Rachel-K wrote:
What a wonderful novel for all of our armchair directors to take on!
It is your job to cast the film version of Eternal on the Water. Who is Cobb? Who is Mary? Wally? Francis? Please cast your favorite characters for us!
Mary - Natalie Portman. She is the only one I had a clear picture of who I would cast. The whole time I was reading (especially at the beginning) I kept thinking of Portman's character in "Garden State. The roles are very similar... almost too similar, I may be guilty of type-casting but I think she would be perfect for the part. She does quirky and adorable very well.
Wally - I agree with Meryl Streep or possibly even Susan Sarandon... though I did picture someone a little heftier for the role... just not quite sure who.
Freddy - I definitely agree with other posters about Matthew McConaughey. He's such a hippie!
Francis - Tristan Wilds, from "The Secret Life of Bees" and "The Wire." He was excellent in both and I think could pull off aging from young highschooler to post grad.
Cobb - I still cannot think of the perfect cobb and it's really bothering me! I'll have to think about this one a little more. OR maybe since I can't pick a celeb I would go with a newcomer. I also just thought about James Mcavoy.... he could pull off the tweed-jacket professor look.
