One of my favorite questions to ask during an author interview is, "If your novel were made into a movie, who would you cast as the hero and heroine?" Because I love to see my characters before I can know and identify with them, I always have someone in mind for the leads in my stories.
Here's the weird part--even if I know what they look like, I don't always settle on a name, so keep that in mind as you scroll through pictures of the characters in my NANO novel.
When I saw Erin Cardillo on The Suite Life on Deck, I said, "HEY! There's my heroine!" While my heroine is a few years older, pushing 40 in fact, the look is exactly right.
My heroine's best friend is fun and quirky, a just a little bit "off." While this picture doesn't precisely capture the look, as the best friend in my book has streaks of magenta hair, this picture is close.
Suspension of disbelief is a powerful force! Jessica Alba looks just like my heroine's 20-year-old daughter, even if Jessica is older. Yes, the light haired parent and dark haired kid is genetically possible! My dad is a redhead, and yet look at me. LOL!
Nothing beats a young Val Kilmer for a love interest!
This picture is a perfect representation of the heroine's other best friend, the history teacher.
Now it's your turn! Who best represents the hero and heroine in your current WIP? Or do you have another way to visualize your characters?
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8 comments:
My current hero is modeled after Dylan Bruno from Numb3rs. :D
Love Val Kilmer. Can't wait to read this next one...which reminds me, I need to get busy on the edits of the previous one!
Sometimes I pick actors, and sometimes I just find pictures of people on the internet. Sometimes old portraits.
Good choices!! You already know the ones I've picked before for my WIPs! =)
For my WIP, the only character I have a visualization for is for my main male character. When I think of him, I think of a mid to late 40s Richard Dean Anderson.
Shelley @ Ink Scrawls
OK, I have to admit how lame I am--I didn't know Dylan Bruno and Richard Dean Anderson off the top of my head. Gotta love google. Good choices!
It's fun to nail down the visuals on characters.
Oh, I still haven't fully visualized mine yet. You have a great cast there, Georgiana!
And, yes, I'd love take some of your snow, even though we're getting a dumping today, just not enough to close the schools I guess.
I used to try and find the perfect match for my characters and would spend HOURS searching the internet instead of writing but NO ONE every matched the imagination in my head. Though when pitching, I do have some visuals, but for my NaNo WIP, it's based on my grandparents, so they're my visual inspiration!
Eileen, if only you could take some of this snow off our hands! It's crazy.
LOL, Gina, gotta love internet research! At least you have people close to you for inspiration now.
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