The entry begins:I’m never too great at casting my own books because the characters are too strongly visualised in my head, so in the past I’ve left it up to my readers (as you can see in this illustration of all the fan selections for the 2010 Moorehawke Casting Competition.Visit Celine Kiernan's website.
Into the Grey is a particularly tough one for me. I think the thing that makes casting it so difficult is the fact that its set in 1974. No-one these days looks the way we did in 1974. Everyone now is so shiny and neat when compared to then – everyone has such wonderful hair! Nevertheless, I’ve done my best with all the main peripheral characters and I hope you like my choices.
This is an all Irish cast, by the way, which I think is perfectly appropriate to a film set in Ireland.
OK. So, here is the fantasy casting:
Pat and Dom: (had we a time machine) The wonderful Robert Sheehan.
I found it impossible to cast the main characters of 15 year old identical twins Dom and Pat. I think we might have to go with an unknown actor for this very demanding role. I have included a nice photo of a very young Robert Sheehan though, had he been young enough he would have been physically perfect to play the boys with his dark curly hair and slim build (not to mention his Dublin accent!) He would have to...[read on]
The Page 69 Test: Into the Grey.
My Book, The Movie: Into the Grey.
--Marshal Zeringue
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