The entry begins:I said when I did this for Copperhead that it was challenging, but I dunno, I'm starting to get into it!Visit Tina Connolly's website, blog, and Twitter perch.
For Dorie, the shapeshifting Indiana Jones-type who spends much of the book transformed into a boy – My mind jumped immediately to Imogen Stubbs in the delightful 1996 production of Twelfth Night. I loved her as Viola. Now Dorie is not just cross-dressing, she is actually shapeshifting. So I could cast two actors. But I would hate to take half the role away from my female lead, and I think it would be more compelling to see the same actor play both parts. I'm going to go with Mia Wasikowska. She has the fey look of Dorie, and I think she could pull off the boy half—and of course, I think she's quite talented.
Tam, the young adventurer with a dark past. I first thought that Chris...[read on]
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