I have a memory of Gaiman describing her as a teenager. It may be I'm totally mis-remembering!
Wesley: All right. I'm going to let you all in on something you may have trouble comprehending. I assure you however-- Gunn: Vampires are real. Wesley: I was telling!
'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
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lisah - May 30, 2007 9:13:12 am PDT #8825 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
lisah - May 30, 2007 9:14:32 am PDT #8826 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
The girl who was in Mirrormask has the right look about her. Don't know if she could pull the acting off, though, since I haven't seen her in anything else.
I can see the girl who playes Didi from the Riches as her too. Young and cute and kind but take charge. Also don't know if she's got the acting chops for it yet.
JZ - May 30, 2007 9:14:34 am PDT #8827 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
I was thinking about the Mirrormask girl!
Jewel Staite just jumped into my head too -- she also has a young/old look, does sweetly earthy, blunt, loving and gently teasing very well (all key elements in Death's relationship with Dream), and has Gothed up very nicely in the past.
§ ita § - May 30, 2007 9:15:15 am PDT #8828 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
There are some thing I don't need to see six stories tall, you know? Heath Ledger in a green fright wig is one of them.
That's one thing I precisely need to see. Was a sample of the makeup linked to here? It was horrifying. I really liked it.
Tom Scola - May 30, 2007 9:16:40 am PDT #8829 of 10001
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Bea Arthur.
§ ita § - May 30, 2007 9:19:45 am PDT #8830 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Aha. Joker.
Jon B. - May 30, 2007 9:22:45 am PDT #8831 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Bea Arthur.
Phyllis Diller.
juliana - May 30, 2007 9:23:21 am PDT #8832 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Gaiman has stated that about 17 is his mental image of Death: Sandman FAQ.
lisah - May 30, 2007 9:55:13 am PDT #8833 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
Gaiman has stated that about 17 is his mental image of Death
I knew I wasn't pulling that idea out of the air!
JZ - May 30, 2007 10:06:04 am PDT #8834 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
I knew I wasn't pulling that idea out of the air!
Curse those artists who deviated from Gaiman's mental script! (Seriously, depending on who's drawing her, she looks anywhere from 16 to teetering on 30.)
Actual 17 year olds capable of playing Death? That's going to be brutally tough -- they're almost certainly going to have to go with someone older who can look youngish-ageless. Sarah Polley or Claire Danes or Natalie Portman could've maybe done it, maybe, when they were actually 17 themselves, but I'm not sure what current teenage actor has the depth and Deathiness to do it.