I know I just posted, like yesterday, but I like to blog at night when I should be sleeping and stuff, so I'm going to do this, and then I swear I'm going to bed. Mom, this is for you. I promise I'll go to bed when I'm done.
So this thing I actually do all the time, especially when I'm reading a book, is fancasting. Fancasting, though it's not really a word (at least I don't think it is), could be defined as "the casting of a novel or movie with characters chosen by a fan who is so not qualified to do so." Like me, for instance. I should really not be allowed to fancast because 1) it's a huge waste of time and 2) it causes me to mourn the fact that I could never in real life actually be with any of the attractive men who I cast as my heroes.
I've done this before. Like, when I watched Seven Brides for Seven Brothers with my family once, we determined that in a modern adaptation of the film Gideon, the youngest brother, would totally be played by David Archuleta, because he's got a baby face and he can sing and probably dance at least a little bit. (Also we were going for a super Mormon adaptation and David Archuleta is, as you might have surmised, Mormon.)
And when I read a really good book that in no way will ever have a movie adaptation, such as Sorcery and Cecelia, which is the first book in a fantastic trilogy co-authored by Patricia Wrede and Caroline Stevermer, I often think, well, I need faces to go with these characters. Because I am in no way artsy, I can't draw my characters (at least, not well) so my brain automatically thinks of an appropriate face and as it happens, appropriate faces are often celebrities. For instance, the main characters of Sorcery and Cecelia are two girls, cousins, named Kate and Cecelia, or Cecy for short. Kate ends up with Thomas, the Duke of Schofield, and Cecy ends up with James Tarleton. So we have Kate, Thomas, Cecy, and James, and I have cast them so: Felicity Jones as Kate, Benedict Cumberbatch as Thomas, Romola Garai as Cecy, and James McAvoy as James. I have reasons for these choices, of course, but the thing is that you won't really get them unless you read the books and understand the characters and some of the styles in which these actors and actresses perform and what they would bring to the role.
Of course, it's all hypothetical, as Sorcery and Cecelia will probably never be made into a movie. Which is a dirty shame, because it's an excellent book, as are its sequels, The Grand Tour and The Mislaid Magician.
But I have been working on a much larger fancasting project, which I've been playing with on the photo editing program on my computer and on tumblr and stuff, because it's fun and because I have no inspiration to write fiction. In fact, the idea of writing right now, other than in the process of blogging or fancasting, is not ideal, because (sorry) due to my personal drama I have a lot of mixed up and painful emotions that just make me not even want to get out of bed in the morning, and sometimes talking to people makes me want to physically vomit, which is why I don't date and I don't do things that are social. I can't write about it, I can't put it into writing yet, because it's not okay and I'm still in the middle of my suffering process. (This probably means I should write it though. Powerful writing comes from emotional pain.)
But I digress. I've been fancasting Pride and Prejudice. If they were to do it properly and follow the book, with the notable exception of removing the character of Mariah Lucas. I don't like Mariah Lucas, I find her incredibly annoying and a pointless character, and I couldn't find a person I like to play her.
For your benefit, I'm going to show you the people I've cast as the Bennet family, and who I will forever see in these roles until I die of old age, regardless of the sheer awesome that is Keira Knightley.
Mr. Bennet: Mark Gatiss
Mrs. Bennet: Catherine Tate
Jane Bennet: Karen Gillan
Elizabeth Bennet: Jenna-Louise Coleman
Mary Bennet: Louise Brealey
Kitty Bennet: Bonnie Wright
Lydia Bennet: Georgie Henley
I just love all of these actresses and actor (I could call Mark Gatiss an actress, but I won't. He's a nice fella. Except when he's tormenting my feels with Sherlock.) I think they're all very talented and would make a fantastic Bennet family. Also, four of them are redheads, which is very cool. We could build a gingerBennet house.
I'm done for now, because I have to get up and work tomorrow. Hasta la vista. Have some jam on your bread tomorrow.
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