[ SECRET POST #2611 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2611 ⌋

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Comments

[rubbertea]

I think it would probably be a lot less stupid and a lot more interesting if the actors weren't always the same.

[(Anonymous)]

This. Fancasting for "Good Omens" is whatever white dude slash ship is currently the most popular.

[applemagpie]

Benedict Cumberbatch as Aziraphale. Why

[(Anonymous)]

Blame Pterry and Neil for that one.

[applemagpie]

Oh no, they did actually suggest it?

[othellia]

Ugh, if I see another one of those, it'll be too soon...

[(Anonymous)]

True.

[mekkio]

Bingo. If the person fancasting would take more than five minutes to think, "Could this actor, given his filmography, pull this character off" I think we would have more interesting and sound fancasting lists.

[(Anonymous)]

I generally agree and I'm so sick of seeing the same actors over and over again. But at the same time, there are a couple of actors I could see in several roles from books I like. Some actors are just incredibly versatile. Or they're just the perfect "type" for something and so I imagine them playing different characters that somehow fit the type. Some actors look so great in period/fantasy stuff that I want them to be in every fantasy movie ever.

[(Anonymous)]

Right? It's always the same list of actors, and it's just boring and predictable.

[(Anonymous)]

Amen to that. A fun way to break that habit is to do time periods. That also stops teenagers from playing almost entirely, which tends to raise the level of play.

For example, let's say you've finally gotten approval to make (if we must) Good Omens, but due to a surprisingly complex union contract, you have to make it in 1968.

Aziraphale: Peter O'Toole
Crowley: Michael Caine
Newt: David Hemmings
Anathema: Vanessa Redgrave
Adam: Kurt Russell

For advanced play, cast various different versions of the same stories, as filtered through the bad creative habits of different eras. For example, remember the godawful musical version of Good Omens from the 50s, the one with (respectively) Gene Kelly, Marlon Brando, Van Johnson, Cyd Charisse, and Dean Stockwell? That was just a bad idea.

Likewise, I assume everyone remembers the cast from the misbegotten mid-80s attempt to remake Good Omens as an action-comedy blockbuster, too? Mel Gibson's Crowley was a nightmare of hairspray and smarm, and the less said about Madonna's take on Anathema Device, the better.

[loracarol]

I'm kind of in love with this comment.

[(Anonymous)]

MARRY ME.

[(Anonymous)]

this is my favourite comment forever

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah and most of the time, they don't actually fit the characters. It's just actors who are hot right now.

[(Anonymous)]

yep