The Perfect Cast

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. ♥