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Casting Call: David
The video trailer for Three Daves (see my videos below) has got me thinking about who would play who on the big screen. Fun, huh? So I'm going to do a series of blogs to cast each of the characters from Three Daves. And since the entire story takes place in the 80s, it only seems fair to pick an actor from the 80s as well as one from today. Let's start with the Daves, shall we? We'll take them in the order in which they appear in the story, so first up---David. (The following casting call is spoiler-free.)
Here's some excerpts about David, our sensitive loner:
His dark brown hair ... was rumpled, and his expression somewhat glum. Of course, this expression was fairly natural for David. His deep brown, cow-like eyes and his soft-looking pink lips, which curved slightly downward at the corners when he wasn’t deliberately smiling, were always rather melancholy looking.
Jen looked at him, trying not to smile, and was caught off guard by the uncharacteristically impish grin that played all the way into his eyes, giving them a sudden brilliance, even under the dark blanket.
Ahh David. So glum, but so dreamy. A gentle heartthrob, if you will. He's all right enough to look at, but the attraction grows the more you get to know him, so to play David, I prefer a more average-looking bloke with the potential to have a lot going on beneath the surface.
My 1980s choice: Matthew Broderick! That's right, Ferris Beuller. Minus the cocky attitude. Just look at him.
Sullen and serious one moment...
...smiling and adorable the next
My choice for 2010: Jim Sturgess
There is something very unassuming, yet intriguing about Jim Sturgess. Who could blame our heroine for looking at him and unwittingly wondering ...what if?
You may know him as the genius card counter from MIT in 21 or as George Boleyn in The Other Boleyn Girl. And it looks like he's got plenty in the hopper, so we may be seeing a lot more of him. Let's hope.
So what do you think? Did I do good? Any other potential Davids out there?
Here's some excerpts about David, our sensitive loner:
His dark brown hair ... was rumpled, and his expression somewhat glum. Of course, this expression was fairly natural for David. His deep brown, cow-like eyes and his soft-looking pink lips, which curved slightly downward at the corners when he wasn’t deliberately smiling, were always rather melancholy looking.
Jen looked at him, trying not to smile, and was caught off guard by the uncharacteristically impish grin that played all the way into his eyes, giving them a sudden brilliance, even under the dark blanket.
Ahh David. So glum, but so dreamy. A gentle heartthrob, if you will. He's all right enough to look at, but the attraction grows the more you get to know him, so to play David, I prefer a more average-looking bloke with the potential to have a lot going on beneath the surface.
My 1980s choice: Matthew Broderick! That's right, Ferris Beuller. Minus the cocky attitude. Just look at him.
Sullen and serious one moment...
...smiling and adorable the next
My choice for 2010: Jim Sturgess
There is something very unassuming, yet intriguing about Jim Sturgess. Who could blame our heroine for looking at him and unwittingly wondering ...what if?
You may know him as the genius card counter from MIT in 21 or as George Boleyn in The Other Boleyn Girl. And it looks like he's got plenty in the hopper, so we may be seeing a lot more of him. Let's hope.
So what do you think? Did I do good? Any other potential Davids out there?
