Discussion: Casting Adaptations
If you follow me on Twitter you have almost certainly have seen me rant about this. But with all the negatively that I’m seeing in Facebook comments and on twitter I feel that I need to say something.
Casting for a movie or TV show is certainly not going to be 100% spot on. There are few reasons why and I am going to try to tell you why.
Primarily since an author doesn’t create a character from a person that already exists, the person that they cast will not look exactly the same. The author creates a character from his or hers mind so when somebody is cast as them, they aren’t going to have the same appearance, as this character is not real.
Another issue is that people also create their own version of a character when they are reading. This could be totally different from the author’s formation of this person. All of us, imagine characters in diverse ways.
People cannot go and accuse casting directors, anyone connected to the adaptation or even the author for that matter that who was cast, is horrible and isn’t that character. Since that is who they pictured.
If you don’t know what has happened with the recent casting of a few key characters in The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare, new TV series ‘Shadowhunters‘ then all you need to do is go and check on twitter or on Facebook posts about it and just look in the comments.
Three characters have been cast at the moment. When Dominic Sheerwood was cast as Jace the response was pretty acceptable for the most part. But last night when Izzy and Simon were cast there was mayhem and people were and still are horrible.
Alberto Rosende was cast as Simon and after merely seeing just a head shot (that is professionally taken), people judged him. Even before they had even saw him in character. However since then people have calmed down, only after they were able to see him with glasses in his introduction video. Yet people are still saying that he is not “geeky looking.” Yet the thing is, the only tributes that make him geeky are his glasses, his clothes and how he acts but once he turns into a vampire he changes. He loses the glasses and becomes “hot” and Alberto has it all.
Now to Isabelle. Emeraude Toubia is absolutely, stunningly gorgeous. Yes her skin may be darker than what is alleged in the books but she has the appearance of Izzy in ever shape and form. There are edits already with Emeraude in black clothes and tats and she looks pretty damn awesome.
People likewise keep on going, on about how they are using unknown actors. However, yes they may be unfamiliar but for all we could know, they could be unbelievable actors.
Also when people say that the person cast doesn’t have the exact hair or eye colour, I just believe that these people don’t use their brain. Like seriously its called hair dye (do people think that my hair is naturally pink) and also there is a thing called eye contacts.
The thing that is irritating me the most throughout this whole thing, like a fly that doesn’t want to leave you alone. Is that people want the movie characters back. People need to get it into their thick skulls the movie cast are not going to come back. I don’t understand how small-minded some people are. I am not trying to offend people here but it is not going to happen and I will tell you why.
The movie was not good! Simple, the script was to cliché. A lot of the cast could not act and I am sorry to say that. Don’t get me wrong I love Jamie and Lily and all the cast, but they were just not right (and I am not talking about looks here). There was no spark between Jace and Clary, and that did hinder the movie because the romance plays such a vital role.
I know that some people love the old cast and that is totally acceptable but you need to get over it. They will not be in the TV show. The movie and the TV series are two very separate things and starting with a new cast and crew is a good way to go in hope of a successful series.
Truly, I cannot wait to watch Shadowhunters and see all the action if anything goes by how they are casting, I think the books are in respectable hands and I am hoping that the script and the rest of the cast add to it. Shadowhunters is set to hit out TV screens early 2016.
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