Archive for the ‘casting’ Tag
The Casting Game No. 76

Monica Vitti (L’Eclisse 1962)
AS

Princess Diana
The Casting Game No. 127 Take 2 – moody with big chin
I was struggling to figure out who actor Stanley Holloway looks like and think I may have put my finger on who wouldn’t quite come to the surface on my original attempt…

Stanley Holloway (in Eva – 1962)
AS

Morrissey of The Smiths
The Casting Game No. 127 – moody 60s male leads

Sean Connery
AS

Stanley Holloway (in Eva – 1962)
The Casting Game No. 288

Humphrey Bogart
AS

Albert Camus
The Casting Game No. 403 – bushy eyebrows

John Cassavetes
AS

Martin Landau
I was watching John Cassavetes’ Opening Night (1977) at the Prince Charles Cinema, Leicester Square last night when this one occurred to me. I’m looking forward to seeing one of my new Red Bull Media House commissions in the same cinema later this week.
As a bonus casting prompted by the same film I offer…

Ben Gazarra
AS

Liev Schreiber
(This one’s a bit harder to capture in photos, it’s attitudinal as well.)
The Casting Game No. 402 – Six Nations Special

Liam Williams
AS

Spud in ‘Trainspotting’
(I worked with Ewen Bremner in one of his very first roles at Melrose Film Productions around 1989)
The Casting Game No. 58 – Messiah Complex

Michelle Monaghan (Eva in Netflix’s Messiah)
AS

Michael Jackson (singer of Earth Song)

Earth Song at The Brits Awards 1996 where Jarvis Cocker of Pulp accused him of “pretending to be Jesus”
The Casting Game

Gemma Arterton (Vita & Virginia – Vita Sackville-West)
AS

Audrey Tautou (Amélie)