Casting of female characters

Post by **Cail** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 11:39 pm

Rachel Weisz, eh? Yeah, she could pull it off.

Post by **onewyteduck** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 12:48 am

The more I see of her, the more I think Rachel Weisz could pull off any role. And she is such a stunningly beautiful young woman!

Post by **Buckarama** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 2:52 pm

I have been thinking and although she may be a bit old now I thought she would make a great Linden!

www.imdb.com/name/nm0824763/

Jessica Steen

This will give a better picture of her I think that the first link.

www.jessicasteen.com/jsp_e2_mag.html

Post by **onewyteduck** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 12:09 am

Too old?

She's 31 for crying out loud!

Post by **Buckarama** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 2:00 am

onewyteduck wrote:Too old? She's 31 for crying out loud!

Hmmm IMDB says she 41, she was born in 1965.

Post by **onewyteduck** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 12:10 pm

I had looked at the IMDB before I posted! Me thinks I need some remedial math! So sorry!

Post by **dANdeLION** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 12:47 pm

Okay, lord Absinth sent this to me to post, because he forgot his friggin' password. (Note to Jay, do you have his friggin' password?)

I personally abhor using Traci Lords in this way, because it'll probably destroy THOOLAH.

Post by **Buckarama** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 4:14 pm

onewyteduck wrote: I had looked at the IMDB before I posted! Me thinks I need some remedial math! So sorry!

No Worries, I ran out of fingers and had to pull my shoes off ,... twice!

Post by **Insanity Falls** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 8:06 pm

Eliza Dushku
She has to be *in* these movies
She could do Elena
She could do Linden
She has the power!
And she can do that

Spoiler

"hey, I am a really screwed up murderer thing well, suffering in the sunbane of impossible guilt"

And she can do the all-out endeavouring to save people thing too.
(And she'd sure make Linden more popular!)
And she can bring that crazy sassiness to Elena
And boy, can she launch armies!

Post by **Ninquelote** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 5:14 pm

Rachel McAdams could do it. Elena. Though I think she looks too young. Eliza Dushku, if she was a bit older, and more beautiful, she would be perfect as Elena.

I think Angelina Jolie could make a great Elena. But she has to cover up her lips, they make her look trashy.

Post by **Torrent** » Thu May 04, 2006 6:31 pm

Rachel Weisz doesn't sound bad. I've never seen her in a movie but I think I've seen here on a talk show and I kind of like her look.

I've just started reading Runes and Linden has that constant frown on her face. I think Jodie Foster would have been perfect. Gillian Anderson in the X Files also reminded me of Linden at times, she's so serious and down-to-earth but also vulnerable and beautiful. Naomi Watts looks a lot like Linden, too.
How about the leading actress from Matrix for either Elena or Linden? I can't think of her name, but she's cool.

Alison Hannigan would be a good Hollian, I think.

Post by **Peven** » Thu May 04, 2006 6:59 pm

how about Famke Janssen???

Post by **Buckarama** » Thu May 04, 2006 7:07 pm

Oooh good job Peven. That works for me, Famke Janssen.

Post by **wayfriend** » Thu May 04, 2006 8:05 pm

... in which role. Angus? Won't work.

Post by **Loredoctor** » Thu May 04, 2006 10:10 pm

Peven wrote:how about Famke Janssen???

I doubt she has the acting ability.

Post by **Torrent** » Fri May 05, 2006 11:18 am

How about Linda Fiorentino as Linden? Too old by now, I guess, but she would have been good.

Post by **Usivius** » Fri May 05, 2006 12:29 pm

Oh excellent choice!!!! But not for the 2nd Chron. She would be absolutely PERFECT for the way she is in the Last Chrons..

Excellent choice Torrent!

Post by **Peven** » Fri May 05, 2006 2:36 pm

i think Famke not only looks the part, but can act better than people might think. when X3 comes out she will have the opportunity to either prove me right or wrong. i really like Rachel Weiss as an actress, but i think she is too pretty to play Linden, if that makes sense.

another choice i have for female character is sure to draw some ire, i know, but i think Liv Tyler could pull off playing Elena. if not her then Jennifer Garner.

Post by **Torrent** » Sat May 06, 2006 4:37 pm

Liv Tyler comes very close, I think. Good idea.

Post by **Zahir** » Tue May 23, 2006 4:35 am

Wow, I'm surprised--and deeply disappointed--at the negative comments aimed at some very fine actors in this thread.

For the record, were it up to me I'd cast Angelina Jolie as Lena, with Emily Browning (A Series of Unfortunate Events) as Lena when young. She has a magnificent range, as shown in such flicks as Gia and Girl Interrupted.

Kate Beckinsale would be very good Elena, IMO. When you look at the variety of roles she has done (as opposed to your opinion of the specific films) then you start to get a idea of what she's capable of: Haunted and Cold Comfort Farm and Much Ado About Nothing and Underworld, etc.

I have what might be an interesting nomination for Linden Avery--Amber Benson, best known as Tara on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I've see the actress in real life, so I know just how different she is from the character she played. I'd know that also from the parts I've seen her play in Taboo and on Cold Case as well as other shows.

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Casting of female characters