Thursday DE and IMDB flu reminder

[needsmoreresearch]

Remember, folks, IMDB flu starts tomorrow! Let me get in a post for the first patient, and after that you guys go wild. Please put IMDB FLU in the subject lines of all fluish posts.

The DE is open for anyone who wants IMDB flu suggestions or ideas. And for those who don't: let's get some fancasting for our characters. Is there anyone you'd like to see portray your character?

(I'm terrible at fancasting, but some of y'all have great ideas.)

Comments

For Write, unsolicited

[street_sparrow]

I don't know if you've seen the episode of Foyle's War Andrew Scott was in, but his character is pretty interesting.


SPOILERS.






Young man who was caught belonging to the British Free Corps and is about to be hanged, but refuses to utter a word in his own defence despite having been acting as a British agent the whole time, for reasons having to do with having witnessed his father murder his mother when he was eight or so, her death being passed off as an animal attack, and using this as a way to punish his father and destroy the family's reputation.





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Re: For Write, unsolicited

[just_cant_lose]

OF COURSE I'VE SEEN IT, IT IS GLORIOUS. In fact, I watched it just last night (again), as it was on TV. And I am soooooo tempted, negl. Devereaux has that quiet pain about him - and the hint he's actually Foyle's son is my favourite bit, because what an awesome 'fuck you' to the man who raised him/killed his mother.

I am quite torn, because having Jim turn into an inspirational English teacher would also be fun. Or a lovely housekeeper with two young daughters. Or an actor who pretends to be a psychiatrist to pull a girl, and hilarity ensues. Or, y'know. Hamlet.

GAH. IMDb is torture of the best kind. Thanks for tempting me in a whole other direction, though! :D

Re: For Write, unsolicited

[misslucyjane]

I sense a rabbit hole I need to fall down. What are the names of these productions?

Re: For Write, unsolicited

[just_cant_lose]

I highly recommend falling down all of them!

English teacher - Handsome Devil, an Irish film released last year.
Housekeeper - This Beautiful Fantastic, also from last year.
Actor/psychiatrist - Little White Lie, another Irish film from a few years back. You can't go wrong with an Irish rom com. :D

But if you're wanting to watch something amazing and haven't seen Pride yet - see that first. I genuinely cannot recommend it enough. Also, Hamlet will be out on DVD in a coupele of months most likely, after the BBC broadcasts it, so watch that too.

Also also, I can hook you up with Little White Lie - and I did have TBF downloaded too, but can't find where I've put it on my computer. It might be on my other one...point is, I can probs sort that out for you tto, if you like. :)

Re: For Write, unsolicited

[misslucyjane]

Whee! If I can't find them from other sources I will definitely ask you.

I do have a copy of Pride, I just haven't watched it yet. I'm having a hard time with media lately that seems like it's going to be painful. I may be entirely wrong about Pride but I feel like it's one of those things I'll need to work up my courage to watch. (Hamlet, I've seen and read enough to know pretty much what to expect.)

Re: For Write, unsolicited

[just_cant_lose]

Seriously not going to be painful! It is an uplifting experience, I promise. There is a moment or two of augh at the end, but it's pretty uniformly a movie that'll make your heart swell. I swear. :)

Re: For Write, unsolicited

[misslucyjane]

I'll make time for it. It's always a delight to see Andrew in action.

Re: For Write, unsolicited

[just_cant_lose]

Hur hur *insert lewd comment here*

But you're right, it is. The man's ridiculously good. :D

Re: For Write, unsolicited

[misslucyjane]

I'll just leave this here.

Re: For Write, unsolicited

[just_cant_lose]

Jim:

...oh, that's just mean.

[bjornwilde]

At this point I have two options for IMDB flu this year:
Danny becomes Loras Tyrell, aka the Knight of Flowers, from Game of Thrones and Ahsoka becomes either Catwoman or Cheetah from DC Superhero Girls. Both options have a lot of appeal, though I am not too familiar with Loras as a character, and I am not sure how Catwoman and Cheetah are portrayed in that canon. Still, I mean to hunt Youtube for clips.

As for fancasting...

Well, Rosario Dawson has said she'd be interested in playing a live action Ahsoka Tano and I am all over that!

Sabine would be more difficult, but I'd want someone who wasn't Chinese or Japanese to play her. I don't know why, but she reads as more Southern Asian to me, like Filipina or Thai. Brenda Song maybe?

Izana...well, tbh, I'm not familiar enough with actors who are Japanese or of Japanese decent. Someone Korean could do in a pinch.

Tybalt...I like Aidan Turner as a face and his acting could fit for Tybalt as well. I'd be curious if anyone had other ideas.

All my other pups have actors already.

[notallofus]

About Sabine, in addition to her being voiced by Tiya Sircar, Ursa is voiced by Sharmila Devar and Tristan by Ritesh Rajan. Not that it's always relevant for VA work, but I kind of got the impression in this case that they were deliberate in casting mostly Indian-American actors for Sabine's family.

Also, Sabine could always imdb flu into a demon from The Good Place!

[bjornwilde]

Oh, I LIKE this!

And I do like the idea of her and her family being Indian-American. They just seem visually to be more Asian to me. I could be very wrong though.

ETA: I didn't even realize Tiya was on The Good Place! I definitely need to watch it now!

[oldmancreed]

For Kylo, Tess and Creed their actors already did/do a fine job.

For Rose, maybe that Cheryl Blossom girl from Riverdale.

[quick_clean_pure]

Hey everyone, looking forward to greeting people with this ugly mug, coming to you straight from hell itself :D

[exiled_heir_of_the_eighth]

So I've got a bit of a problem. There's no one for Sahaal to turn into. He's strictly a book character, there's no actor associated with him, not even from an audiobook. And, since I don't use a real person profile pic, because black eyes, black hair and extremely pale skin don't go together in real life, or don't exist, that's out.

I was playing with the idea that this basically makes him immune to the IMDB effects of the flu, and that he spends a week rundown, sick and confused about what's going on with all the other patrons. I'm not sure, though.

Any suggestions?

[i_am_your_host]

It's always fun if some pups don't get the flu so they can be the ones to react to their friends being weird. Besides, some beings might be immune to magic sickness!

[angry_friendship_wolf]

I was about to go 'nah, probably won't do it this year,' and then I discovered that Gabumon's English voice actor has played a ton of villain roles and several private detectives and also Batman, and now my heart is filled with strife.

[ceitfianna]

I'm debating having Cassian get it and thinking himself Manolo from The Book of Life and maybe his newest role Ray from Flatliners. I've seen the first one but not the second so I might not have him hit all at once. Diego Luna's been in so many movies but I haven't seen that many of them.

Moist is always fun to hit with IMDB flu since Jude Law has been in so much stuff.

Charles is tough, because James McAvoy has been in a lot but with his telepathy, I think it would mess him up a lot.

In terms of the others, I don't have any major ideas. To the original idea of fancasting, the ones of mine where I chose PBs are Will S., Sameth, Quentin and Ivan. Sorry, yesterday was really long for me and I think even now I'm not fully awake yet.

[i_am_your_host]

I may turn Emcee into BOOREEES...er...Boris, from Goldeneye.

And god, there are so many other characters that I can turn Cassidy into but it's hard to get access to Joe Gilgun's work in the States. I really want to see This is England but I can't. Or Emmerdale. However, he was also in Pride (with Andrew Scott!), or perhaps his character in Misfits... He played a vicious, deranged criminal in Lockout but I think that would be a little too dangerous for everyone, what with him being a vampire.

[just_cant_lose]

I was so D: after you apped Cassidy but I'd already had Jim be Gethin - it would've been great to have them in from the same canon briefly, and so weird afterwards. :D

(Also, anyone who hasn't seen Pride - see Pride. *hearteyes*)

[i_am_your_host]

Hahah I knowww, that would have been such a fun and ridiculous coincidence. Our pups being regular everyday gay rights activists, WHAT A THING TO BE.

[just_cant_lose]

FOR REAL. Even Jim would have been all, 'well, this is awkward' afterwards, albeit with a smirk. He does remember being Gethin though, so if you ever bring Cassidy in as Mike he'd come and have a fun chat.

[i_am_your_host]

I am all for making this so! I just need a rewatch this weekend and I should be good. And if Cassidy/Mike catches on to what kind of flu is going around, the Mike part of him would think Gethin thinks he's someone else who wears expensive designer clothing. Double the confusion, double the fun.

[just_cant_lose]

Omg, that'd be brilliant. I'm totally up for this. And you know Jim would encourage the confusion by slipping into a Welsh accent now and again, and looking surprised by his own suit. :DDDD

[irish_vagabond]

*crying*



Also:
http://jimmriarty.tumblr.com/post/146347483195/post145443921987-joe-is-in-love-with-andrew-o0

[just_cant_lose]

*cackle* Joe's love for Andrew is indeed legendary. I love them. I am legit, for real, watching Pride right this second because talking about it with you stuck it back in my head. \o/

[i_am_your_host]

Oh oh regarding fancasts: the Master of Ceremonies has been played by lots of actors on Broadway including Neil Patrick Harris and John Stamos, but if someone where to take up where Alan Cumming left off, I would pick Tom Holland. Because if you've seen his Lip Sync Battle performance you'll know why.

As for Cassidy, I had been following the 'will a Preacher movie or TV series ever get made' saga for several years. And the only person I could think of to play him was Denis Leary, mostly because of the Glenn Fabry cover. I mean come on. That is totally Denis Leary. I think he would've done well as Cassidy in an alternate universe, but at this point I wouldn't trade in Joe Gilgun for anyone, the dude is basically him in real life without the vampirism. (Garth Ennis, the creator of Preacher, basically said, oh, so they went out and found the real Cassidy.)

[notallofus]

Kanan is voiced by Freddie Prinze Jr., who is the kind of actor that I know who he is but have watched literally nothing else he's ever been in. Except that one episode of Friends. Ugh. He's really good at this role, but I don't find any of his others particularly inspiring for imdb flu. In a live action version I don't know if I'd cast anyone else. I can't think of anyone in particular.

Hera is voiced by Vanessa Marshall, who has done a lot of VA work in things I've also never seen. She's voiced a lot of Marvel and DC characters, but also nothing that particularly inspires me. Especially as Hera wouldn't look similar to any of those characters. And since Hera's a Twi'lek, any portrayal of her in live-action would have to involve a lot of make up/prosthetic and/or CGI (they've generally done make up for Twi'leks in the past, but I'd be kind of curious to see what the CGI version would look like). Appearance wouldn't make much difference, so Vanessa Marshall is still good? The only other actress I've thought of is Hettienne Park, who I just think could pull off Hera's calm and determination, as well as her good humor and kindness.

[aaaaaaaagh_sky]

If you ever get the chance to check it out, Prinze did a pretty good job as the voice of James Vega in Mass Effect 3.

[for_everyone]

Oh James. *pats him*

It actually took me a bit when I played to realize he was Freddie. He is good in that one.

[This is the other player, in case you were unsure!]

But yeah, word.

[childofrebellion]

If you want something fun to watch with him in it, the live action Scooby-Doo movie is enjoyable. I don't think I've seen anything else with him in it.

[for_everyone]

But did you see the sequel?

[childofrebellion]

No, was it awful? I saw the one of them on an island.

[misslucyjane]

I'm just going to be doing one character at a time (I don't even have the brain for multiple characters on a regular day, most of the time) so Sherlock is going to be Dr. Strange.

I am excite.

[bjornwilde]

I think I shall have to have Danny tag him, just for the vague-not-really cross-over with the MCU's main mystic characters.

[misslucyjane]

Please do!

[iprotectyou]

Hmm. I don't have any plans for IMDb flu, nor do I think anyone but Jiang Wen would be able to play Baze as well as he did. So, sorry, my answer is useless for this DE!

[street_sparrow]

Just to jump in - it wouldn't be that Baze is suddenly played by somebody else, it'd be that he thinks he's somebody else played by Jiang Wen.

[iprotectyou]

Oh, yes, I know! I was talking about the fancasting. Thank you, though!

[street_sparrow]

...I forgot about that part of the DE. sheepish

[iprotectyou]

Ahaha, no worries, it happens.

[cottoncandypink]

I'm not doing the flu this year, because I just don't have many good roles to use for any of my pups. And like Baze above me, I don't have a fancasting answer either, since all of the characters I play were either written specifically for or created by their actors, so the idea of them being anyone else is just weird.