So many times I’ve come across the question if you could cast your own characters for the movie version of Girls & Monsters, who would it be? that before starting my thriller for young adult KILLER GIRL, I asked myself: who would I want to cast as my characters? Then I found this poster and almost died under the weight of inspiration.
First, I had to go with one of my favorite actors of all time (and near neurotic devotion): Gary Oldman. Our relationship (one-sided, needless to say) started with Sid & Nancy. Raw, brutal, addicts in love, he got me the second I laid eyes on him… and he looked so much like Sid Vicious that I had to remind myself this wasn’t a documentary but the fictional rendition of the Sex Pistols’ bassist final days. Then, there was Dracula (my one and only) and Harry Potter (oh, to bear the name Black) – The Professional, Romeo’s Bleeding, Immortal Beloved…so many, too many to even remember. And for Killer Girl, he’s my nemesis, he’s my monster: a man named Barnaby who turns kids into killers. Perfection.
Growing up, I wanted to be Winona Ryder. Oh no, not only because she played Mina (Dracula, again. I see a theme, here), Lydia in Beetle Juice or Kim in Edward Scissorhands, but also because she dated Johnny Depp and Christian Slater and was so beautiful and talented. Obsessed by her big doe eyes and that porcelain skin, I so wanted to be her… until what happened happened and the glass around her world shattered, a little. But fear
not, she’s back, she’s creepy (hello, Black Swan) and she’s my Kate: broken, fragile, but never a victim. A reunion with Oldman in my imaginary movie? Yes, please.
Then there’s my kick-ass girl lead: Roe: not afraid to shout about what’s right and wrong, she’s ready to take down the world, especially Barnaby. So I’m thinking Elle Fanning (with the help of Black #1) just because she’s pretty but not candycoated sweet… and she could go dark in the blink of an eye (I’m talking about her soul, now). Also, there’s something about her that screams ‘don’t make me say it twice’ that’s just alluring to me – no Disney or rainbows, but rain and darkness, just the way I like it.
And now I need YOU guys to help me pick my pretty boy, Dev: sensitive but not a wuss, he’s a fighter with an edge – as in you don’t want to mess with him, ever. I’ve settled for black hair/grey eyes combo, but I can’t find anyone matching that description. If you do, please step forward, and who knows, I might thank you in the acknowledgements. ♥
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Anne Michaud 
July 22nd, 2013 at 9:34 am
I haven’t read Girls and Monsters (yet!) so I’m only going off your description of Dev (and I don’t know how old he’s supposed to be) but that description immediately made me think of Ian Somerhalder!
July 22nd, 2013 at 9:50 am
Oh, great eye candy – but alas, way to sexy and old for Dev, who’s YA… but thanks for the great visual running in my head, right about now 😉
July 22nd, 2013 at 9:55 am
Hmm, I shall keep thinking then! Colin Ford would be my younger choice
July 22nd, 2013 at 10:17 am
Oh, cute and laid-back, I like that choice:)
July 22nd, 2013 at 10:19 am
He was great in We Bought A Zoo! He had the ability to be a little bit dark but deep down is a sweetheart!
July 22nd, 2013 at 12:03 pm
That’s what I need! I mean, for my imaginary movie 🙂
July 22nd, 2013 at 12:08 pm
Hey, you never know! 🙂
July 22nd, 2013 at 12:25 pm
True that.
July 22nd, 2013 at 11:51 am
I love this guy…not the best actor (yet..still very green) but I think he’s super yummy 😉
July 22nd, 2013 at 11:52 am
http://theangstreport.blogspot.ca/2013/04/angst-initiate-bill-skarsgard-as-roman.html
Opps! Forgot the link!!
July 22nd, 2013 at 12:02 pm
Well, he is the brother of Vampire Eric and son of ‘here’s my peen’ Stellan… good family stock 😉
July 22nd, 2013 at 12:38 pm
He looks like a young Steve Buscemi 😉 How about this guy:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm5629608/?ref_=tt_cl_t2
Plus he follows me on Twitter, bless his vampiric heart 😉
July 22nd, 2013 at 12:58 pm
Well, if he loves vamps… ♥
July 22nd, 2013 at 1:21 pm
Oh, bummer. He changed his profile. It used to say something about ‘soon to be a vampire onscreen’. I wonder if the project got shelved?
July 22nd, 2013 at 1:35 pm
Aw, sad 😦