This week is all about character. Here’s 13 on Halloween’s Dream Cast:
Chloe Moretz as Roxie O’Grady :
Roxie Speak: Tarantulas– scares the heck out of people Hamsters– hops from one thing to the other without really doing anything Cats– annoys the heck out of me Owls– knows everything Zebras– thinks everything is black and white Anteater– big-nosed Dodo– fail Condors– barely survives Dodo Gauntlet– how geek brothers turn little sisters into nerds without said-sisters even knowing Peacock– a popular boy or girl Peacock Nectar– Red Bull
Twelve-year-old Roxie wants to be like Adrianne, the peacock who gets everything she wants–a trampoline, a flock to prowl around the mall with, and most especially invitations to parties, despite the fact that Adrianne tarantulas and hamsters and cats and owls her way to get it all. But everything changes when Roxie invites all the peacocks in the eighth grade to her birthday party on Halloween and they all come. And a boy, the boy, actually talks to Roxie. She has the best night of her life until the peacocks decide they want to celebrate her birthday in a way she never expects–in her attic, with a pact to swear to never tell a living soul what happens there. Roxie gets everything she’s always wanted, except her old life back.
Ty Wood as Hayden, the boy Roxie has a crush on:
Lia Marie Johnston as Ally, Roxie’s best friend:
Jenna Boyd as Adrianne, Peacock Queen:
Chase Crawford as Mitch, Roxie’s oldest brother:
Jason Dolley as Brian, Roxie’s other older brother:
Drew Barrymore as Roxie’s Mom:
Seth Rogan as Roxie’s Dad:
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Thanks for stopping by. Have any casting ideas? Let me know:) For more INDIE DREAM CASTS, check out what my fellow carnis have cooked up this week!
The Fuji Mermaid Dani Snell’s Refracted Light Reviews
Leopard Girl Patti Larsen Author of The Ghost Boy of MacKenzie House, The Hunted Series and the Hayle Coven Novels
Fire Breather Courtney Cole Author of Every Last Kiss, Fated, Princess, and Guardian. Also a contributing author in The Glassheart Chronicles
Strong Woman Nicole Williams Author of Eternal Eden, and Fallen Eden. She is also a contributing author in the Glassheart Chronicles
Champion Sword Swallower Fisher Amelie Author of The Understorey, as well as a contributing author in The Glassheart Chronicles
Snake Charmer Amy Maurer Jones Author of The Soul Quest Trilogy as well as a contributing author in The Glassheart Chronicles
Pretzel Woman Rachel Coles. Geek Mom. Book Reviewer Author of Diary of a Duct Tape Zombie, Whistles, Beergarden, Plagues, Bees of St. John, and Mushrooms
The Giant T. R. Graves T.R. Graves: Author of Warriors of the Cross
Jungle Woman P.J. Hoover Author of Solstice, The Emerald Tablet, The Navel of the World, The Necropolis
Shape Shifter Alicia McCalla Author of the upcoming science-fiction novel Breaking Free
Tarot Card Reader Heather Cashman Author of Perception
Fortune Teller Abbi Glines Author of Breathe, and the upcoming Existence and Vincent Boys
Knife Thrower Cheri Schmidt Author of Fateful, Fractured, and Fair Maiden
Fire Dancer Lexus Luke Author of Manitou, The Sky People Saga
Fire Breather Suzy Turner Author of December Moon and Raven
Dragonslayer K. C. Blake Author of Vampire Rules
Elephant Trainer Gwenn Wright Author of Filter
Ring-Leader Kimberly Kinrade Author of Bits of You, Pieces of Me and Forbidden Mind
Prestidigitator Darby Karchut Author of Griffin Rising and the upcoming Griffin’s Fire
Lion Tamer Madeline Smoot Author of Missing, Summer Shorts, and The Girls
Siren M. Leighton Author of the Blood Like Poison Series, Wiccan, Caterpillar, Madly & Wolfhardt & The Reaping
I found this post the hardest to write… so many great actors to choose from–but you did a smashing job! Can’t wait to see it on the big screen now… 😉
Yeah, this was a tough one. I found it hard to cast 13 on Halloween because the characters are twelve at the beginning of the story, much easier to cast an older characters:) Thanks for the kind words and for stopping by. Fun to see the characters leap off the page!
Laura, what an awesome cast!! I was hooked with Chase Crawford. *waggles eyebrows* RAWR!! Looks amazing and I hope one day you can sit at a private screening, watching those very characters bring your brilliant work to life;)
TY! From your post to the Gods of Production hee-hee… how much fun is this? I didn’t write my book with any specific celebrities in mind, but when I saw Chloe’s picture I was like…WOW. That’s Roxie:) Ah, heck, big dreams keep me out of trouble… right back atchya, M.
This was a lot of fun, but crazy hard since I don’t know many teen actors’s names. There was a lot of googling of “cast of”.
Your cast is very cool.
Thanksabunch. I know, right? I mean I know all the big names, but they wouldn’t really do for this book. My characters are a bit younger than even young Hollywood these days. I think it’s cool that you didn’t describe your M.C. and left it up to the reader’s imagination. And I didn’t know about Molly C. Quinn, so I’m excited to check her out. Fun to dream! I hope you had fun this week:)
Oooo…nice casting. Most of these kids I’ve never heard of, but I do love Jason Dolley… so funny. And I can totally see Drew and Seth together. I love Seth Rogen. The man is funny. 😉
🙂 Thanks. I love Chloe. She’s so perfect. And after I put the post together last night, I had a dream about Drew and Seth. hilarious. *geek* How fun is this?
I’m really enjoying the castings and seeing the author’s opinion of who should play their characters. When reading, I love imagining each scene being played by the person the author intended rather than one I’ve made up.
I never write with celebrities in mind, but it really is exciting to find an actress or actor that embodies your character, or comes super close. Fun to play casting agent, isn’t it?