Casting The Sanctum Trilogy – Darby Winthrop

This is for my girlfriend, Bekah, who’s not feeling too well this morning, so I thought a little game of Casting The Sanctum would take her mind off her yucky belly.

Last night while some of us were yacking about my choice for Ryker, a conversation started about Darby and Jools and who would I post about next. Bekah made a request for Darby and then proceeded to send me her casting choice: Kiernan “Kiki” Shipka.

Dammit, Bekah, that’s good.

I’m tempted…

almost.

But I’m sticking with my girl, Dakota Fanning.

Since the beginning, that very first scene where the reader meets Darby as she spies on Wyatt, Ryker, and Jools as they leave that bar, I’ve had a very distinct idea of Darby, her personality, and her appearance. And I think she’s Dakota Fanning all the way. Childlike features in a very tiny body but a very otherworldly, adult sense of self.

For me, Fanning’s the perfect package. That, plus it would be fun watching her capture all of Darby’s ever-changing moods and indulging in the vampire’s lust for both life and death. That character would be all kinds of fun to play, if I may say so myself.

Random Darby fact: her full name is Eudora “Darby” Cordelia Winthrop. Even her name screams Dakota Fanning.

Holla.