Cast call for Ivy!

Last week I asked who you saw for Rachel, and wow, did you answer. I love all your suggestions for who could convincingly play our itchy witch, and after a few days of sorting, I narrowed it down to a handful of actresses that you can give your yay or nay to for me to take to Dan! If your favorite isn’t there, it might be because she is too mature and world-wise (Remember Rachel is 24 when we start Dead Witch Walking.) Or the actress in question focuses on movies rather than series TV and wouldn’t even consider the role. It helps if the actress is well known, but not so expensive that we can’t afford to have her. It’s a balance, but all your suggestions are very appreciated because I can still go to Dan and say “someone like “XXX” even though XXX only does movies, and he will still get a feel for how you see Rachel in your mind’s eye.







Now, what do you think about Ivy?





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Short recap, she’s far more world-wise than Rachel, closed, passionate, dangerous, loyal, good with her fists and feet…and is dangerous, even to her friends. She’s a living vampire, so she can go into the sun and won’t get her really long teeth until she dies. She likes high-quality leather and silk, dresses like a model and looks like one, too. Her heritage is half Anglo-Saxon and half Asian, but she clearly takes after her mother and her hair is long, straight, and black. She’s moody, smart, and her definition of broke means her bank account it down to five digits. Ivy is always in control except when her instincts get too much and then she’s still sort of in control, just willing to give in to her passions. She desperatly wants to find a way to like herself, and she sees Rachel as her way out of the vampiric trap she was born into. She is bi, and very comfortable with it.





So let me have it, keeping in mind she’s not much older than Rachel, svelte, and knows how to take a man down without a sound. We’re looking at 24-30, but suggestions of older actresses are helpful to get an idea of who you’d like to see.

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Published on December 02, 2020 12:30
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message 1: by Melanie (new)

Melanie Arden Cho, Jamie Chung


message 2: by Gunny (new)

Gunny Phhbbbt on both of them. Too Cutesy.
If I recall Ivy; Tall, Dark, mysterious.
Like Cardamom and Pepper, mixed with Five Star spice.
You can see a smile on her face even though her mouth don’t move when dealing with Rachel!

Faye Wong = Ivy Alisha Tamwood
Maya Karin = Ivy after Piscary “Mistreats” her.


message 3: by Alison (new)

Alison Gemma Chan


message 4: by Jo (new)

Jo Dichen Lachman from Altered Carbon - She is half Tibetian.


message 5: by Melissa (new)

Melissa Arden Cho or Krystal Vee


message 6: by Normalice (last edited Dec 10, 2020 06:57AM) (new)

Normalice From what I recall about Ivy her 'scenes' didn't require a huge acting range. Indeed, probably the most difficult part of capturing her on film would be her action scenes. Considering both of those elements I would actually recommend a dancer. Fortunately, there are a ton of asian dancers in k-pop, j-pop, and probably even american pop music videos (i.e. Kim Hyun-ah if you need a name).

update: having thought about it, the thing that makes vampires otherworldly in general is their stillness. For someone to portray such a creature well they would have to have immense control of their automatic bodily motions. And this is exactly what dancers do best. I don't know what kind of training pop dancers go through, though. But Ivy always struck me as a sort of intentionally non-responsive and unemotional character, for a good reason. Portraying that with acting is the easy part - well, as easy as acting is in general anyway. The hard part is portraying the way a vampire would move. And I'm now almost obsessively convinced that the only way to do this is with someone trained in dance.


message 7: by Crystal (new)

Crystal Maggie Q :)


message 8: by Geoff Siegel (new)

Geoff Siegel What about Jessica Henwick? (she worked on Game of Thrones and was the female lead on Marvel's Iron Fist on Netflix)


message 9: by Nanda (new)

Nanda Jessica Green. Already plays fight scenes, is tall and Asian mix.


message 10: by Frank (new)

Frank Bray Nichole Sakura. She played Amanda on Shameless.


message 11: by Pokahantis (new)

Pokahantis Jeannie Mai: she is sassy with a sexy voice.


message 12: by Mark (new)

Mark Mears If you're making a moving out of these books Would Clint Eastwood be the selected director.


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