Wanda/Melanie Casting Thread

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Re: Wanda/Melanie Casting Thread

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For Melanie, I've been thinking of Natalie Portman. She's absolutely GORGEOUS, but in a very natural way. She can pull of the short hair, too.
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Rosamund Pike (She´s BEAUTIFUL. The problem is, she's not that short. But otherwise, she's perfect! PLEASE look her up and look at a lot of pictures of her, especially from the 2005 movie of Pride and Prejudice. She can pull of many different looks.)
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Re: Wanda/Melanie Casting Thread

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Amy Acker or Eliza Dushku would be awesome.
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Actually Amy Acker would be perfect. She has experience in sci-fi/horror and has a played a character infected by a God and pulled off playing both characters wonderfully. She has an innocent look about her that I think would do well for the character.

Sorry but Megan Fox would not be a good fit unless she can really tone down her overly sexed up demeanor. . .In my opinion.
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Re: Wanda/Melanie Casting Thread

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When do you think they are going to get around to properly casting?
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Re: Wanda/Melanie Casting Thread

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I've always 100% pictured Megan Fox as Melanie.
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Total Twilight Fan wrote:When do you think they are going to get around to properly casting?
They are actually in the process of casting right now! Exciting. Unfortunately, I don't know when the casting announcements will start rolling in. It is rumored that Ian Somerhalder has been cast to play Ian O'Shea, but that is just a rumor.

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Missy Peregrym is def. the top pic for me. Eliza is awesome but she isnt young enough. I love love love missy!
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Re: Wanda/Melanie Casting Thread

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How about Shannyn Sossamon? She's a great actress (anybody seen Wristcutters?) and is relatively unknown. She's about the right age (b 1978, but looks younger). Dark hair. Tannish skin. Could play soft or hard if needed.

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What age do we think Melanie is (don't remember, but I see her as mid-20s).
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Samus94 wrote:Sophia Bush

Megan Fox

Maybe even Nikki Reed!
Nikki Reed would be my choice. She has been since I started reading The Host
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Re: Wanda/Melanie Casting Thread

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Apparently, Saoirse Ronan has been cast as Melanie Stryder. What do you all think of this? She is not what I imagined, but she is an EXCELLANT actress!

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Re: Wanda/Melanie Casting Thread

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I’m not familiar with this actress, but I’m hoping that things will start rolling for this film to be made. Right now, I’m thinking it’s a good idea to cast the same person as Melanie/Wanderer since as others pointed out Wanda is going to move on to a new host. Though voice-overs aren’t the most visually exciting, it is how I pictured it in my head. We only know Melanie by her voice until she gets her body back. I bet they’ll think of something a little more creative to help with that aspect. Either way, I hope Stephenie is successful at Cannes and they can start making another visual example of a great book by a fantastic author.

Oh, and I do hope that Stephenie gets her first choice for the director (Niccol).
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