I'm Gonna Lead You Down The Path That Rocks.
So a while back, I said I was never, ever going to cast the Dresden Files because it was just too overwhelming to cast thirteen books and God alone knows how many short stories. I had things to do, dammit!
Apparently, all it took for me to change my mind was
kita0610 nudging me and going, "Wanna cast the Dresden Files?"
Which we did. We spent a month picking out actors for the cast (surprisingly, most of our cast ideas were in line with each other's, we only differed on Harry and Thomas), figuring out the layout, figuring out which pictures worked for each character, redoing some of the graphics when the pictures didn't work, scouring each book for the perfect quote for each character, redoing the graphics some more as we figured out easier ways to arrange the characters and pictures. It was crazy and fun and Kita did so much of the heavy lifting for this that it's not even funny. I think she's got the words to each book memorized, she went through them so many times for the quotes and she is the queen of finding exactly the right picture to accurately capture the essence of each character.
Before you ask, yes, we cast the Blue Beetle. And Mouse and Mister. We did, however, miss out on a few characters like Madrigal and Madeleine Raith, mostly because we'd already cast over sixty characters, and our brains were turning into jelly. Sorry!
If you've got different ideas for who should play your favorite characters, please feel free to share in the comments. I love hearing about peoples' casting ideas for their favorite series, and this definitely qualifies.
As well, I want to say a heartfelt thank you to
dine who thrashed out some of these casting ideas with me back when I first started reading Dresden fanfic. She's the one that got me thinking about who would play Harry and Marcone, and it sort of evolved from there. Thanks, Dine, you rule! ♥
The Dresden Files
Main Characters:
Harry Dresden
(Kita) James Marsters
(Minette) Karl Urban
Karrin Murphy (Kate Hudson)
Bob (Tim Curry)
Thomas Raith
(Kita) Vincent Kartheiser
(Minette) Matt Bomer
Recurring Characters (major & minor):
The Blue Beetle
Mister
Mouse
"Gentleman" Johnny Marcone (Jeffrey Donovan)
Hendricks (Adam Baldwin)
Sigrun Gard (Tricia Helfer)
The Archive/Ivy (Isabelle Murad)
Jared Kincaid, Hellhound (Daniel Craig)
Susan Rodriguez (Jessica Alba)
Elaine Mallory (Dichen Lachman)
Justine - (Emily Browning)
Henry Rawlins (Chi McBride)
Waldo Butters (Masi Oka)
Mac McAnally (Mickey Rourke)
Father Anthony Forthill (Gabriel Byrne)
Toot-Toot (Billy Boyd)
Mortimer Lindquist (Martin Landau)
Georgia & Billy Borden (Kristin Kreuk & Justin Long)
Uriel, The Watchman (Lennie James)
Vince Graver (Scott Caan)
Martin (Marc Blucas)
Malcolm & Margaret LeFay Dresden (Sean Bean & Julianne Moore)
Justin DuMorne (Gary Oldman)
Vampire Courts
Red Court
Bianca St. Claire (Emmanuelle Vaugier)
Don Paolo Ortega (Benjamin Bratt)
White Court
Lara Raith (Angelina Jolie)
Lord Raith (Vincent Cassel)
Black Court
Mavra (Helena Bonham-Carter)
Knights of the Cross
Shiro Yoshimo (Tadanobu Asano)
Sanya Antonovich (Aldis Hodge)
The Carpenters
Michael Carpenter (Jeffrey Dean Morgan)
Charity Carpenter (Lena Headey)
Molly Carpenter (Michelle Trachtenberg)
Daniel Carpenter (Tyler Hoechlin)
Faerie Courts
Mother Winter & Mother Summer (Tilda Swinton & Helen Mirren )
Summer
Lady Aurora & Queen Titania (Uma Thurman & Marcia Cross)
Lady Lily & Knight Fix (Summer Glau & Anton Yelchin)
Winter
Queen Mab (Cate Blanchett)
The Leanansidhe (Christina Hendricks)
Lady Maeve & Knight Lloyd Slate (Eliza Dushku & Ryan Kwanten)
Knights of the Blackened Denarius
Nicodemus Archleone (Viggo Mortensen)
Lasciel/Sheila (Sarah Michelle Gellar & Amanda Seyfried)
Quintus Cassius (Sendhil Ramamurthy)
Polonius Lartessa, Thorned Namshiel, Rosanna Marcella, & Deidre (Salma Hayek, Andy Serkis, Megan Good, & Olga Kurylenko)
The Senior Council
The Merlin (Sir Ian McKellan)
Captain Anastasia Luccio [pre-body switch] (Rita Moreno), [post-body switch] (Zoe Saldana)
Donald Morgan (Tahmoh Penikett)
Carlos Ramirez (Kevin Alejandro)
Ebenezer McCoy (Ed Harris)
Rashid the Gatekeeper (Christopher Lee)
Joseph Listens-to-Wind (Graham Greene)
"Steed" Chandler (Neil Jackson)
Ancient Mai, Martha Liberty, & Samuel Peabody (Lucy Liu, Sophie Okonedo, & Wallace Shawn)
I think it's safe to say that this is the geekiest thing we've ever done and we had a blast doing it.
Apparently, all it took for me to change my mind was
Which we did. We spent a month picking out actors for the cast (surprisingly, most of our cast ideas were in line with each other's, we only differed on Harry and Thomas), figuring out the layout, figuring out which pictures worked for each character, redoing some of the graphics when the pictures didn't work, scouring each book for the perfect quote for each character, redoing the graphics some more as we figured out easier ways to arrange the characters and pictures. It was crazy and fun and Kita did so much of the heavy lifting for this that it's not even funny. I think she's got the words to each book memorized, she went through them so many times for the quotes and she is the queen of finding exactly the right picture to accurately capture the essence of each character.
Before you ask, yes, we cast the Blue Beetle. And Mouse and Mister. We did, however, miss out on a few characters like Madrigal and Madeleine Raith, mostly because we'd already cast over sixty characters, and our brains were turning into jelly. Sorry!
If you've got different ideas for who should play your favorite characters, please feel free to share in the comments. I love hearing about peoples' casting ideas for their favorite series, and this definitely qualifies.
As well, I want to say a heartfelt thank you to
dine who thrashed out some of these casting ideas with me back when I first started reading Dresden fanfic. She's the one that got me thinking about who would play Harry and Marcone, and it sort of evolved from there. Thanks, Dine, you rule! ♥The Dresden Files
Main Characters:
Harry Dresden
(Kita) James Marsters
(Minette) Karl Urban
Karrin Murphy (Kate Hudson)
Bob (Tim Curry)
Thomas Raith
(Kita) Vincent Kartheiser
(Minette) Matt Bomer
Recurring Characters (major & minor):
The Blue Beetle
Mister
Mouse
"Gentleman" Johnny Marcone (Jeffrey Donovan)
Hendricks (Adam Baldwin)
Sigrun Gard (Tricia Helfer)
The Archive/Ivy (Isabelle Murad)
Jared Kincaid, Hellhound (Daniel Craig)
Susan Rodriguez (Jessica Alba)
Elaine Mallory (Dichen Lachman)
Justine - (Emily Browning)
Henry Rawlins (Chi McBride)
Waldo Butters (Masi Oka)
Mac McAnally (Mickey Rourke)
Father Anthony Forthill (Gabriel Byrne)
Toot-Toot (Billy Boyd)
Mortimer Lindquist (Martin Landau)
Georgia & Billy Borden (Kristin Kreuk & Justin Long)
Uriel, The Watchman (Lennie James)
Vince Graver (Scott Caan)
Martin (Marc Blucas)
Malcolm & Margaret LeFay Dresden (Sean Bean & Julianne Moore)
Justin DuMorne (Gary Oldman)
Vampire Courts
Red Court
Bianca St. Claire (Emmanuelle Vaugier)
Don Paolo Ortega (Benjamin Bratt)
White Court
Lara Raith (Angelina Jolie)
Lord Raith (Vincent Cassel)
Black Court
Mavra (Helena Bonham-Carter)
Knights of the Cross
Shiro Yoshimo (Tadanobu Asano)
Sanya Antonovich (Aldis Hodge)
The Carpenters
Michael Carpenter (Jeffrey Dean Morgan)
Charity Carpenter (Lena Headey)
Molly Carpenter (Michelle Trachtenberg)
Daniel Carpenter (Tyler Hoechlin)
Faerie Courts
Mother Winter & Mother Summer (Tilda Swinton & Helen Mirren )
Summer
Lady Aurora & Queen Titania (Uma Thurman & Marcia Cross)
Lady Lily & Knight Fix (Summer Glau & Anton Yelchin)
Winter
Queen Mab (Cate Blanchett)
The Leanansidhe (Christina Hendricks)
Lady Maeve & Knight Lloyd Slate (Eliza Dushku & Ryan Kwanten)
Knights of the Blackened Denarius
Nicodemus Archleone (Viggo Mortensen)
Lasciel/Sheila (Sarah Michelle Gellar & Amanda Seyfried)
Quintus Cassius (Sendhil Ramamurthy)
Polonius Lartessa, Thorned Namshiel, Rosanna Marcella, & Deidre (Salma Hayek, Andy Serkis, Megan Good, & Olga Kurylenko)
The Senior Council
The Merlin (Sir Ian McKellan)
Captain Anastasia Luccio [pre-body switch] (Rita Moreno), [post-body switch] (Zoe Saldana)
Donald Morgan (Tahmoh Penikett)
Carlos Ramirez (Kevin Alejandro)
Ebenezer McCoy (Ed Harris)
Rashid the Gatekeeper (Christopher Lee)
Joseph Listens-to-Wind (Graham Greene)
"Steed" Chandler (Neil Jackson)
Ancient Mai, Martha Liberty, & Samuel Peabody (Lucy Liu, Sophie Okonedo, & Wallace Shawn)
I think it's safe to say that this is the geekiest thing we've ever done and we had a blast doing it.