Siemons, our scientist of suspicious motivations? Who could beat out a pipe-puffing, mutton-chop sporting Stephen Fry? More fantasy casting? MacDougall, Alexia’s timid American beaux (I know, I know, an American – shocking!) I’d slip in Kevin Smith, just for a lark. I can think of no better straight man in the business right now.įor Mr. We mustn’t forget Floote, the oft put-upon butler who has Alexia’s best interests at heart. and Felicity – Jo Joyner or Romola Garai. Loontwill – Imelda Staunton, Evylin – Kimberley Nixon. I had the hardest time casting her until I remembered Melanie Lynskey who’s perfect.Īs for Alexia’s outrageously impossible family? I’ll take one each of the following: Squire Loontwill – Hugh Laurie, Mrs. Ivy Hisselpenny is Alexia’s foil and female BFF. Caedes, and Gary Oldman as the Duke of Hematol. I’d surround her with three over-dramatic vampire males, each more cape-swirling than the last: Jason Isaacs as Lord Ambrose, Richard E. Elizabeth Bennett may seem like an odd choice for a vampire queen, but the countess is a rosy-faced shepherdess type. In the enemy camp, I’d like Jennifer Ehle to portray Countess Nadasdy. You can follow him on Twitter, and you should! But honestly there is a charming Welsh weatherman, Owain Wyn Evans, who basically is the living embodiment of Lord Akeldama. I could see Jonathan Rhys Myers if I wanted to lean a bit more pouty and petulant. He stripped starkers for A Knight’s Tale so I figure he’s probably open to most possibilities, but he is rather tall and gangly. I modeled him (of course) off of Richard Chamberlain circa The Slipper and the Rose. Lord Akeldama is Alexia’s dearest friend, a gay vampire in charge of a spy network the Scarlet Pimpernel would envy with the flamboyance of Oscar Wilde. or Richard Armitage.Īll are big guys who manage to emit a general air of clumsy confusion combined with slightly too wide smiles that look as though they might, just possibly, tear out your throat if they could just remember what that other thing was they wanted to do first.įor Professor Lyall, Lord Maccon’s long-suffering beta, I’m choosing Kevin McKidd of Rome fame.Īnd for Lord Maccon’s claviger, the irreverent Tunstell? Gotta have Alan Tudyk hamming it up with shockingly red hair and a penchant for singing bad opera at inopportune moments. Werewolves of Noteįor our hero, an oversized scruffy Scottish werewolf, I’m going to deviate from the expected ( Gerard Butler) and pick James Purefoy. I also really love Gina Bellman of Leverage fame. Perhaps Claudia Black might be better suited to running around whacking obstreperous vampires willy-nilly with a parasol, but that girl’s gotta eat about ten cream teas first, then we’ll talk. Visually, I modeled her off of Italian actress Sabrina Impacciatore mixed with celebrity chef Nigella Lawson. I’d settle for a fist-full of unknowns so long as it came out as well as their Cranford adaptation, but my assignment is to cast my ideal film, so here were go… Our Intrepid HeroineĪlexia Tarabotti, London’s only preternatural, is an Italian-looking spinster with no soul, a big mouth and, quite frankly, even bigger nose. With that kind of elevator pitch, you can probably guess I’d skip Hollywood and take less money if I could sell it to the BBC as a mini series. Soulless is a comedic take on the urban fantasy genre set in Victorian London. Consequently, some of my choices may no longer really work, but it’s my fantasy and I am sticking to it! Gentle Reader, this is a repost of an original article done ten years ago for My Book the Movie website.
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