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Perfect Casting, part 2
ShadowX81:
Hey everyone! First time poster, long time reader. I just created an account because this ia subject which ive been thinking about alot for the past few days and wanted to share my thoughts on a couple key characters.
Harry Dresden
This is a tough one. I don't think any of the choices have quite nailed it yet. Harry Dresden is a powerful wizard and one durable guy, but "cool" and "badass" are words that you can't really use to describe him; or at the very least words that he would never use to describe himself. In terms of his personality, he's a self-described geek who makes sarcastic jokes to himself, has bad luck with woman, and is often down on his luck. While he has mentioned that people have described him as attractive, he doesn't really seem to believe it himself, and lacks the confidence to really buy into that fact or the fact that he actually is a pretty cool guy. Overall he is a guy that never really seemed to grow out of his "awkward teenager" phase.
For this reason I think he should be played by someone with boyish and lean good looks, giving him a somewhat innocent feel while still being attractive and the appropriate age. People like Jared Padalecki and Sam Worthington just seem wrong to me as they project too much confidence.
My choice: Lucas Bryant (Haven)
Karrin Murphy
This one came to me pretty quickly. Karrin is an attractive; tough-as-nails cop whose outer maturity and badassery covers up the fact that she is actually dealt with alot of crap in her life. She definatly needs to be more grown up than Harry personality wise, as it makes it easier to see how she could mistrust him early in their relationship. I get the feeling that the reason Harry never seemed to even consider a relationship with her early in the series was because he saw her as too grown up for him. He initially knew her only as a cop, in time a woman/friend, and finally a peer. To keep this authority figure dynamic it is important that they cast someone of the appropriate age (early 30s). Actually I thought Valerie Cruz did a great job and was very close to the book character, but for the sake of keeping her looks more in line with the book series and the obvious nerd cred, I picked someone different.
My Choice: Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy The Vampire Slayer)
My Full Cast List:
http://www.imdb.com/list/B0TTWKLfl48/?publish=save
Quantus:
--- Quote from: ShadowX81 on March 21, 2013, 04:08:36 AM ---My Full Cast List:
http://www.imdb.com/list/B0TTWKLfl48/?publish=save
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Not my first choices in most cases, but all good pics. The only thing I have to say against it is that Jon Huertas is way too old for Carlos. Carlos is roughly Molly's age, a teenager at the latest in SK and in his early 20's later on.
Rasins:
I give you Olivia Wilde as the Leansidhe
Quantus:
Id rather see her as a Susan or Young Luccio. Lea needs to have that instant creep factor, and Ive never gotten that from Wilde
Rasins:
--- Quote from: Quantus on March 21, 2013, 04:30:50 PM ---Id rather see her as a Susan or Young Luccio. Lea needs to have that instant creep factor, and Ive never gotten that from Wilde
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Did you not see Cowboys Vs. Aliens, or Tron Legacy? LOL
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