Comments on: RANSOME’S HONOR: The Character Casting Process

By: Kaye Dacus

Kaye Dacus — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 01:43:22 +0000

You’re not the only one who’s anxious to get the book in her hands!

By: Kaye Dacus

Kaye Dacus — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 01:42:20 +0000

I started watching OMF on Netflix Instant this weekend—but only after I went over to Wikipedia and looked it up and read some background information on the story/the characters. I had to do this before I could really enjoy Bleak House or Little Dorrit—mostly because with all Dickens’ film adaptations, there are SO many characters introduced in just the first few minutes, as well as such intricate (and seemingly random and not connected) plots introduced that they’re hard to follow unless one has at least a basic understanding of what the story is about.

Now that I’ve started watching it with that basic knowledge, I’m enjoying it this go-round.

By: Kaye Dacus

Kaye Dacus — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 01:40:00 +0000

I only said that Natalie was ONE of the worst actresses I’ve ever seen. Keira is one of the others.

By: Jolanthe

Jolanthe — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 01:29:36 +0000

I cannot wait to read Ransome’s Honor. Reading more about how you picked the characters is making me very anxious to get the book in my hands!

By: Renee

Renee — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 01:55:18 +0000

Sylvia, I loved Our Mutual Friend too!!! I have to agree that Paul McGann is an incredible actor! I love his voice too Kaye!

I know that whenever I read a book I always imagine what famous person that character might resemble. I think it’s cool that authors do it too!

By: Leslie

Leslie — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:13:06 +0000

Ah. The movie I was specifically thinking of was The Omega Man – which was complete with full frontal female nudity and extreme violence – and you are right – it was rated only PG – I had assumed PG-13. Still a major shock to the system when one is expecting a movie to be a certain way and it wasn’t.

By: Caleb

Caleb — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 06:33:06 +0000

Just for the record, PG-13 movies didn’t exist in the 70s. 1984′s Red Dawn was the first movie to ever be rated PG-13 shortly following a lot of controversy over Temple of Doom and Gremlins’ PG ratings.

By: Leslie

Leslie — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:14:29 +0000

Really!?!

I *know* when I worked at Blockbuster I rented it and was shocked that it was rated R… I wonder if we had it mislabeled and I was looking at the Blockbuster cover…. or maybe there are two different versions out there (like with Much Ado About Nothing)? Weird. Even with the *incredibly* breif nudity I always thought it made more sense to be PG-13.

By: Ruth

Ruth — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:42:22 +0000

I pulled my copy of Mansfield Park w/ Jonny Lee Miller off my DVD shelf and it’s rated PG-13 actually. The ratings system is so messed up sometimes! No rhyme or reason that I can see half the time…can be very inconsistent IMO.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:15:38 +0000

Ditto! Natalie isn’t near as bad as Keira. I thought she made a pretty good Padme though. There have to be more than a few bad actors/actresses in Star Wars movies.