Faerie Blood Casting Call

[annathepiper]

I’d previously tossed this around trying to brainstorm ideas for the Drollerie blog tour posts, and I’m probably jumping the gun to post it now… but what the hey. I can’t resist. Herein is my current dream cast for the movie version of Faerie Blood that plays in my brain. It is of course subject to alteration at whim:

Kendis: I’ve waffled back and forth on who should play her. Right now I’m leaning to Freema Agyeman, only with redder hair and an American accent.

Christopher: Russell Crowe, aged 32, and looking as much like Cort in The Quick and the Dead as possible, only with a Newfoundland accent. And a bouzouki.

Jude: Ooh, tough call. In no small part because Jude in my brain is sort of a cross between two awesome actual people I know. I’d need somebody short and stocky and no-nonsense.

Elessir: Also hard to cast! But should be able to pull off not only looking like an elf, but looking like an elf who looks like Elvis, and most importantly, has enough sublime and lofty arrogance that he makes it look good. Black hair and blue eyes are a must.

Millie: K Callan, the actress who played Martha Kent in Lois and Clark.

Aggie: Honestly, if she weren’t too young for the role, I’d say Gina Torres. Maybe drop another thirty years on her. She’s got the sort of determined strength about her that seems right for Aggie, and plus, I think Aggie was absolutely that gorgeous when she was a young woman.

Carson: Despite this character’s name inevitably reminding me of Queer Eye for the Straight Eye, my Carson is a lot rougher and craggier-looking. He’s kind of Harrison-Ford-y, circa Clear and Present Danger, maybe.

Jake: Jet Li, minus about ten years.

Malandor: Hugo Weaving, only with red hair.

Melisanda: Nicole Kidman.

Tarrant: I think this is the only character I don’t have any real idea for; when I think of him, what comes to mind honestly is the fair-haired male of the High Ones in Elfquest, way back in the first graphic novel. This is what he gets for being a bit part.

Amelialoren: Cate Blanchett.

Luciriel: Michelle Pfeiffer.

I think that’s everybody of interest. It’ll be amusing to see how this changes as I work on Book 2.

Mirrored from angelakorrati.com.

Comments

[wingedelf.livejournal.com]

Jasus, cast The Doyle as Christopher and be done wi' it already. ;-)

[annathepiper]

*chortle* Oh, The Doyle (minus about 15 years) is busy being Kestar over in Lament of the Dove. ;)

[gerimaple.livejournal.com]

He's multi-talented to be sure, but can the man actually *act*? ;)

Also, I need a re-read before I can make any other intelligent comments. Any word on when I can buy it?

[annathepiper]

The beauty of it is, since this is dream casting that has absolutely nothing to do with anything like, y'know, reality, I can envision the characters however I damn well please, and their inspirations need not actually be actors.

(Although I grant that Kestar, being significantly more understated than Alan typically is to a GBS audience, might present The Doyle with a challenge. He'd have to dial it down. ;) )

But as for Faerie Blood, still waiting for edits. News will be posted the instant I have it!

[kisanthe.livejournal.com]

What, you mean Kestar isn't Harrison Ford? ;)

[annathepiper]

Hee, I've already addressed to you live, but for the benefit of others here:

Kestar actually originally was played in my brain by Harrison Ford. (This being of course because of old and well-loved PernMUSH history involving his predecessor from whom I swiped his name, still documented in my RP logs archive, for those who care to look. ^_^) However, The Doyle took over playing him because he looks more to me like a human boy with a strong streak of elf blood in him.

[lyonesse.livejournal.com]

i'd at least audition for jude :)

[annathepiper]

You would do her very well! :)

[thunderpigeon.livejournal.com]

Oh, I was _so_ waiting for the chance to blog tour the cast. I have the cast of Antlered Bird all figured out (or I did at one point), but I wanted to take the time to write a little about why, so as to introduce the characters through the posting.

I guess I'll do it on my Web site anyway, sometime later.

[annathepiper]

Ah, but you see, the beauty of it is, if we do this as a blog tour topic we'll be posting them on somebody else's blogs! ;) So chances are still good that they won't hit a repeat audience. I mean, other than us Drollerie authors, maybe.

I'm not the first to have done it, though; I noticed it on one of the others' blogs, which is why I went ahead and did it. If I queue it up as a topic later I'll be sure to give enough wiggle room to make it interesting for anybody who's posted about it already, though!