Actually for some reason ive always seen Kincaid as a slightly comedic character.

Don't get me wrong, he's definatly a badass and great at what he does, but i've always seen him as just a hair over the top and cheesy.

Thats why ive always pictured him as Adam Baldwin.

When I picture Susan in my head, she's more like Jordana Brewster, who was born in Brazil to a Brazilian model and an American investor.  I imagine Susan as part latino and part white.  Maybe its just the way she was written by JB, but she doesn't come across as pure hispanic to me.  (Sorry if that's offensive to anyone)

Yea, ive never pictured her as pure hispanic either.

Actually Jordana Brewster is a pretty good choice. I could get behind that.

Overall, I've always seen Susan as someone that is very beautiful but in a "smart, girl next door" type of way. Basically the type of girl that every guy dreams of. Attractive but not glamorous or a knockout.

She is someone that is constantly driven by her own curiosity, driving her to seek out the more interesting and exotic. She gets bored easily with normality, making the paranormal a fascinating subject for her. It also explains why she is so persistent with dating Harry, even though he would normally see a girl like that as out of his league. In her eyes, he is much more interesting than all the attention she receives from normal and boring guys.

By making her a caring girl-next-door type it makes it all the more tragic when she is turned, and leads to Harry blaming himself.


Ive always had a very specific idea of how this character should be portrayed as she always reminds me of this girl I knew in college whose description was very close to that of the books. Much like Susan, she was also way out-of-my-league yet romantically pursued me, and to this day I have no idea why.

The only challenge would be preventing him from turning into Bobby Singer. Because that would be a very real possibility given the actor and similarity of the two characters.

I agree about the general look for Bryant and Dresden.  I made this ages ago because he seemed to fit.  But I'd have to see him do something else, and the only other things he's done are one-or-two episode guest spots on different shows. 

Haha, dude that is awesome.

Carlos isnt exactly a picture of maturity and ages wisdom here.  I mean, he knows when to get serious and put his game face on, but the rest of the time he is a cocky loudmouth, and that only goes over well if he is a young, cocky loudmouth.  Otherwise he comes accross as just an arrogant ass.

Couldn't much the same be said of Harry; if you replace "cocky" with "sarcastic"?

I dont think so.  I mean, there was always mutual respect there, but the age difference was also a big part of their relationship, especially during WN.  From the Old Man being grumpy in the morning because he couldnt keep up with the young whippersnappers in late night drinking to the whole Virgin thing
Harry is going to be noticeably older than all the New Guard wardens
and keeping a good, visible gap between the Old and New Guard is a line I wouldnt want to blur too much if it can be avoided

The age difference meat nothing except for the occasional insult/joke to one another or something else superficial. In terms of their relationship and overall interaction with one another, they were equals.

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