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My book is about a boy who was born and raised in a New York City theatre during the middle of the 20th century, so it's full of over the top, theatrical characters.Follow Aaron Jackson on Twitter.
It's tricky to cast the main character, August, as it's a coming of age novel and he goes from birth to his late thirties. No matter his age, he's always precocious, adventurous, rebellious and opinionated. For the adult August, I think someone like a young Ben Whishaw would've been great.
Percyfoot is so fun to think about casting wise. He's a celebrated, pompous stage actor. I've always imagined Stephen...[read on]
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--Marshal Zeringue
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