Mental Casting: The Dresden Files

[jedibuttercup]

Since I wrote my first Michael Carpenter story a couple of years ago-- my first non-crossover bookfic ever, if I remember right-- I've started populating the Dresdenverse with actors' faces. (Prior to that, believe it or not, I didn't actually visualise the characters at all; I tend to think neither in pictures nor in words, but concept-strings). And something hit me today, when I was rereading the bit in "Dead Beat" where Harry explains what's going on to Mac, proprietor of McAnnally's.

Mac? On whom bald looks good, and doesn't talk much, but is clearly tough as nails? Is totally Bruce Willis as DH4's John McClane. And Luccio's original body? Is now Dame Judy Dench, to me. LOL. Those are new; I'd been picturing Neal McDonough as seen in Tin Man as Michael and George Clooney in his Ocean's 11 guise as Marcone for awhile now. And Jordan Hinson as Eureka's Zoe Carter has been creeping in to play Molly lately.

I still don't have a Harry, though, other than the miniseries' not-quite-right Paul Blackthorne, or a Murphy-- I'd pick SMG, but her Buffy's too sharp-edged in my mind to ever qualify as "cute". Anyone have any suggestions, for them or any other significant book characters?
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Comments

[beachkid.livejournal.com]

er, that was missing half of what I meant to say. apologies. I'm liking a little more... aggressive version of Kimberly Caldwell for Murphy mostly because of the nose. Cute, blond, cheerleader, upturned nose, yet sufficiently physical to have "gymnast legs" and be built for service is a surprisingly tricky combination!

For Harry, he has the skintone, nose, chin, cheekbones, skinny, height, and broody dark eyes going for him -- and the occasional GET A HAIRCUT hair. ;)

[jedibuttercup]

Yeah, I can see that, in both cases. =) There's not so many actors that fall into those descriptive ranges.