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.
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Calli - Jan 06, 2006 11:25:58 am PST #6062 of 10001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
§ 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.
Emily - Jan 06, 2006 11:32:39 am PST #6066 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Well, she's very pretty.
That's the thing -- she is very pretty, and the character's very nice, but... at least when I was watching, it seems like that's all they'd thought of for the character -- "Let's make her pretty and really nice!" That's not a character.
§ ita § - Jan 06, 2006 11:34:23 am PST #6067 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
For her looks, I consider her only pretty. Passably interesting, but not an exemplary member of the class.
P.M. Marc - Jan 06, 2006 12:11:06 pm PST #6068 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Well, if you cast Kristin Kreuk as the love interest, you're stacking the deck against it
She was pretty awesome in Eurotrip. In a Whedon show, I think she'd have blossomed.
Vortex - Jan 06, 2006 12:37:16 pm PST #6069 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
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.
I don't think that she's that pretty. Certainly attractive, but I wouldn't notice her in a crowd unless she was wearing a really cool dress or something.
Kalshane - Jan 06, 2006 12:53:13 pm PST #6070 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 think KK is very pretty, to an almost unreal degree sometimes (see Jessica's comments about her skin.)
§ ita § - Jan 06, 2006 12:54:36 pm PST #6071 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Uncanny Valley.