#(like. he's fine. he'll be an impressive grandstanding van helsing. but ingram would have brought the charm of King Laugh)
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I saw your reblog of the Marquand poll saying Gregory Peck wasn't right for it in the tags and so out of genuine curiosity I wanted to ask, why include actors you think aren't suited for the roll on the poll? Also how many of the actors "cast" do you think are miscasts? (If you don't wanna name names that's fine, I'm just curious about the numbers)
uhhh that one was just a mistake tbh, I made the last batch of polls really quickly and I threw Greg in there just because I was like, eh, he's played a lawyer, this will be funny. In general with the polls I do try to show a wide variety of potential (and legitimate) takes on each character that all still feel plausible to an element of the character we see in the book, even if I don't agree on prioritizing that element, so everyone can vote for their version of Dracula.
#also i think showing a wide variety of talent (beyond who /I/ think is right) allows us for lots of different visions!#like back w/jonathan harker: jimmy stewart/sidney poitier/buster keaton were all popular choices but all v. different movies. I like that!#it lets us picture what different versions of the movie prioritize (and what you the electorate prioritize) and that's fun#(in answer to your miscast question i STRONGLY wanted rex ingram or william marshall for van helsing and i'm disappointed with orson welles#(like. he's fine. he'll be an impressive grandstanding van helsing. but ingram would have brought the charm of King Laugh)#(and marshall would have brought magnificence AND subtlety AND he's been a dracula himself for extra meta fun.)#asks#dracula casting
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