Well, if you cast Kristin Kreuk as the love interest, you're stacking the deck against it.
oh, how I love ita.
and it CONTINUALLY amazing me that Kristin Kruek is the only actress who read for Lana.
Patron: That girl is a witch. Mal: Yeah, but she's our witch.
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Vortex - Jan 06, 2006 11:10:06 am PST #6056 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Fay - Jan 06, 2006 11:15:57 am PST #6057 of 10001
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
t Devil's Advocate
Well, she's very pretty. In an Inara's-Little-Sister kind of way. Evidently they were looking for eyecandy rather than thespian skills...and, to be fair, this is what got Tom Welling cast. So I can live with it.
And by live, of course, I mean porn.
t /Wolfram and Hart
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 06, 2006 11:21:06 am PST #6058 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Love interests tend to get cast by the hotness of the actress' looks. Quirky supporting characters tend to get cast by personality and acting ability. The latter are almost always more interesting than the former, though not necessarily more popular.
askye - Jan 06, 2006 11:22:18 am PST #6059 of 10001
Thrive to spite them
I checked imdb and the chick who plays Lois will be 28 this year. And she looks it.
§ ita § - Jan 06, 2006 11:23:15 am PST #6060 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I can't see why one wouldn't include chemistry in a love interest casting process.
Jessica - Jan 06, 2006 11:24:33 am PST #6061 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
KK frightens me. I suspect she may be a robot, because no human being has skin that smooth.
Calli - Jan 06, 2006 11:25:58 am PST #6062 of 10001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I can't see why one wouldn't include chemistry in a love interest casting process.
I thought that's how Michael Rosenbaum got cast.
§ ita § - Jan 06, 2006 11:26:21 am PST #6063 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm now imagining Lana as played by Kismet.
Kalshane - Jan 06, 2006 11:28:07 am PST #6064 of 10001
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
and it CONTINUALLY amazing me that Kristin Kruek is the only actress who read for Lana.
Really? Wow. I hadn't heard that before.
I would have thought if you were going to go with someone who had a physical appearance different than the classic depiction of the character (dark eyed brunette versus light-eyed redhead) it would have been after seeing a bunch of different actors and deciding that this one was right for the job, physical discrepancy aside.
Kalshane - Jan 06, 2006 11:29:34 am PST #6065 of 10001
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
I suspect she may be a robot, because no human being has skin that smooth.
Oh, come on, it's just a natural result of her using Noxema or Neutragena or whatever N-brand skin crap she was shilling for awhile.