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Karen-Leigh
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Jul 16, 2016 06:11PM
Donna Andrews series Meg Langslow - a young Sigourney Weaver, her husband - Nicholas Lea, her mother Susan Sullivan, her father David McCallum at 60.
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Series: Maisie DobbsMaisie: Carrie Moss from Chocolat movie or Deschamel from Bones
Priscilla Everden: Michelle Dockery from Downton Abbey
Maurice Blanche: Michael Kitchen
Lord and Lady Compton: the older couple from the Emma Thompson version of Sense and Sensibility movie
Julian Compton: Laurence Fox
Series: Maggie Hope
Maggie: the redhead actress from Call the Midwife
Winston Churchill: Robert Hardy
Maggie's aunt: Judi Dench or Helen Mirren
Series: Royal Spyness
Lady Georgie: Laura Carmichael from Downton Abbey
Georgie's mother: Emma Thompson
Brooke wrote: "Susan Elia MacNeal's Mr. Churchill's SecretaryMaggie Hope: Emma Watson (with red hair, of course!)
John: Andrew Garfield"
yes
Series: The Christine Bennett series by Lee Harris (sorry I keep talking about these books, but they really are my favorite!)Christine: Felicity Jones with an American accent
Jack: since we're really going crazy here, Jake Gyllenhaal
Mel: Judy Greer
They did do one of these books as a TV movie but it wasn't at all how I pictured it. I think it might have been made in Canada. I had a hard time finding it!
Series: Maggie HopeOne of Maggie's boyfriends: Julian Ovenden from Foyle's War
Series: Maisie DobbsMacFarlane: the actor who played Dalziel in Dalziel and Pascoe - unfortunately that actor passed away.
Stratton: could be the actor who plays John Barnaby in Midsomer Murders
Series: Maggie HopeMaggie Hope: Isla Fisher or Amy Adams
I'd love if they did a Meg Langslow series as long they didn't totally miscast the characters like they did with Hannah Swensen. As for ideal casting I would have to think that over. It's such a wonderful series I'm not sure I could do it justice.
Karen Rose Smith's Caprice De Luca Mystery series-Caprice - Emma Watson
Niki- Anna Faris
Bella - Kaley Cuoco with Dark hair of course
Grant- Matt Damon
Seth - Ryan Reed
Series: Dandy GilverDandy Gilver: Diana Rigg
I agree with the Hannah Swensen miscasting for a lot of the characters but the series is good anyway.
Series: Evan EvansEvan Evans: the actor who played Ben Jones in Midsomer Murders
Series: White House ChefOlivia Paras: Jennifer Garner
Series: Bakeshop SeriesJuliet Capshaw: Reese Witherspoon
Juliet's Mom: Stefanie Powers
the Professor: Roy Dotrice
Lance: Ian Ogilvy
Britney wrote: "Series: White House ChefOlivia Paras: Jennifer Garner"
Yes!
This was tough for me because so many of the actors I imagine in the roles are dead. It was very hard for me to cast the twins.Series: Ashley Gardner's Captain Lacey
Characters:
Captain Lacey —Robert Sean Leonard
Lady Donata — Kathleen Turner
Grenville — Stephen Mangan
Matthias/Bartholomew — Hugh Bonneville
Marianne — Elizabeth Berkley
Denis — James Caan
Brewster — Forrest Whitaker
Edited to add: though I hope they are not made into a series/movie because I would hate for the roles to be cast against my vision of the characters. I'm pretty sure the author didn't have Stephen Mangan in mind for Grenville, but it's who I see.
Series: Fat Cat At LargeCharity "Chase" Oliver: actress daughter of Meryl Streep
Some of my favorites have already been made into movie series, The Flower Shop Mysteries by Kate Collins, the Aurora Teagarden Mysteries by Charlaine Harris, and the Hannah Swensen Mysteries by Joanne Fluke. However, I would definitely NOT have cast Brooke Shields as the main character in the Flower Shop Mysteries. Did the people who hired the cast not bother reading the books? Abby is a REDHEAD, not a brunette! They could have at least had her temporarily dye her hair to do the movies, or wear a wig or something, if they were so set on Brooke Shields playing the part. For another thing, Brooke is way too old to play the part, Abby is only 27 (this is pointed out several times in the books). Other than the obvious physical differences though, she does do a good job with the role, and I actually like her as an actress, I just think they should have paid more attention when casting the role.I think Allison Sweeney is a great choice for Hannah, and Candice Cameron Bure for Aurora Teagarden.
I would actually love to see the Cat Who books made into a series, even if it's a movie series like the ones above, but after a while they would have to come up with their own ideas if it were a regular series as she only wrote 30 books (and I don't remember if that number is with or without the last one she was working on when she died, that she decided to not have published). But with that many books to work with, it would definitely be a while before they ran out of movies to make!
As for who would play Qwill...Tom Selleck comes to mind, he definitely has the mustache for it, and he's even the right age to play the part (and has experience playing a detective, both as Magnum and in his current role on Blue Bloods, plus playing Jesse Stone in all those Hallmark movies). I'm not sure who should play Iris Cobb in the earlier ones...Angela Lansbury maybe, but that would just make people think of Jessica Fletcher too much; Betty White, maybe? If she can stick around long enough, that is :P
Ed Asner for Archie, but we have the same problem there, at his age would he be able to finish all the movies?
Maybe Macaulay Culkin or his brother Kieran for Junior Goodwinter, although he'd have to go back to being a blonde for the part. Rory would be good too, but he's a little young for the role, although Junior even in his mid 30s still looks barely old enough to shave, so he could probably pull it off, but would have to do something about his hair if it's still long, as Junior always has short hair.
Series: Maggie HopeMaggie Hope: Katie Flynn
Maggie's aunt: Jane Seymour
Series: Donna Leon seriesItalian detective: Rufus Sewell (he was Zen in the tv series - different series)
Detective's wife: Renee Russo
Christie wrote: "Some of my favorites have already been made into movie series, The Flower Shop Mysteries by Kate Collins, the Aurora Teagarden Mysteries by Charlaine Harris, and the Hannah Swensen Mysteries by Joa..."Tom Selleck would be perfect as Mr. Q
Brooke wrote: "Diana wrote: "Series: Maggie HopeOne of Maggie's boyfriends: Julian Ovenden from Foyle's War"
Oh my goodness, yes! I love Foyle's War and he would be perfect! Maybe for playing Hugh Thompson?"
Yes! Definitely :-)
Booktown MysteriesTricia Miles-Sasha Alexander, Angelica-Lauren Holly, Russ Smith-Thomas Gibson, Bob Kelly-MAndy Patinkin
Nancy wrote: "Booktown MysteriesTricia Miles-Sasha Alexander, Angelica-Lauren Holly, Russ Smith-Thomas Gibson, Bob Kelly-MAndy Patinkin"
Yes!
We are all really shooting for the moon with our casting choices here :)
Catherine wrote: "We are all really shooting for the moon with our casting choices here :)"Indeed!
Series: Lighthouse Library by Eva GatesLucy Richardson: Ginnifer Goodwin with a curly wig ?
Lucy's mother: Marta Kristen from Lost in Space
one of Lucy's boyfriends: Josh Dallas from Once Upon a time
Ronnie wrote: "Catherine wrote: "We are all really shooting for the moon with our casting choices here :)"Well it is fantasy casting. Some people will need time machines for their ideal cast to happen."
Indeed!
Series: Maggie HopeMaggie Hope: Jessica Chastain
Series: Cheese Shop seriesCharlotte: Lauren Graham
Delilah: Melissa McCarthy
Both actresses were on the Gilmore Girls tv series
I would love to see Krista Davis's Diva series turned into movies! I am not a big TV watcher so I am going to do the best I can with a cast. Sophie - Lori Loughlin
Mars- Tony from NCIS
Natasha - Alyssa Milano
Nina- Candace Bure
Series: Royal SpynessLady Georgie's brother: Hugh Grant or Colin Firth
Fig: Tilda Swinston
Queen Mary: Joan Plowright or Helen Mirren
Goldy: Jenna Elfman
Arch: Simon Helberg (Big Bang Theory)
John Richard Korman: Simon Baker
Tom: Blake Shelton
Marla: Kirstie Alley
Arch is only in his late teens, maybe early twenties, so Simon Helberg is way too old to play the part. He doesn't even look young enough to play the part. Rory Culkin still looks like a teenager, even though he's going to be 27 next month, and might be able to pull it off. He even has the dark hair already. Maybe Edward Furlong could still pull it off even though he's almost 40 because he still looks young. Simon Baker as the Jerk would be perfect! :D So would Kirstie Alley as Marla, especially with the weight issues she's had in real life, and Marla has issues in the book with her weight (as well as heart issues, which caused her doctor to put her on a restricted diet which she is constantly tempted to break) so she would go into the role already knowing the struggles Marla deals with and could empathize.Blake Shelton sounds like a good pick to me, but where would he find the time? :P
Jenna Elfman would be good for Goldy, or maybe Melanie Griffith (she doesn't look too bad for being almost 60) or Kathryn Morris (from Cold Case).
Thanks Christie. The reason I chose Helberg is because he is short, awkward, and nerdy. I think he looks fairly young.
Sheldon looks a lot closer to the right age than Howard, and I don't think even he could pull it off. :P Maybe Leonard. ;) (Jim Parsons and Johnny Galecki---couldn't remember their real names, had to go look them up.) Jonny Lee Miller might have been able to pull it off a few years ago, but not any more, he's actually started to look his age (he'll be 44 in November). Even Daniel Radcliffe could probably still pull off late teens/early 20s, and he's going to be 27 in a week. I would definitely watch it then! :-P Who am I kidding, I'd watch it anyway, I love Goldy Bear and her whole crazy family!
The Betsy Devonshire series...Betsy: Melanie Griffith, Kathryn Morris (bit of a stretch on age), or Barbara Niven (she currently plays Hannah Swensen's mom in the Murder, She Baked mystery movies). Christine Lahti could probably pull it off, too.
Goddy: Matt Bomer (okay, that's typecasting, but still...), Neil Patrick Harris (more typecasting), Taylor Kitsch (he did such a good job in The Normal Heart)
Jill Cross Larson: Taryn Manning, maybe Julie Benz (she's a little old, but not by too much), or Larisa Oleynik
