The Dirty Thirty- Day 2
Day 2….GO!
Imagine your series is made into a movie, and you’ve been made casting director. Who would star in your leading roles?
This is something I have thought about a lot because it’s been one of my favorite questions to see elsewhere. If I were to cast my characters, they would be as follows:
Dez Davanzatti – Kate Beckinsale with blue contacts in. But it would be a cross between Kate circa Underworld mixed with the FANTASTIC hair she had in Van Helsing.
Michael “Vegas” Tremayne – Vegas is a tougher one to cast. His face has always been David Draiman, the lead singer of Disturbed, but his body type is more along the lines of Joe Manganiello. Maybe a little bulkier than that.
Charlie – James McAvoy. James McAvoy all over the place!
Cassandra Giordanno – Lena Olin. I love the regal grace that woman carries herself with, and she’s always got this look on her face like she’s got a secret. I love her.
Lucas Tremayne – Matt Bomer circa the movie In Time. Lucas had already been in my head for quite some time the first time I saw Matt Bomer. The instant I laid eyes on him, I knew. That’s Lucas. In fact, take Matt Bomer’s looks from In Time, but his whole personality as Neal Caffrey in the show White Collar (which I had never even heard of until a year and a half AFTER I wrote Burning). Neal and Lucas might as well be one in the same. I was absolutely FLOORED the first time I watched an episode of that show.
FanFiction is becoming a widely used pass time for fans all over the place. Some authors are rather offended by fans creating their own stories with the author’s characters. An example of how active fanfics are: there are a little over 43,000 different Buffy fanfics just on one website. What are your feelings on fan-fic? Would you be flattered or offended if someone wrote a [Series Name] fanfic? *Keeping in mind that there is no money made on fanfic.*
I think I would struggle between deeply flattered and yelling “DEZ WOULD NEVER SAY THAT!” at my computer screen.
Are there any movies you could hold a one-man quote-a-thon for?
Oh, far too many. Lol Dumb & Dumber is a big one. Step Brothers. Anchorman. Pretty much anything by Jim Carrey or Will Farrell. Labyrinth. Dark Crystal. Any of the Iron Man flicks. Any of the Chris Nolan Batman flicks. The Breakfast Club. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Most of my DVD collection, if I’m being honest. lol
What’s your favorite ___________?:
- Vacation spot – That’s a toss-up between Las Vegas and Meadview AZ.
- Place to write – The comfort of my bed.
- Alcoholic drink – Oh, tequila. Me and Mr. Patron are great friends.
- TV show that’s been cancelled – That’s a tight race between Firefly (BROWNCOATS REPRESENT!!!) and Almost Human. I was really quite angry with Fox when I found out it had been cancelled.
- Holiday – Halloween. It kind of has to be by default because that’s also my birthday. ;)
If you weren’t a writer, what profession would you choose to do for the rest of your life?
Public Relations for authors. lol I am a marketing geek. I thoroughly enjoy it. If I could do anything with my time for the rest of my life, and it couldn’t be writing, I would be a PR rep, for sure.
Are you a dog person or a cat person?
I am an animal person. Truth be told, I had my face brutally attacked by a German Shepard when I was a kid, so, I am nervous around most dogs. Maybe nervous isn’t the right word. Cautious? I don’t condemn dogs as a whole or anything like that. I have met some dogs I absolutely adore and wish I could take home. So, I don’t hate dogs, but, for my own peace of mind, I am definitely more drawn to smaller animals.
J.M. Gregoire was born and raised in New Hampshire, USA, and despite her abhorrence for any season that dares to drop to a temperature below seventy degrees, she still currently resides there with her two children and her two cats. Always a passionate reader, her love of urban fantasy books eventually morphed into a love of writing them. She is currently working on the urban fantasy / paranormal romance Demon Legacy series, and has a new urban fantasy / thriller series coming out soon.
