jo_graham (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} jo_graham) wrote,@ 2009-06-09 07:40:00 |
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Imaginary Casting
A couple of people have asked me how I'd cast Black Ships if it were a movie. That's not really how I think about things while I'm writing -- I know exactly what the characters look like, but they don't look like particular people I know or like particular actors. That said, I've been thinking about how I would cast it if I could, and if by some magic possibility I could get everyone the right ages at the same time!
My Gull would probably be Olivia Hussey back in the day when she played Juliet in the Franco Zefferelli version of Romeo and Juliet in 1968. Gull is only seventeen when she begins her journey, and young Olivia Hussey manages to convey both innocence and strength, as well as having a certain otherworldly quality.
My best Xandros might be Duncan Regehr, once again age regressed to the early 80s! It's not a great picture, but the best one I could find of him at that age, as most of them are from his later run as Zorro. Again, Xandros is very young, 21-23 during their journey. Oddly enough, Duncan Regehr and Olivia Hussey were once in the same movie, the dreadful Last Days of Pompeii, which I saw as a teen, screamed about the historicity loudly, and veged on the Temple of Isis.
Neas is the hardest. I need some help with this one! I know exactly what he looks like, but I can't think who would play him.
Do you guys have ideas, for Neas or anyone else?
A couple of people have asked me how I'd cast Black Ships if it were a movie. That's not really how I think about things while I'm writing -- I know exactly what the characters look like, but they don't look like particular people I know or like particular actors. That said, I've been thinking about how I would cast it if I could, and if by some magic possibility I could get everyone the right ages at the same time!
My Gull would probably be Olivia Hussey back in the day when she played Juliet in the Franco Zefferelli version of Romeo and Juliet in 1968. Gull is only seventeen when she begins her journey, and young Olivia Hussey manages to convey both innocence and strength, as well as having a certain otherworldly quality.
My best Xandros might be Duncan Regehr, once again age regressed to the early 80s! It's not a great picture, but the best one I could find of him at that age, as most of them are from his later run as Zorro. Again, Xandros is very young, 21-23 during their journey. Oddly enough, Duncan Regehr and Olivia Hussey were once in the same movie, the dreadful Last Days of Pompeii, which I saw as a teen, screamed about the historicity loudly, and veged on the Temple of Isis.
Neas is the hardest. I need some help with this one! I know exactly what he looks like, but I can't think who would play him.
Do you guys have ideas, for Neas or anyone else?
