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The_Face Title: Ex-Manager, now with more real butter flavor Registered: Feb '03	Date Posted: 9/30/06 10:34am Subject: RE: I Fell Into the Well of Lost Plots- Jasper Fforde Ffans
	I agree with all the Kate Winslets running around for the reasons you stated. Besides, Marianne Dashwood and the "real" (by which I mean fictional... actually, double-fictional) Mary aren’t in there very long anyway. Hugh Grant, I wondered about at first. Then I remembered this was someone from a bad romance novel. Not much of a stretch for Mr. Romantic Comedy. He usually kind of grates, but it works here. Every movie and miniseries needs Michael Caine. And John Cleese. Cate Blanchett as Aornis is a good call. Excellent casting, Rogue; I look forward to The Well of Lost Plots. At least you don’t have so many real world characters to deal with. Say, can’t book characters be any nationality? Just thought about that, but it really applies more to WoLP. -----signature----- “The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it.” - John 1:5
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NYCitygurl Title: Generally Out to Lunch Manager: SFFBC, C&G, NSWFF Registered: Jul '02	Date Posted: 9/30/06 3:36pm Subject: RE: I Fell Into the Well of Lost Plots- Jasper Fforde Ffans
	I would think that book characters would be their own nationality. For example, Miss Havisham, if I recall correctly, is from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, and lives in England. Thus, she would be English. Very nice casting choices -----signature----- "Not till the moon falls. Not till the world ends."
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The_Face Title: Ex-Manager, now with more real butter flavor Registered: Feb '03	Date Posted: 9/30/06 5:36pm Subject: RE: I Fell Into the Well of Lost Plots- Jasper Fforde Ffans - Date Edited: 9/30/06 5:38pm (1 edits total) Edited By: The_Face
	Exactly. I just meant that Rogue had been casting all English, in accordance with the setting, but, for example, with the Emperor (forget his name ) he'd be free to cast from somewhere else. ...My clarification post just made less sense that what I was trying to clear up. brain fries -----signature----- “The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it.” - John 1:5
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Rogue1-and-a-half Title: Manager: Amphitheatre Registered: Nov '00	Date Posted: 9/30/06 5:46pm Subject: RE: I Fell Into the Well of Lost Plots- Jasper Fforde Ffans
	Yes, Aornis Hades was by far the toughest decision; I needed someone with a slightly otherworldly look, someone with the chops to be physically dominant and someone a little bit sexy. I was going, rather unhappily, Carrie Anne-Moss, who would have to fake the accent. Then suddenly Blanchett just leapt into my head, literally about four days before I posted that pick. She's Australian, not English, but I think she's perfect. And, yes, I get what you're saying; I have a pick for Zhark (that's the name) already. And it's a little wacky, but, oh, well. This has been a blast for me, really. Thanks for all the comments. -----signature----- I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough Without having ever felt sorry for itself.
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Rogue1-and-a-half Title: Manager: Amphitheatre Registered: Nov '00	Date Posted: 10/25/06 12:08pm Subject: RE: I Fell Into the Well of Lost Plots- Jasper Fforde Ffans - Date Edited: 10/25/06 12:16pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Rogue1-and-a-half
	The Well of Lost Plots: Kate Winslet as Thursday Next Thursday. That would make chapter seven only a page long! Better than nothing. It won't work. Vonnegut does it all the time. Kate Winslet as Mary Jones Jack might seem gruff to begin with, but he has a heart of gold. He takes his coffee black and the love interest between myself and DC Baker is strictly unrequited, is that clear? Sam Neill as DCI Briggs Do you think I need to develop more as a character? . . . Well - I knew it! It's the hair, isn't it? Do you think it should be shorter? Longer? What about having a bizarre character trait? I've been learning the trombone! Peter Wingfield as Jack Spratt What's the use? No one is reading this. It doesn't matter! Kate Winslet as Gran Next Well, I was God Emperor of the universe once and being a man for twenty-four hours was pretty weird. -----signature----- I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough Without having ever felt sorry for itself.
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NYCitygurl Title: Generally Out to Lunch Manager: SFFBC, C&G, NSWFF Registered: Jul '02	Date Posted: 10/25/06 2:02pm Subject: RE: I Fell Into the Well of Lost Plots- Jasper Fforde Ffans
	Jack and Mary are in the Thursday Next books? I know they've got they're own series, but I'm still between the first and second Thursday books. -----signature----- "Not till the moon falls. Not till the world ends."
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TheBoogieMan Title: Manager Emeritus Registered: Nov '01	Date Posted: 10/25/06 11:31pm Subject: RE: I Fell Into the Well of Lost Plots- Jasper Fforde Ffans
	They were created first for the Thursday series. The Spratt books are a spin-off. Good choices again, Rogue, although I'm begining to think that this thread is just an opportunity for you to post pictures of Winslet. Neill is a good pick.
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JediNemesis Registered: Mar '03	Date Posted: 10/26/06 4:50am Subject: RE: I Fell Into the Well of Lost Plots- Jasper Fforde Ffans
	Good ones. Peter Wingfield in particular looks just how I'd pictured the character. -----signature----- BeTS Best Author '08 NEW Eleven Summers - http://boards.theforce.net/a/b1/29657584 Lightning and Diamonds - http://boards.theforce.net/a/b1/29251762 Into The Shining Day - http://boards.theforce.net/a/b1/29224914
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Rogue1-and-a-half Title: Manager: Amphitheatre Registered: Nov '00	Date Posted: 10/26/06 10:55am Subject: RE: I Fell Into the Well of Lost Plots- Jasper Fforde Ffans
	As I understand it, the Jack Spratt series was written first, but no one would publish it; after Thursday Next took off, Fforde took the opportunity to weave Jack and Mary into Thursday's universe, thus practically necessitating the publication of the Spratt series. Very clever fellow. As for Wingfield, I first saw the guy on a fabulous episode of The Dead Zone, playing the pilot of a plane on which Johnny and Purdy are flying when Johnny receives a vision of the plane crashing in forty minutes. It was a masterful performance; he was likable, menacing, intense, terrified, psychotic, all in the space of about forty-five minutes. And he's Welsh, so he fits! -----signature----- I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough Without having ever felt sorry for itself.
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TheBoogieMan Title: Manager Emeritus Registered: Nov '01	Date Posted: 10/27/06 12:12am Subject: RE: I Fell Into the Well of Lost Plots- Jasper Fforde Ffans
	Rogue1-and-a-half posted: As I understand it, the Jack Spratt series was written first, but no one would publish it; after Thursday Next took off, Fforde took the opportunity to weave Jack and Mary into Thursday's universe, thus practically necessitating the publication of the Spratt series. Very clever fellow. Actually, you are completely right. I'd forgotten about that.
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Rogue1-and-a-half Title: Manager: Amphitheatre Registered: Nov '00	Date Posted: 10/31/06 5:09pm Subject: RE: I Fell Into the Well of Lost Plots- Jasper Fforde Ffans
	Ray Fiennes as Landen Parke-Laine Have I missed much? It's not nice being forgotten by the one you love. Denholm Elliot as Akrid Snell Three hundred!? I could buy a dozen head-in-a-bag plot devices for that and still have change for a missing Nazi gold consignment. Jeremy Irons as Harris Tweed You don't understand, Next. In the Outland, murder is morally reprehensible, but in here it is a narrative necessity - without it and the jeopardy it generates, we'd have lost a million readers long ago! Alan Rickman as Emperor Zhark It's like one huge conspiracy. Just when I think I have the galaxy at my mercy, some hopelessly outnumbered young hothead destroys my most insidious death machine using some hitherto-undiscovered weakness. Maggie Smith as Mrs. Havisham The formulaic is our one true enemy. -----signature----- I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough Without having ever felt sorry for itself.
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TheBoogieMan Title: Manager Emeritus Registered: Nov '01	Date Posted: 10/31/06 5:23pm Subject: RE: I Fell Into the Well of Lost Plots- Jasper Fforde Ffans
	Hmm, I don't know about Rickman for Zhark. He makes a perfect Cat, but Zhark needs to be a little more idiotic/bombastic/cliched, and less of Rickman's usual snarky/ironic/sarcastic stuff. I'd go with someone more along the lines of ... gosh, I don't know. If you wanted to take the full comedic angle, I think Rowan Atkinson would actually be pretty good.
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NYCitygurl Title: Generally Out to Lunch Manager: SFFBC, C&G, NSWFF Registered: Jul '02	Date Posted: 10/31/06 5:24pm Subject: RE: I Fell Into the Well of Lost Plots- Jasper Fforde Ffans
	I Alan Rickman. Good choice, regardless of the fact that I don't know the character -----signature----- "Not till the moon falls. Not till the world ends."
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JediNemesis Registered: Mar '03	Date Posted: 11/2/06 8:05am Subject: RE: I Fell Into the Well of Lost Plots- Jasper Fforde Ffans
	Actually I think Rickman could make something awesome from Zhark; if he went for the completely panto angle and did it as The Sheriff Of Nottingham - In Space! it'd be fantastic. Fantastic, I say! Denholm Elliott, Maggie Smith, and Jeremy Irons are all pitch-perfect. And I think you mean Ralph Fiennes It's pronounced 'Rafe' for inexplicable reasons though He'd be good. -----signature----- BeTS Best Author '08 NEW Eleven Summers - http://boards.theforce.net/a/b1/29657584 Lightning and Diamonds - http://boards.theforce.net/a/b1/29251762 Into The Shining Day - http://boards.theforce.net/a/b1/29224914
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Rogue1-and-a-half Title: Manager: Amphitheatre Registered: Nov '00	Date Posted: 11/2/06 12:19pm Subject: RE: I Fell Into the Well of Lost Plots- Jasper Fforde Ffans
	I call him Ray because he and I are such good friends! -----signature----- I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough Without having ever felt sorry for itself.
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