Gaiman has stated that about 17 is his mental image of Death
I knew I wasn't pulling that idea out of the air!
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lisah - May 30, 2007 9:55:13 am PDT #8833 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
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.
lisah - May 30, 2007 10:15:07 am PDT #8835 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
I totally don't have a problem with an actress who is not 17 or close to that playing Death. But I definitely think Clare Danes is too mature looking now. Also I don't know that she could have pulled off the blunt thing Death has so well.
Laga - May 30, 2007 10:37:51 am PDT #8836 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Even though I'm not too familiar with Gaiman's Death, I nominate Ellen Page. She's young with major chops.
§ ita § - May 30, 2007 10:39:53 am PDT #8837 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Evan Rachel Wood.
JZ - May 30, 2007 10:49:20 am PDT #8838 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.
Evan Rachel Wood.
I'm so hopelessly skeeved out by the Marilyn Manson thing (though, oddly, I never held it against Dita) that she's kind of unwatchable to me right now.
Which is totally unfair from any rational standpoint, I fully realize. Of course, if it were a choice between ERW and Bea Arthur, I'd get over it, but I'd still be skeeved and resentful.
§ ita § - May 30, 2007 10:50:23 am PDT #8839 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
She is very good, though, and I think manages the older thing well. Except with the current boyfriend and the Von Teese makeover.
Laga - May 30, 2007 11:09:31 am PDT #8840 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Another innovative and original screenplay has been passed over so that Buena Vista can bring you this! The worst part is that I'm kinda looking forward to it.
Matt the Bruins fan - May 30, 2007 11:23:01 am PDT #8841 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
“Of the great classic fantasy series, it’s the one that hasn’t been done yet,” Chris Weitz told Empire Online.
Possibly because the heroes of most of the other great classic fantasy series weren’t romanticaly involved with their cousins and didn’t go about betraying allies and friends and letting their swords eat said allies’ and friends’ immortal souls.
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.
It’s a risk I’m prepared to take if I get to see Christian Bale’s torso in similar magnification.
Heather Matarazzo was always my mental image of Death back in the day, but I don't know if she's too old to play the part now or not.
Volans - May 30, 2007 12:50:55 pm PDT #8842 of 10001
move out and draw fire
Rachel MacAdams
Wow. That Joker makeup is awesome.