My Imaginary Cast

Alright so in one of the author groups I'm in, we've been talking about this entertaining game of "If my book ever gets made into a movie, who would play in it?"

Rob

Rob has wheatish hair, blue eyes, fairly tall, and not particularly brawny.  I always imagine him as drop dead hot, obviously.  So this is who I would pick:

Lucas Till, of X Men First Class and the Hannah Montana Movie fame:

BUT he can compete with Chace Crawford of Gossip Girl fame:

John Little:

Chris Pine.  In a heartbeat.  He is so hot and he could pull off the charm as a defense mechanism gambit.  Very hot.

Okay, I'm starting to think I just like dudes in gray suits.

Much Miller

Much is a tougher one to cast.  I generally picture him as like a young Dominic Monaghan, but I don't really know of an actor that fits that description.  Any thoughts?  He's the youngest of the group and the most overlooked, but also the brainiac.

I think if I had to stretch I'd go for Milo Ventimiglia.  He's gotten a little too hot lately, but he's always how I pictured Eugenides from Megan Whalen Turner's series, and Much is a much different personality but of the same general build.  Plus, they both lose their hands…

Let's not forget the villian….

Guy of Gisbourne

This guy is the main villian.  He's crazy.  He's a psychopath.  He's meant to be a few years older than Rob, so in his mid to late twenties, and honestly, I would flipping love to see Jim Sturgess get his badass on.  Come on, right? Look at this picture and tell me he couldn't play totally evil:

And then there's Scarlet

It would definitely be fun to cast Lucy Griffiths in the role (she plays Maid Marian in the BBC tv series, and MM and Scarlet have a lot in common) but she's not really the way I ever pictured Scarlet.  Body type wise, I think Carey Mulligan is how I pictured Scar, but the face isn't quite right.  I mean, she has to be pretty small and diminutive and be able to pass for a boy, but still have really captivating eyes.  Like Zooey Deschanel eyes.  Can I like hybrid all those actresses together?

And make her British and scrappy?

No?  Why not? 

And, I'm just sayin'….

IF in the event that I get to write more Scarlet books (which I have planned but haven't, er, sold), Prince John becomes a major factor.

so if THEN these unsold, unwritten books get made into a movie, I would die for Jonathan Rhys Meyers to play Prince John.  Like chills up my spine die. Obviously he can play a temperamental royal ala The Tudors, but MAN he would be perfect….

I'll leave you with that.

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