Let's Do The Casting Right This Time

[redbrunja]

Okay, so you know the show The Dresden Files? And how it was Made Of Fail from the opening scene when Harry was having casual sex with a random waitress? And then to add insult to injury Murphy was brunette? (If you don't, count yourself lucky.)

Anyway, I have been trying to do fantasy casting since I was a couple books into my reread. I'm actually pretty damn stumped, so I'm throwing the question to you, dear flist:

Give me your ideal casting for The Dresden Files.

That said, I do know who should play two of the characters.

Yvonne Strahovski as Lt Karrin Murphey






 



She's got enough range to be both hardcore and vulnerable, looks fantastic in SWAT gear, looks like an adult, is blonde and petite - making her perfect for the visual dichotomy of this short, female police officer going up against loup-garou's, plant monsters and vampires of the Red Court.

Angelina Jolie as Lara Raith







Do I actually need to explain? Because I don't think I have the 3,000 words to go with the photos.

Comments

[strange_quark]

I don't know Dresden files and so can't comment on that, but I'm just going to say that every time I think that Angelina Jolie is not my thing I see stuff like the first two photos and realize that I was very much mistaken.

*Just. Stares at them. For a while.*

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

She's kind of awesome. And she's really seemed cool in the interviews I've read with her. (Actually, in general, I try to avoid interviews with actors for fear of finding out that I don't like who they really are.)