My Dream Cast

If you're reading my novel, "Perfect Life For Large Price", I wanted to give you the ability to visualize my characters the same way that I visualize them in my head, while I'm writing. So, I've put together my "dream cast", which are the people that I would attempt to cast in a film version of my story, and it's who and how I see each of my characters while I'm writing the story in my head. So, to help you see the vision that I see, I'm giving you my physical incarnations of my characters.


Henry Ian Cusick as David Monroe.
Yep, I never knew who he was until the second season of "Lost", but since then, I've seen him take the character of Desmond in hundreds of different directions with a huge array of emotions and amazing moments of acting.

And throughout the show, he's shown the ability to look different by simply changing his hair style and/or shaving. Something that will be utilized when David crosses into his other world.


Hugo Weaving as Noah Coleman.
I have to be honest, this is who I had envisioned when I started writing the story, but the fact that he's now be cast as The Red Skull really kind of hurts my vision of him when I'm writing. I love his voice, I love his charisma, I think he's perfect. I'll probably continue to try to write with him in mind, because I can't think of anyone I'd want to replace him with. He's a little younger than Noah is supposed to be, but I'd like to see him with some grey streaks in his hair.


Drea de Matteo as Andrea 'Drea' Crowe-Monroe.
Heck, I named the character after her because I could only picture her in the role. When I first became away of her in "Swordfish" and "Deuce's Wild", I was taken back by how hot she was. It wasn't until "Assault on Precinct 13" that I thought she could actually support a movie, and it showed me she can handle her own in an action role. I also recently watched a film called "Broken English" and got to see her in a very dramatic role, couple that with her small arc on "Sons of Anarchy" and I love what I see from her. And she's gorgeous.


Andrea Parker as Amanda Wilson-Monroe.
Truth be told, I've only sparingly seen her in anything since she played Miss Parker on "The Pretender", but that role has stuck in my head for almost twenty years. She's got a look about her, and the sarcastic feisty attitude that Miss Parker had was so perfect. She would perfectly be able to transition between sweet/sassy to angry/irate.


Sebastian Roché as Dominic McKenzie.
You know the face, but you probably will have trouble placing it. I had never known him until the TV movie, "24: Redemption", and then the seventh season of "24" when he played a mercenary in both. Then, I caught him on "Fringe", and really liked him. I was then introduced to "Odyssey 5", and realized that he wasn't just a good actor, but a great one. He'd be perfect to play the detective who Drea hires to look into what happens to David.

Wesley Snipes as Quentin Hooper.
I know he's become the King of Direct-to-Video in recent years, but I have always liked the guy. He has a good resume of decent films that I watched while I was growing up. The character of Quentin becomes important in David's other world, as they were high school friends who played basketball together. Looking at "White Men Can't Jump", I believe he's got that character trait covered. And when David asks for his help to go to war against The Centre, I can see Blade (or one of his many other action roles) coming to his aide.


So, there you have it. Those are the people I envision when I write this story. I hope it helps.

Chapter 7 was supposed to have a lot more going on in it, but once I came close to 3,000 words, I decided to break it up into another chapter. So, Chapter 8 should be pretty easy to write tomorrow, since I planned on the events being included in Chapter 7.