If Steven Spielberg called you for advice on casting the main character for your movie, who would you choose?
As I was doing research on creating characters for my stories, I came across an intriguing idea for character profiling. If you think of a famous person and keep them in mind as you write, it helps when you write dialogue and body language. This is actually very helpful when considering how your characters will respond to events with their mannerisms, quirks and personalities. I tried that and it works!
And what if your novel is so epic that a hugely famous producer wants to make it into a movie? Hopefully, some of us will be able to do that one day. How awesome would that be? Have you already been daydreaming about who you’d cast in your movie? Let’s face it, most of us envision our stories on the screen even before we put fingers to keyboard.
Which famous person reminds you of your character?
Is your story a swashbuckling adventure with a shot of rum humour? Maybe Jonny Depp is who you have in mind for your protagonist. Or do you see the dashingly romantic Orlando Bloom as your hero?
Are you writing a sci-fi novel? Do you see Leonard Nimoy as your strange wise man, or perhaps he fits the role of a High-Elf wizard in your fantasy novel?
Who would you love to cast?
Who would be perfect in the role of your main Protagonist?
Your main Antagonist?
Your Protagonist’s Love Interest?
Your Protagonist’s Mentor?
Your Protagonist’s Sidekick?
Your Protagonist’s 4 Main Followers?
Your Antagonist’s Sidekick?
Pinterest For Role Call
By now most of you know how much I love to play around on Pinterest and create boards for my writing projects. I have boards for my characters, costume ideas, writing tips for the genre I’m currently writing in and so on. I find this casting exercise very helpful and inspiring. There’s freedom in ‘hiring’ professionals to play around in your imagination. And it’s so much fun!
I ‘hired’ a famous actor to play the role of my hero in the Dwarf story I’m currently writing. You can check out my Dwarf storyboard with sections about my protagonists, antagonists, mountains, caves, armour and more here.
If you missed my other blogs on writing characters, you can catch up here:
I hope you have fun casting famous people in your movie. If you can’t think of a famous person you can always cast someone you know. My advice here would be to not be too obvious!
Til next time, know you are loved by the One who created you in His image.
Lynne
Lynne Collier 