I've also researched other fan castings. While I think it's great that so many people did this - and if we keep it up, we might see this dream a reality sooner rather than later - but something really surprised me. Most of the cast was…well…old. Like late twenties old. Like ten years older than most of the cast is supposed to be old. (While this type of 'Dawson Casting' makes me feel better when I develop a thing for a guy that's supposed to be sixteen but his actor's twenty-five, it's not a practice that I actually like.) (Besides, it's because of just this practice that I'm so bad at guessing someone's age. Good excuse, yes?) I tried my best to get at least somewhat close to the age, but there was a couple of these people that I really can't see any other actor/actress in the role. (And I totally must admit that I've only seen two of these people in anything, so...yeah, might not be the best choices, but the look the part and I'd love to hear what you think.) Anyway, onward!
First up, our lovely leading ladies!
Linh Cinder - Michelle Farrah Huang
Scarlet Benoit - Bella Thorn
Cress Darnel - Abigail Breslin
Winter Hayle-Blackburn - China Anne McClain
Next we have our handsome gentlemen!
Prince Kaito - John Kim
Ze'ev 'Wolf' Kesley - Omar Borkan Al Gala
Carswell Thorne - Douglas Booth
Jacin Clay - Lucas Till
Now for the odds-an-ends! (Yup, that's what I said.)
Dr. Dmitri Erland - Neal McDonough
Linh Adri - Kelly Hu
Sybil Mira - Freida Pinto
Levana Blackburn - Anna Kendrick
Iko - Tiffany Boone
This was so much fun! Crazy difficult though, too. The only people I've seen in anything is Neal McDonough (who would be perfect for Dr. Erland) and Kelly Hu (who I just had to include as Adri) and Tiffany Boone (who wasn't my original choice for Iko, but the one I wanted was too old). The rest of them... As far as I'm concerned, they look the part and I'd love to know if you've seen any of them in anything!
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Veronika · 488 weeks ago
I have two that I imagined completely differently. The first is Levana - I just can't imagine Anna Kendrick playing someone so evil. My Levana would be Rosamund Pike or Eva Green - the best would be Lana Del Rey (not because I like her but because she looks so cold lol), though she's not even an actress. Elizabeth Hurley and Angelina Jolie would also be good. Abigail Breslin, while kills it in Scream Queens is so not my Cress, I'd pick someone more... innocent looking, perhaps? Maybe Gabriella Wilde. Or Chloe Grace Moretz. Ooh, and even though I really like your pick for Cinder, I think Shay Mitchelle would be awesome, too! :)
Really awesome post, Amy!
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AmyAelleah 80p · 488 weeks ago
Levana was definitely the hardest one for me to cast. There were so many that I thought MIGHT be able to pull it off, but I wasn't fully convinced I could see them in the role. I did think of Angelina Jolie, but she doesn't quite look the part to me - though I can see her being great in the role. Honestly, I've never seen Eva Green in anything, but after checking out her pictures, I have to say, I agree that she'd be great in the role. Cress was a difficult one for me, because the first actress I came up with that I thought would be perfect was too tall. (Don't ask because now I can't even remember who it was!) Actually, my final choice was between Abigail Breslin and Chloe Grace Moretz! I went with Breslin because I kind of imagine Cress being a little rounder in the face than Moretz. But I can totally agree that she looks the part. I don't think I ever even thought of or came across Shay Mitchell - but much like Sam Claflin, she's a bit older than what I was looking for. And, let me tell you, Veronika, limiting myself to a certain age group (for the main group, I was mostly looking at 18-24 year olds) made me drop several that I thought would nail the part.
Thanks so much for commenting, love getting the feedback on this!