Also, casting results.

[seanan_mcguire]

Forgive me: I was tired, and forgot to select a winner for our casting contest. Today's lucky recipient of a signed copy of Blackout is...

dimestore_romeo!

Please email me via my (not Mira's) website contact form by this time on Sunday, July 22nd, to claim your prize. Also let me know whether you want the US or UK edition. I'll need mailing info and all that, and congratulations! Truly, your geek is strong.

Thanks to everyone for participating, and we'll have Ashes of Honor giveaways shortly.

Comments

[dimestore-romeo.livejournal.com]

Oh my goodness, I just fell out of my chair!

I had incredible amounts of fun and housemate debates thinking up casting for Newsflesh, and seeing what other people on LJ visualise. This competition was the best. <3

I'll send you my details asap, and thank you so much!

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

I aim to please. :)

[wolfsilveroak.livejournal.com]

We were at the store today and spotted a display of Monster High dolls. I turned to Mark and said, hey, Seanan McGuire, aka Mira Grant, collects these.

He said that just makes her all that much cooler.}:P

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Oh, cool!

[denisen1.livejournal.com]

Marvelous Seanan, will you or (also marvelous) Dimestore Romeo prettypleasewithsugarontop repost in the comments here who was so cleverly cast? Inquiring (nosy, bored) minds want to know (but can't seem to find the original post, and is frankly tired tonight, so the whole keyboard thing is kind of a challenge anyways ... ...) ... Also, to dimestore_romeo - CONGRATULATIONS, WOOT! 8-)

[dimestore-romeo.livejournal.com]

Yes, I can. :) And the original post is here (http://seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com/449906.html).

George - Scarlett Johansson: I have been incredibly impressed with her acting lately and she absolutely has the ability to carry a film by herself. She was fantastically layered in the Avengers and is capable of the just the right amount of inscrutability.

Shaun - Ian Somerhalder: This was very tough. I wanted someone for Shaun who was conventionally attractive - the kind of generic white male lead look - who was still a good actor. I'm not 100% satisfied with this pick, but he is capable of excellent emotional performances.

Mr Mason - Harrison Ford: You have to trust that face! He is an actor who has played a) a lot of heartthrobs and b) a lot of nice guys, so he looks like the kind of man you trust and find endearing. How he looks would be in direct conflict with the personality of Mr Mason.

Mrs Mason - Jessica Lange: I was watching Titus last week and loved her performance as a tricky woman doing her best to manipulate everyone around her. She has what I feel is the right look for the character and is capable of being both icy and charismatic.

Buffy - Ksenia Solo: I loved her in Lost Girl! She is very pretty - almost doll-like - and would be able to play Buffy as both comic and serious.

Senator Ryman - Idris Elba: I watched Luther because it had him in it. He's an excellent actor and alhtough he seems to have been playing villains of late he would work perfectly as modern politician with a grown daughter, and a loving husband.

Emily Ryman - Lisa Ray: She has been great in The World Unseen and Water. I'm working from TWU for this one, in which she plays a mother devoted to her children who is much more complex than she outwardly appears. She's very warm and elegant.

Becks - Emma Stone: As a confident Irwin Emma could absolutely command the camera, and would probably get a lot of the best lines! I really enjoy her as a comic actress, but I also think that she could carry the unrequited love for Shaun very well.

Maggie - Dichen Lachman: When Dichen finally got her own episode in Dollhouse I was overjoyed. As Maggie isn't field-trained I thought Dichen's performance as Priya - determined but domestic, and definitely a woman who must force herself to fight - and I can certainly see her as a very intelligent heiress who would rather stay out of the action.

Kelly Connolly - Sheetal Sheth: Kelly has a lot of innocence about her, or rather she doesn't immediately leap to question the motives of those around her. Sheetal has enormous eyes and a very open and expressive face, and I think she could portray Kelly's slow journey to awareness and determination very well.

Dr Abbey - Alex Kingston: Oh Alex, leading lady of my heart. She was fabulous in Upstairs Downstairs this year as a conflicted, driven, middle-aged archaeologist, and I'm certain she would be able to act the hell out of this part - along with Dr Abbey's near unbreakable calm and elusiveness.

Dr Shaw - Charlize Theron : She's so fabulous! That, and sci-fi goddess of my heart. She is very commanding and severe. I would possibly also accept Uma Thurman.

Dr Wynne - Harry Lennix: I'm not actually reccing him because of Dollhouse. I'm reccing him because his role as Aaron in Titus convinced me that he can play the villain very, very well.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Best cast list is best.