Richard's Animorphs Forum
Animorphs Section => Animorphs Forum Classic => Topic started by: kittycatmorph on October 27, 2010, 07:59:14 PM
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Hey guys! I'm really new here and this is one of the first few threads I've started. Anyway, my question is who would be your dream actress to cast to reprise the role of Rachel should there ever be another movie re-make. Now although the focus is on Rachel, feel free to state your dream actress for Cassie's role or even any of the other guys, Jake, Marco, Tobias, Ax, the whole lot. Do provide reasons for your choice!
I'll start with mine.
I know it's a bit of a common choice but I feel that Emma could bring out the soft side of Rachel that Brooke Nevin never really did. Plus, she's a great actress and I do feel she's capable of giving Rachel the aggressive edge, albeit a calculated form of aggression. Another plus point is that with the current level of technology, Emma will probably look pretty epic morphing into all sorts of animals and of course having Emma Watson in your cast will definitely help with marketing and publicity. :p
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I'd disagree with your assessment of Brooke Nevin. Brooke Nevin had plenty of softness. Brooke Nevin was nothing but softness. Brooke Nevin had so much softness that she took Rachel all the way into gutless territory.
I don't know how I feel about Emma Watson. From the HP movies I don't think she's a very good actor, but given that so many people do badly in that film I'm not sure if the cast is weak of if they've had a string of bad directors. What else has she been in?
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well to me, when i first watched the series, i had the images of the nook cover models in mind. the actors turn out to look different. only the actors to play tobias and rachel resembled the cover models to a certain extent.
that being said, brooke nevin was n ok rachel because she had the blond hair goin on. but as for her face shape, it was too round i reckon. too ordinary girl next door appearance. dont get me wrong, i think brooke is attractive, but but just not having the rachel faceshape.
now in the books, in the characters narration, when they talk about rachel they always go on about how amazingly beautiful and attractive and model like she is. i think emma, now looking more grown up and defined and with the blond hair now and her faceshape - sharp and angular, is a really suitable rachel. she certainly resembles the book cover model more than brooke.
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I always thought Aly Michalka would do well in it. She plays a slightly aggressive character in Easy A, she's tall, pretty, and witty. I know it would take more than that, but it's a good starting point.
(http://www.theusanewz.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Aly_sd220080929.jpg)
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It would be hard for me to see anyone else play her other than Brooke, she's just so engraved in my mind as this character. but I dont think they should pick anyone who's instantly recognizable like Ema. They need to be up and coming actors, no one too famous for anything. One of my picks I guess would be Emily Vancamp.
(http://lh4.ggpht.com/_AHX9NAmwXZA/SLjcQ2zwFfI/AAAAAAAAAWc/v2rSuUKtmeY/s640/Emily%20VanCamp.jpg)
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None of those people have Rachel's "icy blue" eyes. For me that breaks any deal (sorry contacts just won't do). Then again I can't really picture anyone playing Rachel...
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Actually 11:11 has got some sort of a point, the thing about characters written in books is that sometimes they're so well-described that no one in reality(or in this case, no actress) could really resemble Rachel 100%. Then again, I guess it's part of the challenge trying to find the perfect compromise. Getting an actress who looks exactly like Rachel is one thing, but can she pull off Rachel's personality and make it believable? That's another story altogether.
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I just thought of another girl, Anna Sophia. This one's is more age appropriate, she's 16 so it wouldn't be as much of a stretch to play 15. I think a lot of us, the older fans anyway, pick older girls, us guys especially because its easier to relate and because its nice to be legally allowed to be attracted to them. heh. But if we really want to cast accurately, you have to go younger. I first saw this girl in Bridge to Terribithia, so I know she's got great acting chops.
(http://images2.fanpop.com/images/photos/7100000/Annasophia-annasophia-robb-7148403-333-500.jpg)
She might not have blue eyes, but work with me here. Blue eyes aren't the most c'mon. at least their blond. I have a pet peeve about hair dye, and Hollywood is really bad about dying hair when they can just as easily cast people who are naturally the right color. Eyes aren't as big of a deal to me.
that being said, Brooke Nevin was n ok Rachel because she had the blond hair goin on. but as for her face shape, it was too round i reckon. too ordinary girl next door appearance. don't get me wrong, i think brooke is attractive, but but just not having the Rachel face shape.
I cant agree with you there... she has an angular jaw.
(http://image.xyface.com/thumbnail/120x168/b/artist-brooke-nevin/brooke-nevin-323875.jpg)
Ok, so this a more recent pic, and her jaw has gotten more angular as an adult, but this was always a distinguishing trait Ive noticed. And I had the biggest crush on her in 98. (heck I still do, wish she could get bigger roles)
But back to the topic...
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None of those people have Rachel's "icy blue" eyes. For me that breaks any deal (sorry contacts just won't do). Then again I can't really picture anyone playing Rachel...
how's this?
(http://images2.fanpop.com/images/photos/7100000/Annasophia-annasophia-robb-7148403-333-500.jpg)(http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y182/goombapatrol54/rachelblue-1.jpg)
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We didn't even see the "icy blue eyes" on the covers ^^'
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I vote Anna Sophia. Cute but deadly!
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We didn't even see the "icy blue eyes" on the covers ^^'
yeah, but i don't think the cover models fit them either.
i mean, just look at tobias's!
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I agree! The Tobias cover models were awful!
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Totally right ^^ I was like "WTF" when they said "this model was perfect so we kept him/her"...
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Yeah. I don't know why anyone thought they were "perfect." Mostly they just sucked.
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he had blond hair :facepalm:
they changed it to 'dirty' to better fit the cover, but it still failed.
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The only time where the models fit at how I pictured them was in MM4. But the way they looked there was how I imagined them to look at the end of the series when they were all like 17. Rachel and Tobias were both a little off though :/ I dunno I guess I'm picky at how they are in my head.
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definitely. 4 was the closest they ever got. they should have used those models all along.
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51VQ4V8TVGL.jpg)
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*sigh* Marco really is pretty cute there.
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*winces* I always had a bit of a crush on the standard Jake model. :P
He pulls off the "weight of the world seriousness" fairly nicely.
As for actors/actresses...
alas that I always imagine Rachel portrayed by Amy Jo (Kimberly in Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers).
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The pictures of what the animorphs were supposed to look like were screwed up so many times in the series, there are like three almost completely different Marcos. As for dream actor(ess) I don't really know who I would pick...I guess you could use the kid from home alone for tobias?
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As I say pretty much every time this thread comes up, you almost have to go with unknowns if animorphs is ever made again, because you know what happens if you don't? Who's the right age? Miley Cyrus for Rachel and the Jonas brothers for Jake, Tobias, and Ax. Actually, given her portayal as Jane in Twilight (not that I saw it... cough) Dakota Fanning might be able to pull of Rachel, but she too will be too old soon.
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I always imagine Rachel portrayed by Amy Jo (Kimberly in Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers).
A 30 year old playing a 15 year old might be a bit of a stretch. haha
She still looks great, dont get me wrong, but she's not a teen anymore. nor is she blond for that matter.
but I thought the idea was to have current choices that could play animorphs, not "could have back when they were younger"
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As I say pretty much every time this thread comes up, you almost have to go with unknowns if animorphs is ever made again, because you know what happens if you don't? Who's the right age? Miley Cyrus for Rachel and the Jonas brothers for Jake, Tobias, and Ax. Actually, given her portayal as Jane in Twilight (not that I saw it... cough) Dakota Fanning might be able to pull of Rachel, but she too will be too old soon.
oh dear lord :explode:
i can't even begin to imagine miley cyrus = rachel (nor do i want to).
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I do like Dakota Fanning, Twilight aside. She's quite a good actress, and is certainly pretty enough to be Rachel. But again, she's getting just a tad too old. If a movie is made fairly soon, though, she would easily be my vote.
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I agree, Dakota Fanning would be great! And I'm pretty sure she could play Rachel as she is in the books.
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Fanning is a great actress, but along with possibly being too old she's also too famous for my tastes.
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Yeah I think if there were to be a movie they'd have to use all unknowns. Because right now I'd just see Dakota Fanning as herself and could never have my mind accept that she's Rachel.
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None of those people have Rachel's "icy blue" eyes. For me that breaks any deal (sorry contacts just won't do). Then again I can't really picture anyone playing Rachel...
how's this?
[spoiler](http://images2.fanpop.com/images/photos/7100000/Annasophia-annasophia-robb-7148403-333-500.jpg)(http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y182/goombapatrol54/rachelblue-1.jpg)[/spoiler]
fixed. sorry URL broke.
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Meh, no one mentioned seems pretty enough to be Rachel for me. Dakota and that Sophia girl are just a bit...plain to me. Blond but plain. I always imagined her very striking looking, in a kinda dark way. Like the way Angelina Jolie is hot, gorgeous with a dangerous glint in her eye. I HATED the model they used for Rachel in the later half of the series, not at all the knockout she was intended to be.
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Kiernan Shipka is maybe two years too young right now, but she's a fantastic actress who just blows me away every time. I definitely think she could pull off a good Rachel, maybe with some blue contacts or something.
(http://img.poptower.com/pic-32293/kiernan-shipka.jpg?d=600)
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She seems too... cute and kind... Well, maybe she'll change growing up but...
You know, guys, we choose "blond" girls (well, actually, blond on the pic) because Rachel is blond, but everybody can be blond! You only need a hairdresser for that... So I say: you can pick a brunette or a red-head if you want, changing the hair color is just few clics on Photoshop :P
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I've found another actress that I'll love to see portraying Rachel. Elisabeth Harnois. She's not that popular but has been seen in a couple of TV shows.
And as Dameg stated, yes, post your favorite redhead or whatever. Apparently I wasn't listening.
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i could try messing with their hair and eyes, but we'd need to pick somebody who could pull off a rachel with those changes.
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Amanda Swafford is perfect, but she's 30 now, blind(eye disease) and not a natural blonde. But her hair looks good blonde.
I think she has the LOOK of Rachel.
(http://img813.imageshack.us/img813/1742/000000141464amandalynns.jpg)
ETA Better pic
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If Rachel hadn't had to go all war-junkie and had been face-spotted at the Mall instead, she would totally be Amanda Swafford! :)