Challenge #12
In your own space, tell us who you would recast in a film, tv series or webseries, or maybe someone voicing a cartoon or videogame. Or who would you cast to play a character in a book, comic or maybe even your own fiction! Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.Or is there a book or comic which you'd love to see made into a film, series, or video game? This one's easy.
Right now, while we're in the throes of epic medieaval fantasy TV shows, I'd like a DAUGHTER OF THE EMPIRE series, based on Raymond E Feist and Janny Wurtz's novels, following Mara of the Acoma's rise through the politics of the Tsurani - at least as far as the conflict with Jingu of the Minwanabi and her success.
I don't have casting for it, but a bunch of unknown actors would be fantastic for the main players, maybe a big name or two for a couple of the guest roles. John Cho as the Warlord Almecho, perhaps?
Yes, there would have to be a rejig in the balance of male/female characters, since, apart from Mara, there aren't really any other major female characters, nor roles to put them in. But added side plots could bring in new characters and add layers of mystery and spice to the known storyline, so it's not a "this happens, then this, then this, then this, exactly as it happened in the books."
In the midst of all this anti-Asian sentiment, it would be fantastic to add an element of fantasy that is primarily driven by non-white characters (at least until the second book). And it wouldn't have to just be racially East Asians, either; there's a lot of room across the breadth of the Empire for a variety of skin colours and cultural backgrounds (and perhaps could provide a commentary on colourism, too). Besides, I can just imagine Lady Isashani, legendary beauty of Tsurannuani and politically astute mother to the new Lord of Xacatecas, played by a forty-something black woman with a commanding presence.
