I do this with almost every book! I’m glad to know I’m not alone. I’m waiting for the day that the person I cast in my mind is cast in a real life film adaptation of the book.
If it’s high fantasy I typically don’t use real people but outside of that it makes imagining the scenes and story much easier for me.
Most recent examples:
Brad Pitt and George Clooney as the brothers in Sisters Brothers
Adam Scott as Miller and Micheal Peña as Havelock in The Expanse series (and Jeff Bakalar as Holden, but Jeff’s not an actor.)
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Reply to Do you ever poorly cast the "actors" in book? Like, the voices are inaccurate or flat or stereotypical? by Censius
I do this with almost every book! I’m glad to know I’m not alone. I’m waiting for the day that the person I cast in my mind is cast in a real life film adaptation of the book.
If it’s high fantasy I typically don’t use real people but outside of that it makes imagining the scenes and story much easier for me.
Most recent examples:
Brad Pitt and George Clooney as the brothers in Sisters Brothers
Adam Scott as Miller and Micheal Peña as Havelock in The Expanse series (and Jeff Bakalar as Holden, but Jeff’s not an actor.)