Perfect Casting, part 2

[Wonderdude]

Sorry, but too much forehead; maybe she and Marcia Cross could get together and form a society for women with mutant foreheads?

XD
Plus, to me, Christina Ricci is just too much of a human anime character.  She can do the "strange, mysterious woman" thing great, and she's got the Goth cred, but she's just too fragile-looking to be a believable Murphy.  Murphy's tough.   She's a cop and a martial artist. 
Sarah Michelle Geller...maybe.  She's a bit too waifish, too, in my book.  It worked on Buffy because of the dichotomy between the "saviour of the world" and the "tiny blonde girl."  But Murphy's supposed to be what keeps the Dresdenverse grounded in the real world.  She's a vanilla human, so if an actress has to kick butt like Murphy, she's gotta have some muscle mass to her.  You couldn't just explain it away by saying she has superpowers or whatever.

Christina Ricci would be a good choice for Esmeralda Batista, the vampire assassin from Changes, though. 

[hatshep2]

Maybe she's just always gotten more Goth type roles and hasn't had the chance to show her ability to play a tough marial artist type. Granted, I've only seen pics and clips so I'd want to see her do a screen test first but I'm not ready to discount her based on role history.

[۞†Grey Warden†۞]

I say we clone clint eastwood and then age him to 26 and have him be harry

[adgramaine]

There's too many pages for me to sift through, but has anyone thought of Molly Quinn (Castle; the daughter) for the part of, well, Molly?

[۞†Grey Warden†۞]

Nope and for good reason shes a red head

[adgramaine]

Hair can be dyed and there are things called wigs 

She pulls of the sweet side perfectly. Plus, she's got snark as seen in the show....

[۞†Grey Warden†۞]

I don't think she could be hardcore enough

[Snowleopard]

I think she's a little too fine boned to be Murphy.
Murphy isn't huge but neither is she so fine boned you think you'll break something if you touch her.
I've seen one of Ricci's costumes - I thought it belonged to a kid not an adult.

[۞†Grey Warden†۞]

How bout Hayden Penetierre  for Murphy. Just make her look a little bit older

[hatshep2]

How bout Hayden Penetierre  for Murphy. Just make her look a little bit older

Nah...too youthful no matter what you do.

For Molly, how about Mekenna Melvin (aka Casey's daughter from "Chuck)?

[۞†Grey Warden†۞]

it's called movie magic

[tiny[but]fierce]

How bout Hayden Penetierre  for Murphy. Just make her look a little bit older

And just why would you choose someone who's younger when there happens to be just that many more women who are literally the right age for the role? Murph starts the stories off in her early thirties, and her back story says that she's been a peace officer since before she was able to vote. That means at least 15 years of the wear and tear of being a Chicago cop. "Movie magic" or awesome face make-up or not, Hayden Panetierre, IMHO, can NOT pull off the role. Not when there's so many others who can.

[Snowleopard]

And just why would you choose someone who's younger when there happens to be just that many more women who are literally the right age for the role? Murph starts the stories off in her early thirties, and her back story says that she's been a peace officer since before she was able to vote. That means at least 15 years of the wear and tear of being a Chicago cop. "Movie magic" or awesome face make-up or not, Hayden Panetierre, IMHO, can NOT pull off the role. Not when there's so many others who can.

Very true.  Murphy requires a woman with acting chops.  Panetierre is not there yet in age or experience.

[۞†Grey Warden†۞]

I think she can be a tough nonsense kinda girl.

[tiny[but]fierce]

I think she can be a tough nonsense kinda girl.

Tough? Not so much. Nonsense? I agree, she's full of nonsense.