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There are some vague spoilers in the descriptive quotes I used here.
Our hero, Richard Mayhew.
He was a fresh-faced, boyish young man, with dark, slightly curly hair and large hazel eyes;he had a rumpled, just-woken-up look to him, which made him more attractive to the opposite sex than he would ever understand or believe.
Except for the fact that McAvoy has blue eyes, I think he's perfect. He's also got the slightly-bumbling thing down, and can easily be a badass later (see XMFC).
Next, the one who turns Richard's world upside-down, Door: Ellen Page.
Richard realized he cold not tell what color her eyes were. They were not blue, or green, or brown, or grey; they reminded him of fire opals...
...her hair, when washed, was a dark shade of auburn, with copper and bronze highlights. Richard wondered how old she was: fifteen? Sixteen? Older? He still couldn't tell.
The Marquis de Carabas: Chiwetel Ejiofor
His eyes burned white in an extremely dark face. And he grinned white teeth, momentarily, as if at a private joke of his own, and bowed to Richard, and said, "De Carabas, at your service, and you are...?"
Hunter: Janina Gavankar
He turned, and standing there was a tall woman, with long, tawny hair, and skin the color of burnt caramel... She was also, without question, the most beautiful woman Richard had ever seen.
Hunter is extremely deadly, wild-looking, and in one of my favorite descriptive sentences ever, her smile would have stopped a revolution.
Islington: Paul Bettany
And walking toward them, through the candles, was a tall figure, dressed in a simple white robe.
It had golden hair and a pale face. It was not much taller than Richard, but it made him feel like a little child. It was not a man; it was not a woman. It was very beautiful. Its voice was quiet.
Ok, so Paul Bettany is very much a man, not a creature of no gender whatsoever. I don't care. I think he'd be amazing as Islington, at the beginning and also later on with the rage and whatnot.
Jessica: Sophia Myles
Jessica is alternately described as extraordinarily beautiful and about as English as it was possible for any one person to be. She's also extremely bossy.
Anaesthesia: Georgie Henley:
...thin, bedraggled girl in her late teens...
She had a large, water-stained red button pinned to her ragged clothes, the kind that comes attached to birthday cards. It said, in yellow letters, I AM 11.
Lamia: not an actor, but Amy Lee.
She wore silver jewelry, and her dark hair was perfectly coiffed. She was very pale, and her long dress was black velvet.
She had the most amazing eyes, thought Richard. They were the color of foxgloves.
Croup and Vandemar: Mark Sheppard and Robbie Coltrane.
There are four simple ways for the observant to tell Mr. Croup and Mr. Vandemar apart: first, Mr. Vandemar is two and a half heads taller than Mr. Croup; second, Mr. Croup has eyes of a faded china blue, while Mr. Vandemar's eyes are brown; third, while Mr. Vandemar fashioned the rings he wears on his right hand out of the skulls of four ravens, Mr. Croup has no obvious jewelry; fourth, Mr. Croup likes words, while Mr. Vandemar is always hungry. Also, they look nothing alike.
Lord Portico: Bill Nighy
Lord Portico makes only a very brief appearance and the sole description is "patrician". I think Bill Nighy is perfect. (Apologies for the tiny photos, these are the ones I liked best.)
Our hero, Richard Mayhew.
He was a fresh-faced, boyish young man, with dark, slightly curly hair and large hazel eyes;he had a rumpled, just-woken-up look to him, which made him more attractive to the opposite sex than he would ever understand or believe.
Except for the fact that McAvoy has blue eyes, I think he's perfect. He's also got the slightly-bumbling thing down, and can easily be a badass later (see XMFC).
Next, the one who turns Richard's world upside-down, Door: Ellen Page.
Richard realized he cold not tell what color her eyes were. They were not blue, or green, or brown, or grey; they reminded him of fire opals...
...her hair, when washed, was a dark shade of auburn, with copper and bronze highlights. Richard wondered how old she was: fifteen? Sixteen? Older? He still couldn't tell.
The Marquis de Carabas: Chiwetel Ejiofor
His eyes burned white in an extremely dark face. And he grinned white teeth, momentarily, as if at a private joke of his own, and bowed to Richard, and said, "De Carabas, at your service, and you are...?"
Hunter: Janina Gavankar
He turned, and standing there was a tall woman, with long, tawny hair, and skin the color of burnt caramel... She was also, without question, the most beautiful woman Richard had ever seen.
Hunter is extremely deadly, wild-looking, and in one of my favorite descriptive sentences ever, her smile would have stopped a revolution.
Islington: Paul Bettany
And walking toward them, through the candles, was a tall figure, dressed in a simple white robe.
It had golden hair and a pale face. It was not much taller than Richard, but it made him feel like a little child. It was not a man; it was not a woman. It was very beautiful. Its voice was quiet.
Ok, so Paul Bettany is very much a man, not a creature of no gender whatsoever. I don't care. I think he'd be amazing as Islington, at the beginning and also later on with the rage and whatnot.
Jessica: Sophia Myles
Jessica is alternately described as extraordinarily beautiful and about as English as it was possible for any one person to be. She's also extremely bossy.
Anaesthesia: Georgie Henley:
...thin, bedraggled girl in her late teens...
She had a large, water-stained red button pinned to her ragged clothes, the kind that comes attached to birthday cards. It said, in yellow letters, I AM 11.
Lamia: not an actor, but Amy Lee.
She wore silver jewelry, and her dark hair was perfectly coiffed. She was very pale, and her long dress was black velvet.
She had the most amazing eyes, thought Richard. They were the color of foxgloves.
Croup and Vandemar: Mark Sheppard and Robbie Coltrane.
There are four simple ways for the observant to tell Mr. Croup and Mr. Vandemar apart: first, Mr. Vandemar is two and a half heads taller than Mr. Croup; second, Mr. Croup has eyes of a faded china blue, while Mr. Vandemar's eyes are brown; third, while Mr. Vandemar fashioned the rings he wears on his right hand out of the skulls of four ravens, Mr. Croup has no obvious jewelry; fourth, Mr. Croup likes words, while Mr. Vandemar is always hungry. Also, they look nothing alike.
Lord Portico: Bill Nighy
Lord Portico makes only a very brief appearance and the sole description is "patrician". I think Bill Nighy is perfect. (Apologies for the tiny photos, these are the ones I liked best.)