first episode of "the glades" and maybe it was the whole "moving from Chicago" bit that got me but the main guy played by Matt Passmore (he's Australian) made me think he could maybe pull off Harry. He's 6 ft and has some snark I think. I found him rather interesting. Almost tempted now to start recording the show cause it wasn't half bad.

But that's my two cents or something...

[hatshep2]

LOL, yes, she is being suggested for Lea.

It is, and it was incredibly dry sarcasm I used, lol. That fool would probably start a fight with a studio exec if she found out she had to wear her hair in glacier-colored dreads.

He is indeed!

Thank God!Lol! I really should have known you had to be joking, especially given your other awesome castings. (But, then again, there are some crazy ideas out there.)
And as for Matt Lanter...cute! I'd never really seen or heard of him before (unless the "Vampires Suck" commercial playing on TV as I sort of watched counts) but I think he would be a great Will. (I always forget to mention him as one of the appealing guys in DF - in my list with Thomas, Michael, and Harry - but he is certainly one of my favorite characters.)
As for Matt Passmore as Harry, I'll have to look him up. Attitude is so important when casting someone with such a um...unique personality.