A Tale of Two Cities casting

[odette_river]

So I love A Tale of Two Cities. A lot of Dickens critics aren't so sure about it, but the way that everything fit together and the large scale of it really appealed to me. Plus, Mme. Defarge is pretty awesome. Thus, I present a casting for it. I'm not sure about Charles and Sydney - not only do I fail at casting guys in general, but I also don't have strong feelings about what they look like. This probably has a lot to do with the fact that I don't really care about the good guys. With my casting, particularly of Lucie, I tried to make this better - I think with a plucky Lucie, I wouldn't be rooting for the Defarges quite so much.





sydney carton ;
we will meet where the weary find peace


lucie manette ;
close your eyes let memory fly away you'll never be alone again


charles darnay ;
lucie haunts my heart haunts my thoughts my prayers my dreams my nights my days


little lucie ;
she mustn't know the sorrow she mustn't know the tears tomorrow mustn't bring her a future that she fears


ernest defarge ;
i was his servant a boy of eighteen i can remember when he disappeared


thérèse defarge ;
there is no room for us to turn away we can't just shut the door


Sydney Carton: Rupert Penry-Jones
Lucie Manette: Carey Mulligan
Charles Darnay: Gabriel Macht
Little Lucie: Mackenzie Foy
Ernest Defarge: Gerard Butler
Thérèse Defarge: KT Tunstall