#that said i'm not sure who's my gabrielle and i don't have a final fancast idea it might be another person after all LOL i just love talkin

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Ok but who is your Gabrielle fancast?👀

Hi! What about you, do you have any? I love the questions, just make sure you're free to share your own thoughts if you want to. And thanks for the message. :) --------------

It is Elisabeth Moss.

She's one of the most versatile actresses I've seen and can show despair, pain, fear, shock, anger, madness, sadness, melancholy, disassociation, relief, love, affection and basically every emotion you can think of.

I've mostly seen her on The Handmaid's Tale, though (it's one of my favorite shows). There, June (her character) has these moments that are incredibly intense and you can see she gives all her sweat, blood and tears to the point she looks like mentally, emotionally and physically exhausted and a second away from PASSING OUT because they are THAT heavy and cathartic.

She has scenes where June can't really show how she's feeling, so it has to something too subtle for the people around June to miss, but just visible enough for viewers to catch and she is amazing at executing those microexpressions too.

There are times where she is showing a stronger emotion and then immediately "sucks it up" and her face changes in a millisecond, she is able to shift extremely quick.

There are scenes that June feels conflicting and paradoxical emotions that shouldn't coexist and yet somehow they do, and she's able to show that with her face and body.

She can be ambiguous and enigmatic to the point you don't even know exactly what her character is feeling/thinking without (sometimes even with) the context.

Also, she is one of those that can execute a scene without much from the script or production, you can give her no lines and she will carry it with her face and body language.

Actually, so much from The Handmaid's Tale relies on the little silent details she adds, the look on her face, the way she moves, processes and reacts to everything around her, you know what she's thinking/feeling without words, to the point you can see the exact MILLISECOND a thought occurred to her, the EXACT moment when she noticed something, that something ACTIVATED in her mind. It's completely immersive, it feels like you're seeing it through her eyes, like you're in your head and body and experiencing everything yourself (that's also due to the exquisite directing/writing/editing/camerawork on the show). Which, by the way, makes me confident she could pull off those long sequences of 6-9 minutes the writers love to make (and I love to watch).

Not to mention she overall has a killer presence, you would never mistake her for a small, insignificant character. Even if she doesn't play a big role in the story, she will get your attention, which I assume is the energy a character like Gabrielle is supposed to have.

And how she has range and you never get the feeling she's playing the same character.

Even without drastic changes to her physical appearance.

Even on The Handmaid's Tale, after everything she's gone through, June feels like many different characters, and yet a consistent, cohesive one, that you know it's different moments of June's life, but still June instead of a completely different person. Which is similar to how every vampire on the show feels like after so much trauma and so many "eras" where the world kept changing and they changed as well.

She is, in fact, really easy to fancast because I'm yet to see something she can't do. She can play someone you agree, disagree with, root for, makes you frustrated, a sweet, a morally grey character, pretty much anything. She will make people feel EXACTLY what they're SUPPOSED to feel. June is one of the most challenging roles I've ever seen and she nails it season after season. The gifs give you a hint, but still don't even make justice and you need to watch to fully comprehend. And from what I know about Gabrielle so far, if you cast the wrong person, she might feel expressionless, monotone and dry. You need someone that can show things in a subtle, composed, but still existent and real way and Elisabeth is an expert at it. She also has that presence Gabrielle apparently has, and well, she's probably able to pull off everything I'll eventually find out about Gabrielle as I keep reading the books too.

Also, I heard Gabrielle ends up with a female companion? Her name is Sevraine or something? Or it's implied that way? Anyway, maybe they could have her and flesh out her character and cast these two because they have the craziest accidental yuri chemistry ever, they just stress me so much and it sucks that I can't even headcanon them because despite Yvonne's charisma, Serena would probably need to spend 800 years in hell to be a redeemed person (if that's even possible, which I doubt). But I'm like, make them a couple somewhere else.

My only reservation is if she can reproduce the French/Italian accent, because I've never seen her try, but I believe she'd be equipped for the character and would? Anyway, she has multiple Emmy nominations, even won one, she has theater experience and was nominated for a Tony and we know how much they love theater actors too (same). She is not that far from Sam's age, though, but she has played older characters and could definitely pass for Gabrielle's age with the right clothes/makeup/hair.

Speaking of the chances of her playing the character, though, it really depends. First, it's up to what Rolin wants. If Rolin already has an actor in mind, then he might get them. If it's up for audition, I wouldn't see her auditioning for it because I think she's at a place in her career where she's comfortable enough to audition only for leading characters. Unless it's a special situation, like, if she's a fan of the books and would like to play her. Or a fan of one of the writers, directors, the show itself etc. I don't know anything about her personal life or taste, I mostly stan musicians and the only actor that is an exception is Pedro Pascal (who I could also see on this show, but that's another conversation). Or if Rolin specifically has her in mind. However, she can also pick whatever projects she wants without having to choose what's most profitable because she's accomplished enough, she gets to do things out of passion and not only money. And she isn't just after "prestigious" drama roles that usually brings Oscars and Emmys, she has worked with horror and action multiple times too. The biggest thing would be her knowing about the series and wanting to be a part of it, considering it is well-acclaimed, but still a very "niche" show. Last time I checked she's pregnant too, but she's still shooting the final season of THT, so she might not want to take pauses? And if that happened and the schedules worked, she could join because she filmed two limited series while also being part of THT.

I'm also totally down for a non-binary/androgynous/gender-nonconforming/transmasculine actor or anyone trans and/or out of the binary (specially since I'm under the non-binary umbrella and gender-fluid myself and have little to no representation). The problem is that I don't know many. And the ones I do know, couldn't pass for Lestat's mother. One MIGHT (focus on the "might"), but is part of a show that is nowhere near to end, so who knows if they'd be available. The other one that does check all of the boxes, but I have never seen them on anything (their projects are too hard to find on official streaming services and even online), so I can't talk about them as a performer. And I fancast people mostly based on the acting and if I consider them to have the *vibes* of the character rather than physical appearance.