A Paroxysm of Fanboyism

[marusaia]

It's been some time since I checked this comm, and I just wanted to come on here and blab about how excited I am about some of the more recent casting decisions with my fellow fans. Anyone who feels like listening to me ramble, follow me over the cut.

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[mommavsentropy]

ITA - all their casting choices have been great. I'm bothered when fans get all bent out of shape over 1 or 2 casting choices, especially if they are only basing their judgment on a few of the actor's web photos.

It is kind of scary having some unknowns and some child actors, but they sound like the best of the best.

My favorites so far have been Lena Headey and Rory McCann. I remember (when I was like 12) watching the non-cartoon jungle book and thinking Kitty was the most beautiful woman I'd ever seen. She's very elegant, but she has that look in her eye that you can tell she could be a total bitch if you get on her bad side.

And if you haven't seen episodes of The Book Group (I found them on YouTube) Rory McCann plays a guy in a wheelchair. He's basically a -very ripped- teddy bear. Contrast that with the guy in Alexander and Attila the Hun, and I couldn't imagine a better Sandor. I just hope they wig him. *is that mean and terrible to say?? I feel myself wincing, but I just don't picture Sandor with a receding hairline, at least not on both sides. :P

[marusaia]

I'm actually okay with picking complete unknowns. Sometimes I think it's what a television series or a movie needs, and if you do it right it works really, really well, like casting Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher for Star Wars (and even Harrison Ford was only moderately famous in his pre-Star Wars days).

I didn't know that Lena Headey was the female lead in the Jungle Book film. That makes me like her even more. And yeah, "a very ripped teddy bear" sounds a lot like Sandor.