Nearly Mindless Fun: Fantasy Casting

Last night, kittenpants, triadruid and I were once again bewailing the steaming pile of reconstituted monkey poo that was the new version of The Omen. Wouldn't it have been better, we thought, if we could have gotten the film adaptation of Gaiman and Pratchett's Good Omens as the big 6/6/06 release?

Inevitably, this led to an extensive discussion of who we'd want to cast in such a film, and who we'd like to have at the helm, and so on. And we thought some of our friends might have some opinions on the matter as well, so here we are. Clicky on the cut to see our picks. Feel free to contribute, comment, contest, deride, fill in the blanks, or whatever makes you happy. The general sort of guidelines for fantasy casting, as played at EHQ are as follows: 1) actors don't have to currently be the right age for the part (adding "ten years ago" or "in about five years" is perfectly fair); 2) actors don't have to be alive, necessarily; 3) actors don't have to be actors by trade, but they do have to be someone that everyone in the game is familiar with (other celebrities not in the acting business, politicians, and your mom are all fair game).

( On with the show? )

Nearly Mindless Fun: Fantasy Casting

Last night, kittenpants, triadruid and I were once again bewailing the steaming pile of reconstituted monkey poo that was the new version of The Omen. Wouldn't it have been better, we thought, if we could have gotten the film adaptation of Gaiman and Pratchett's Good Omens as the big 6/6/06 release?

Inevitably, this led to an extensive discussion of who we'd want to cast in such a film, and who we'd like to have at the helm, and so on. And we thought some of our friends might have some opinions on the matter as well, so here we are. Clicky on the cut to see our picks. Feel free to contribute, comment, contest, deride, fill in the blanks, or whatever makes you happy. The general sort of guidelines for fantasy casting, as played at EHQ are as follows: 1) actors don't have to currently be the right age for the part (adding "ten years ago" or "in about five years" is perfectly fair); 2) actors don't have to be alive, necessarily; 3) actors don't have to be actors by trade, but they do have to be someone that everyone in the game is familiar with (other celebrities not in the acting business, politicians, and your mom are all fair game).

( On with the show? )