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So where does this leave me? I’ve come to the conclusion that the only person who could direct this film and make it interesting enough to watch would be Jean-Pierre Jeunet. I know this wasn’t a question but it strikes me as important. The camera work would be nice, the ideas would be fresh and there would be a good dose of surreal which I feel is lacking in my life.
I think I would have Kate Winslet playing myself. Originally I thought a young Sally Thomsett would be good, since everyone always tells me I look like her, but that would only have worked in the 70s. Kate Winslet is a good actress with a wide range; I think she could do me well. Also she’d make me more attractive and that would be nice!
Dave would be played by John Corbett who played Chris Stevens in Northern Exposure. It’s taken a while to reach this conclusion. I’ve been through Robert Carlisle, Ethan Hawke, Jim Carey (this was Dave’s suggestion), Peter Krause… in the end we decided John Corbett could do eccentric well with a good smattering of sensitive and a pinch of something dark.
My mum would be played by Frances Conroy of Six Feet Under. She’s about the right age and I think she’d do mum well. Also she has a good theatre background, and my mum would appreciate that.
My dad was a difficult one to cast. I went for Steve Martin in the end. I’m not entirely sure why. It just feels right.
Then I’m at the who else? stage. Logically I should also cast my brothers and lots of my friends. But I’d be here all day. So the way I’m getting round this, is I’m saying I haven’t quite completed the task – I haven’t included all the key people in my life, I’ve just included the obvious ones. And that was bloody hard enough!
The Rules
1. List the people who would play you, and the key people in your life.
2. Give credit to the person who tagged you.
3. Link your answers to the original blog, that’s here (http://www.iRamble.co.uk)!
4. Tag four new people to participate.
I don’t normally do the tagging thing but I feel like I should play properly this time. So I’m going to tag Grandad (because I’d be interested to see whether he’d cast the same people as K8), Ingrid (because she’s spoken about her family a lot recently and I’d be intrigued), Dave (because he’s been involved in casting mine and I want to see how he’d do his... plus he doesn't normally do this kind of thing and I know he won't feel compelled) and Michelle (because she has a big family and I'd be interested to see how she does it). Sorry guys. It's not compulsory!
10 comments:
oh fun! this will require some thought though. i'll let you know when it is done.
Yes, it has taken me ages! Good luck!
Aha! Too late
I was the one who tagged K8 with this. I cast Amy Winehouse as her, and she hasn't spoken to me since, for some reason.
Bugger! I missed that one! Sorry!
Yes, funnily enough, if I were K8 I'd prefer Mary Louise Parker too!
Wow it's interesting to see what actors would play your family - it makes your family more accessible as you let me in on people I don't know by connecting them with people I do.
I think the story of your life will be interesting - I mean you don't have to have travelled around the world just for it to be considered so..it's just the way you write about it.
done! :)
Gosh, that was quick! I'll come and have a look...
Jenny - you're probably right, although it would be somewhat lacking in plot, I think! It's interesting the connections you make from looking at the actors people choose; I thought that when I first read K8's... although now I'm thinking about it again I'm wondering if I made the right choices. I actually want to see these people play us to see if they get us right!
I saw the post where Grandad said K8 should be Amy Winehouse, I would have flogged him myself. I may or may not do this unless I can do a vintage spin... I am facing blogger burn out right now. Because I am trying to get 4 blogs looking up to snuff. if they were looking like I wanted the posting would be easy- two are photo blogs for the most part... But you know how updating and upgrading and all that crap goes.
Firstly, I don't think I'll get round to it, but I hope I will.
Secondly, like I have mentioned in RL, your life would easily have lots of different plots. It just depends on the editing. It seems plotless because plots are not realistic. Life just splurges randomly over everything and has no climaxs or expositions or what nots. But when someone writes the story of their life they are selective.
Your life also seems uniteresting to you partly because you are so familiar with it, plus you do tend towards not valuing yourself and that doesn't help.
But all that to one side, plot isn't anything, and a intense and poetic character piece wouldn't need much in the way of one.
In terms of drama I know there's been loads of that in your life, I've been there for a lot of it.
And as for lacking the surreal, to me most everything you say is surreal, but to you its normal, its the alien that is strange, and we are not our own alien.
YOU DON'T NEED TO BE MADE MORE ATTRACTIVE. But Kate Winslet would suit you well. I'd love Chris In The Morning to play me as well.
You could have Sally Whatsit play you as a child and then KW play ypu as a child if you are going for the epic biopic.
Michelle - I know the feeling. Sometimes the more you look at a page it's harder to see what else you need to do to it. Don't worry about the meme; I always feel bad about tagging people (which is why I don't usually do it) - don't do it if you don't get time.
Goose - That's a good idea about Sally Thompsett (as she was in The Railway Children) playing child-me, although whether she'd convincingly grow up into Kate Winslet or not is another matter! You're probably right about everything else but I don't think you could efficiently write your own story as a film - I think the only way to get the objectivity you'd need to make a good film would be to have someone else do it.
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