You will notice that there are no photos accompanying this
post. “This is odd” you think to yourself, and you would be correct.
I struggled greatly with this one. So much so that I didn't
post anything yesterday because I was mulling over which of my favourite book
to cast and who to put into the roles until I came to the conclusion that the
best cast I can ever come up with is the imaginary people that appear in my
mind when I am reading.
I create all new characters in my head when I am reading
with the help of the authors descriptions and my own imagination. Very rarely
do these people look like movie stars. Occasionally they look like people I know
but I don’t sit down and while away my time, wistfully imagining movie stars as
book characters when I could be reading.
I simply don’t care that much to conduct such a thought
experiment. Its great if you do and that is what you enjoy, I just don’t.
That being said, it would then be a bit hypocritical of me
to get angry or frustrated at studios for casting certain people in my favourite
book roles, but I don’t unless they do a ham of a job at it and that just comes
down to bad acting or poor direction. I
won’t name names but we can all think of a terrible adaptation that caused the
end of hope for the rest of the books in a series (cough Inkheart cough cough)
So I say my dream cast for my favourite book(s) is the one
that I imagine in my mind and that doesn't translate well to a photo....yet.
The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert