Casting the Continuation Novels

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CARTE BLANCHE (2011)

James Bond 007 – Hugh Jackman
Kwalene Nkosi – David Oyelowo
Bheka Jordaan – Thandie Newton
Niall Dunne aka The Irishman – Aiden Gillen
Felicity Willing – Charlize Theron
Gregory Lamb – David Thewlis
Ophelia Maidenstone aka Philly – Sophia Myles
Severan Hydt – Richard E. Grant
Percy Osborne-Smith – Tom Hollander
Stella Kirkpatrick – Malin Akerman
Eric Janssen – Warren Kole
Yusuf Nasad – Saïd Taghmaoui
Kharaz’s Private Jet Flight Attendant – Reshma Shetty
Aldo Karic – Roland Kickinger
Sanu Hirani – Raza Jaffrey
Charles Mathebula – Hakeem Kae-Kazim
David Huang – Michael Paul Chan
Hans Eberhard – Detlev Buck
Mbalula – Arinzé Kene
Dunne’s Green Way Guard 1 – Alain Moussi
Dunne’s Green Way Guard 2 – Marvin Campbell
Fouad Kharaz – Kal Naga
Green Way Security Guard Worker 1 – Greg Burridge
Green Way Security Guard Worker 2 – David Gyasi
Maurice Flanagan – John Henshaw
Hans Groelle – Peter Blok
Younger Serbian Agent aka N. Rathko’s Brother – Radivoje Bukvic
Older Serbian Agent – Dimitri Diatchenko
South Asian Newswoman – Archie Panjabi
Dunne’s Green Way Security Man Van Driver – Adrian Holmes
Jessica Barnes – Diane Keaton
Chenzira – Dave Legeno
Green Way Front Security Post Guard – Tommy Flanagan
Green Way Security Man Guide – Steve Le Marquand
Green Way Escort Guard 1 – Tyrone Keough
Green Way Escort Guard 2 – Tanoai Reed
William – Treva Etienne
Osborne-Smith’s Assistant aka Deputy-Deputy – Iwan Rheon
Osborne-Smtih’s Technician – Matt Barber
Mahdi al-Fulan – Ghassan Massoud
Intercontinental Hotel Limo Driver – Paterson Joseph
Andrew – Terence Harvey
Bixton – Hamish Wilson
Jack Dennison – Andrew Tiernan
Green Way Industries Disposal And Recycling Shift Chief – Ivan Kaye
Green Way Industries Disposal And Recycling Lad – Mackenzie Crook
Nick Rathko – Nikola Kojo
Phil Pelham – Stanley Townsend
Joso – Nonso Anozie
Mbali – Nichelle Nichols
Stephen Dlamini – Hugh Quarshie
The Museum Of The Emirates Security Guard – Martin Hub
Serbian Rail Diesel Driver – Driss Roukhe
May Davidson McGrath – Maureen O’Brien
René Mathis – Jean Dujardin
Felix Leiter – Matthew McConaughey
Mary Goodnight – Keeley Hawes
Jane Moneypenny – Emily Mortimer
Bill Tanner – Julian Wadham
Miles Messervy aka M – Michael Gambon

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SOLO (2013)

James Bond 007 – Hugh Jackman
Sunday – John Boyega
Alesha Belem aka Blessing – Zoe Saldana
Kobus Breed – Sharlto Copley
Hulbert Linck – Marcel Iures
Solomon Adeka aka The Scorpion – Djimon Hounsou
Brig Leiter – Scott Eastwood
Luke Massinette – Josh Helman
Bryce Fitzjohn – Victoria Smurfit
Denga – Jimmy Akingbola
Digby Bredalbane – Adam Nagaitis
Miller Dupree – Richard Lintern
Odon Haas – Nicholas Blane
Sheila McRae – Rachael Taylor
Dawie – Craig Fairbrass
Dennis Fieldfare – Hilton McRae
Araminta Beauchamp aka Minty – Janet Montgomery
Masind – Ravi Kapoor
Quentin Dale – Hugh Skinner
Abigail Kross – Jemma Redgrave
Tony Msour – Peter De Jersey
Christmas – Malachi Kirby
Henrik – Chris Browning
Roanoke Hall Guard – Billy D. Lucas
Delmont – Dan Byrd
Washington, D.C. Cab Driver – Luis Guzmán
Eugene Goodforth – Matthew Lillard
Peter Kunle – Aml Ameen
Gabriel Adeka – Colin McFarlane
Washington, D.C. AfrikaKIN Receptionist – Sheila McCarthy
Brian Richards – James D’Arcy
Turnbull McHarg aka Bloater – Samuel West
Amerdon Studios Production Office Woman – Emma Fielding
Geoffrey Letham – Geoff Bell
Ridgeway Barracks Captain – Donald Glover
Port Dunbar Press Center Lieutenant – Chiké Okonkwo
Washington, D.C. Teenager 1 – Alexander Ludwig
Washington, D.C. Teenager 2 – Jessie T. Usher
Washington, D.C. Teenager 3 – Stephan James
Dave Tozar – Nico Mirallegro
German Soldier – Max von der Groben
Niven Brodie – Greg Ellis
Donalda – Cara Horgan
May Davidson McGrath – Maureen O’Brien
Felix Leiter – Aaron Eckhart
Jane Moneypenny – Emily Mortimer
Miles Messervy aka M – Michael Gambon

(flashback) Wartime James Bond – Alex Pettyfer

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Guess you could use another in-between post to continue :wink:

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SHOOT TO KILL (2014)

James Bond – Aaron Taylor-Johnson
Adam Elmhirst aka Fedora Man – Jason Statham
Boudicca Pryce aka Boody – Margot Robbie
George Barron – Vincent D’Onofrio
Anton Kostler – Kevin Spacey
Daniel Sloman – Dominic Sherwood
Tori Wo – Gemma Chan
Lenny Vasquez – Nestor Serrano
Tobias Leaver – Wallace Shawn
Gillian de Vries – Lauren Holly
Charles McGee aka Redneck – Callum Keith Rennie
Selma Street Club Bouncer – Keith David
Martyn Kostler aka The Kid – Bill Skarsgård
Stuart Sloman – Adrian Rawlins
Weiss’ Girl – Brooklyn Decker
Heinrich Breithaupt – Heino Ferch
Totnes Ambulanceman – Robert Taylor
Marino – Max Martini
Marino’s Photographer – Jake Busey
A. Kostler’s de Vries’ Party Chauffeur – John D’Aquino
Jack Strap – Nick Stahl
Alexander Roberts – Tim Woodward
Brad Cummings – Lucas Till
Mac Reagan – Dash Mihok
Louie Weiss – Jonathan LaPaglia
Beatrice Judge – Jodie Comer
Lew Judge – Alfie Allen
Mitch – Ben Batt
John – Joe Dempsie
Beatrice’s Burly Boy 1 – Danny Miller
Beatrice’s Burly Boy 2 – Danny Hatchard
Hugo Grande – Sam Humphrey
Charmian Bond – Emma Thompson

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Hopefully, Jeff Bezos is taking note of your fine work.

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TRIGGER MORTIS (2015)

James Bond 007 – Hugh Jackman
Charles Henry Duggan – Mark Addy
Jeopardy Lane – Scarlett Johansson
Harry Johnson – Robert Patrick
Jason Sin – Byung-hun Lee
Johnny Calhoun – Evan Peters
Logan Fairfax – Abbie Cornish
Salisbury Police Officer – Michael McGrady
Luther – Daniel Cudmore
MI6 Head Of Records – Neil Dudgeon
Artmann – Frederick Schmidt
Sin’s Personal Bodyguard 1 – Ryan Oliva
Sin’s Personal Bodyguard 2 – Ken Duken
Bernardo Hertogs – Ricardo Darín
Thomas Keller – Herbert Knaup
Lancy Smith – William Moseley
Pussy Galore – Olivia Munn
Sin’s Staircase Guard – Darryl Scheelar
Eugene T. Lawrence – Michael Cudlitz
Sin’s Leading Dining Room Guard – Jeff Chase
Sin’s Leading Dining Room Korean Guard – Kazunori Yajima
Marlborough Doctor – Daniel Ings
Sin’s Trailing Dining Room Guard 1 – Tim Connolly
Sin’s Trailing Dining Room Guard 2 – Garvin Cross
Henry Fraser – Julian Lewis Jones
Sin’s Korean Vanguard Train Guard 1 – Anthony Pho
Sin’s Korean Vanguard Train Guard 2 – Hiroo Minami
Sin’s American Bald Man – Tait Fletcher
Danny Slater – Joe Adler
Ivan Dimitrov – David Meunier
Vladimir Gaspanov – Merab Ninidze
Starlite Motel New Manager – Ron Dean
American Thug 1 aka Abbott – Matt McColm
American Thug 2 aka Costello – Keith Jardine
Gloria Keller – Amy Jennings
Loelia Ponsonby aka Lil – Laila Rouass
Jane Moneypenny – Emily Mortimer
Bill Tanner – Julian Wadham
Miles Messervy aka M – Michael Gambon

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HEADS YOU DIE (2016)

James Bond – Aaron Taylor-Johnson
Hugo Grande – Sam Humphrey
Jagua Solares – Genesis Rodriguez
El Puño – Jason Momoa
Audacto Solares aka Scolopendra – Antonio Banderas
Gerald Hardiman – Geoffrey Rush
Maritsa – Melissa Barrera
Ramon Mosqueda – Jesse Garcia
Franklin Ford – Michael Kelly
Sarila Karatan – Mia Kirshner
La Velada – Tilda Swinton
Chester MacLean – Brent Sexton
Valentine Barbey – Louis Ferreira
A. Solares’ Tugboat Engineer – Oscar Torre
Havana Police Station Officer aka Officer Unhelpful – Alex Fernandez
Batabano Arresting Policeman 1 – Guillermo Diaz
Batabano Arresting Policeman 2 – Franky G
Just Jawin’ Head Waiter – Raúl Castillo
Gran Casino Young Bell Boy – Alex Meraz
Gran Casino Waiter – Matt Cedeño
Luis – Emilio Rivera
Melene del Sur Policeman 1 – Kamar de los Reyes
Melene del Sur Policeman 2 – Mo Gallini
Old Havana Pickpocket – David Castañeda

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STRIKE LIGHTNING (2016)

James Bond – Aaron Taylor-Johnson
Hepworth Maximilian Blade – Christian Bale
Kitty Drift – Emma Stone
Herta Axmann – Rebecca Ferguson
Konstantin Grünner – Hugo Weaving
Carrel – Ray Stevenson
Grünner’s Loudspeaker Technician – John Noble
Van Dieman – Dalip Singh
Ghost Train Brakeman – Matthias Hues
Ghost Train Driver – Ulrich Matthes
Ghost Train Fireman – Werner Daehn
Ghost Train Depot Fork Lift Operator – Poal Cairo
Ghost Train Depot Gate Man 1 – Tim Haars
Ghost Train Depot Gate Man 2 – Ferdi Stofmeel
Randolph Whittaker aka Captain Hook – Tim McInnerny
German Generalleutnant – Hannes Jaenicke
Peters – Rab Affleck
Grünner’s Blade Personal Guard – Robert Sedgwick
Scheveningen Taxi Driver – Angus Barnett
Hotel des Indes Front Desk Man’s Colleague – Frits Lambrechts
Grünner’s Bond Escort Guard – Gotthard Lange
Hotel des Indes Front Desk Man – Stefan de Walle
Blade’s Thornhill Sentry – Matt Mullins
Rotterdam Wharf Short Wiry Crewman – Jay Caputo
Rotterdam Wharf Dark-Skinned Hard-Faced Crewman – Henry Kingi Jr.
Rotterdam Wharf Checkpoint Guard – Ed Anders
Marcus Stephenson – Joe Cole
Hazel – Josh Bowman
Fettes Matron – Annette Badland
Dockerill – Tommy Bastow
Ibbotson – James Baxter
Dockerill’s Pal 1 – Kevin Guthrie
Dockerill’s Pal 2 – Ryan Prescott
Cooper aka Ho – Paul Blackthorn
Fettes Headmaster – Peter Egan
Duncan – Alex Lawther
Perry Mandeville – Ed Speleers
Charmian Bond – Emma Thompson

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RED NEMESIS (2017)

James Bond – Aaron Taylor-Johnson
Ivan Kalashnikov – Elya Baskin
Anya Kalashnikova – Alicia Vikander
Adam Elmhirst – Mark Strong
La Velada – Cate Blanchett
Russian Carbuncle Face Man – Numan Acar
Mimic – Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
London Royal Opera House Royal Box Security Guard – Craig Parker
Intourist Female Guide – Irina Apeksimova
Andrei Karachan – Ilia Volok
London Policeman – Joe Armstrong
Elizaveta – Pauline Quirke
Demir Brachacki – Yuri Kolokolnikov
Russian Submarine Captain – Erik Hivju
Russian Submarine Watch Officer – Nickolas Baric
Russian Submarine Lookout – Yurij Kis
London Royal Opera House Stocky Doorman – William Beck
La Velada’s Lambeth Police Station Officer – Richard Dillane
London Royal Opera House Armed Doorman – Darren Strange
La Velada’s Lambeth Police Sergeant – Andrew Havill
Elmhirst’s Tunnel Man – Aleks Paunovic
Brachacki’s Pal – Arpad Balogh
SIS Headquarters Young Man – Henry Lloyd-Hughes
George Windsor V – Simon Jones
London Taxicab Driver – Simon Paisley Day
Intourist State Representative Driver – Paul Putner
National Hotel Concierge – David Nykl
National Hotel Porter – Nikolai Witschl
National Hotel Desk Man – Harry Gostelow
Cooper aka Ho – Paul Blackthorne
Charmian Bond – Emma Thompson
Michael Merriot – Timothy Spall

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FOREVER AND A DAY (2018)

James Bond 007 – Henry Cavill
Reade Griffith – Wes Bentley
Joanne Brochet aka Sixtine – Marion Cotillard
Carlo – Randy Couture
Simone – Sebastian Roché
Irwin Wolfe – Donald Sutherland
Jean-Paul Scipio – Gérard Depardieu
Mario – Pierre Boulanger
Frederic – Patrick d’Assumçao
Georges – Denis Ménochet
Monique de Troyes – Mélanie Laurent
Borghetti – Stanley Tucci
Paul Remy – Nans Laborde-Jourdàa
Scipio’s Translator – Stéphan Wojtowicz
Wolfe Europe Guard 1 – Philippe Maymat
Wolfe Europe Guard 2 – Nicolas Wanczycki
Wolfe Europe Guard 3 – Mathieu Lardot
Frederic’s “Wife” – Astrid Whettnall
Ferrix Chimiques Stool Guard – Babs Olusanmokun
Marseilles Fisherman – Pascal Elbé
Marseilles Fisherman’s Son – Mathieu Capella
Émile Tournier – François Berléand
Wolfe Europe Laboratory Supervisor – Olivier Loustau
Ferrix Chimiques Woman – Patricia Barzyk
Andria Mariani – Robin Renucci
Monte Carlo Casino Blackjack Dealer – Dan Herzberg
Stolypin’s French Tart – Camille Razat
Nikolai Stolypin – David Dayan Fisher
Rolf Larsen – Piotr Adamczyk
Kishida – Nelson Lee
May Davidson McGrath – Celia Imrie
Roger Troop – Gérard Watkins
Loelia Ponsonby aka Lil – Rebecca Hall
Jane Moneypenny – Lara Pulver
Bill Tanner – Patrick Kennedy
Miles Messervy aka M – Matthew Marsh

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You are so dilligent!

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WITH A MIND TO KILL (2022)

James Bond 007 – Henry Cavill
Margarita – Marianne Sägebrecht
Katya Leonova – Amanda Seyfried
Ivan Aranov – Michael Fassbender
Boris Leonov – Gary Oldman
Otto – Axel Milberg
Charlie aka Boxer – Tony Curran
Willie – Axel Stein
Kruger – Natalia Wörner
East Berlin Doctor – Ulrich Noethen
Moscow University English Teacher – Matt Bomer
Selina Wilson – Miranda Raison
Leonov’s The Institute Guard 1 – Kim Kold
Leonov’s The Institute Guard 2 – Yuriy Borisov
Colin Cunningham – Nicholas Jones
Leonov’s Train Military Man 1 – Paul Lazenby
Leonov’s Train Military Man 2 – Derek Mears
Bond’s Airline Security Man Attendant Guard – Manu Bennett
Nicholai Grubozaboyschikov aka General G – John Malkovich
Irma Kirilenko – Sandra Hüller
Erik Mundt – Thomas Limpinsel
Grigory Volkov – Mikhail Porechenkov
Alexander Shelepin – Peter Serafinowicz
Sam King – Bobby Lockwood
Grubozaboyschikov’s Man 1 – Kristopher Hivju
Grubozaboyschikov’s Man 2 – Danila Kozlovsky
Harrison – Max Bowden
Ruislip Out Of Work Journalist – Richard Lumsden
Charlie’s Auster 5 Autocrat Mechanic 1 – Tadhg Murphy
London Officer 1 – Sam Hazeldine
Bond’s Russian Security Man – Lenn Kudrjawizki
Garfinkel’s KGB Escort Man 1 – Petr Klimes
Garfinkel’s KGB Escort Man 2 – Péter Kálloy Molnár
Charles Massinger – Neil Stuke
Hal Garfinkel – Todd Stashwick
Soviet Hillman Imp Funeral Watcher Passenger – Marek Oravec
Garfinkel’s Russian Girl – Valentina Lyapina
Heinrich-Heine-Strasse Hut Official 1 – Kirill Pirogov
Heinrich-Heine-Strasse Hut Official 2 – Frederic Heidorn
Berlin State Opera Roof Guard 1 – Ales Bílík
Berlin State Opera Roof Guard 2 – Michael Edlinger
Nikita Khrushchev – Sergey Losev
Ilya Platonov – Lucas Reiber
Frances Messervy – Suzanne Burden
Rodney Porterfield – Kevin Doyle
James Molony – Dominic Mafham
Jane Moneypenny – Lara Pulver
Bill Tanner – Patrick Kennedy
Miles Messervy aka M – Matthew Marsh

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ON HIS MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE (2023)

James Bond 007 – Henry Cavill
Nick Cornwell – Duncan Pow
Ragnhei∂ur Ragnarsdóttir – Vanessa Kirby
Lyle aka Canner – Jai Courtney
Æthelstan Wells – Cary Elwes
Marina Buehler – Michelle Dockery
Kenny Charlton – Jonas Armstrong
Kingsley – Sullivan Stapleton
Isaacson – Clive Standen
John Tyler – Angus Macfadyen
Colin Finney – Ryan Cartwright
Flora Woodbridge – Andrea Riseborough
Renaud Caiboche – Gilles Lellouche
Wells’ Armed Guard – Daniel Bernhardt
Anthony Saxewell-Brooks – Nigel Lindsay
Wells’ Celebrity British Criminal Guest – Toby Hemingway
Tyler’s Brit 1 – Justin Pearson
Tyler’s Brit 2 – Rick English
Tyler’s Brit 3 – Matt Da Silva
Wells’ Entrance Hall Guard 1 – Paul Kulik
Wells’ Szalkai Castle Bag Checking Girl – Sophie McShera
Carl – Russell Tovey
Giorgio – Riccardo Scamarcio
Charles Windsor – Alex Jennings
Jane Moneypenny – Lara Pulver
Miles Messervy aka M – Matthew Marsh

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Amazon–are you paying attention?

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Well, I did it. With On His Majesty’s Secret Service, I finally got to the end of casting the James Bond 007 continuation novels. I’m not going to do Kim Sherwood’s series as it’s just too different from the rest of the series–and Bond really isn’t in it. (Meanwhile, Samantha Weinberg’s The Moneypenny Diaries series I did include because it still resembles Ian Fleming’s James Bond and MI6–albeit from Moneypenny’s perspective–and Bond is also in it quite a bit.)

To do the casting, I followed some self-made guidelines that I’d like to share now. I’d also like to add this caveat, I periodically did go back and add a few more actors to the adventures as well as recast a handful of characters that I felt I either missed the first time around or came across an actor/actress that I had either forgotten about and/or thought was better suited for the role. Anyway, on to my guidelines:

1 – I tried to be as accurate as possible to the description of the various characters.

2 – I tried as much as possible to use actors and actresses that I like.

3 – I tried to be as realistic as possible for not using megastars in roles they normally wouldn’t take (such as Tom Cruise in a Bond film) UNLESS it was at the very beginning or ending of their careers when they weren’t the megastars we know them to be. Additionally, while not trying to do so, I still undoubtedly undervalued some lesser star actors/actresses or even some character actors/actresses to put them in smaller roles they probably normally wouldn’t sign on for because I wanted them cast for those said roles, but oh well, it’s my casting. :smiley:

4 – I only casted characters in novels who occupied one filled page or who said or did something on three separate mentions. In the case of short stories or biographical tales, however, because they were so short, if a character was mentioned at all, they were cast.

5 – If a character’s face was not seen on the page due to them wearing a mask or whatever, I did not cast them since it really wouldn’t matter who played them. Additionally, in the more recent adventures, if the character was basically limited to being involved in what would be a stunt or fight, I tried to cast stuntmen.

6 - If a character returned in another adventure, I used a different actor/actress much like what happened to the Ernst Stavro Blofeld and Felix Leiter characters in the EON years. The only exceptions were the recurring characters at MI6 and at Bond’s schools at Eton and Fettes as well as Bond’s housekeeper May and M’s servants the Hammonds and Davisons.

7 – Each James Bond actor had his own recurring cast. So new Bond actor, new cast.

8 – I don’t know a lot of teen actors from the U.K., so for Bond and his school mates in the Young Bond novels, I cast actors in their 20s. And for those characters from the Young Bond novels that seemed to be in their 20s compared to Bond in his teens, I cast actors and actresses in their 30s.

9 – For James Bond: The Authorized Biography Of 007, I went back and broke up Bond’s career into before he became 007 and after. As a result, I cast two different Bonds for those roles, likewise for the parts of War Bond in the novels Double Or Die and Solo. (FYI: To do this, I moved Ian Ogilvy from the early John Gardner run to the pre-007 years in JBTABODOS and made Lewis Collins 007 for the early Gardner years.)

10 – If Henry Cavill gets cast as James Bond #7, then I will recast him as 007 in Forever And A Day to the present. If he’s not, then, of course, he remains my choice here.

All told, I casted for 91 adventures–60 novels, 16 short stories, and 15 biographical tales. Whew! :sweat: Despite all that work, it was fun to do seeing which actors and actresses might fit each part. And I have to admit, I’m pretty pleased with myself sticking with it all the way through. Though I feel if I would have stopped, I might have had a hard time getting back to it, so I made sure to keep on plugging away.

So thank you to all who have supported me on this journey and helped with placing comments to allow me to re-post and keep it going. I appreciate it.

Hopefully, literary James Bond will return – and when he does, I’ll be there to cast it. :smiley:

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Thank you for your work, your diligence, and your imagination.

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Truly an exceptional work of love, @Double-OhAgent, quite outstanding. Your dedication to this task, your attention to detail and a reasonable set of rules you gave yourself make this thread a very inspiring read. Many great ideas - Isaacs, Ochsenknecht, Mirren, Prochnow - that were sadly missed at the time.

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Thanks guys.

I have to admit that a lot of the foreign actors and actresses that I cast I’ve never seen or heard of. But for those, I used imdb and Google images to assist me and I just went by gut feel for they looked like at the time for the timeframe I casted them, how they compared to the novel character, what type of acting character they may have specialized in during their careers, if they were acting at that time, and if they were big stars or not.

And I think it worked for the most part–though some casts were much harder than others. For instance, there wasn’t a lot of 20-something dwarves out there to fill Hugo Grande’s role. It was pretty much Sam Humphrey or nobody and even then I had to fudge a little and cast him in Shoot To Kill when he was still at acting school and hadn’t had his first role yet.

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