Casting Coup: Breakfast at Tiffany's

*From ye old days of the Livejournal comes this neat little Casting Coup, probably one of my favorites. I like how the post just ends: no wrapping up, no entreaty to the audience to participate. Just cuts off. These pics are new, by the way, because of my hot-linking. The text is not.*

Because you asked for it, begged for it, and demanded it, here it is...

BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S


RUSTY TRAWLER
Who is He: One of the richest men under forty in New York City. Holly sets her sights on him early on in the novella.
My Choice: Tony Award Winner Dan Fogler (The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Balls of Fury)



JOSE DA SILVA PEREIRA
Who is He: The handsome Brazilian playboy with whom Holly hooks up with between the middle and the end of the novella.
My Choice: Rodrigo Santoro (Love Actually, 300)



SALLY TOMATO
Who is He: A convict Holly visits in prison, unaware of the fact that he is, in fact, a mob boss still controlling his operations from behind bars.
My Choice: Academy Award Nominee Chazz Palminteri (Bullets Over Broadway, Running Scared)



MAG WILDWOOD
Who is She: Holly's roommate, rival, and fellow model, who is also looking for a rich man under forty.
My Choice: Molly Shannon (Saturday Night Live, How the Grinch Stole Christmas)



MR. YUNIOSHI
Who is He: Holly's neighbor, a Japanese photographer who befriends the narrator.
My Choice: George Takei (Star Trek)



DOC GOLIGHTLY
Who is He: Holly's hillybilly husband.
My Choice: Academy Award Winner Chris Cooper (Adaptation, October Sky)



O.J. BERMAN
Who is He: Holly's manager/agent
My Choice: Gary Beach (The Producers)



THE AUTHOR
Who is He: Holly's gay writer friend, kept anonymous in the book
My Choice: Alan Tudyk (3:10 to Yuma, Serenity)



HOLIDAY GOLIGHTLY
Who is She: The free-spirited runaway-turned-call girl, blonde and curvacious, who hates the Mean Reds.
My Choice: Maggie Grace (Lost, The Jane Austen Book Club)

Casting Coup: Lolita

*This is from the first 'audience pick' I ever did. I wound up doing all of them, of course, but this (understandably) got the most votes. It is also my favorite novel. Few votes, due to the small number of LJ readers I had at the time. Pics are different now, since some of the hot-links I used then are no longer in service.*

VOTES
Lolita: 3 (2 on lj, 1 in person)
Ethan Frome: 2 (1 on lj, 1 on facebook)
Breakfast at Tiffany's: 2

Becca's helpful and comprehensive list was the berries. I think everyone should do that from now on.

So, Lolita is clearly the winner.

On with the show then!

RITA
Who is She: "A woman in her mid-20s with whom Humbert has an affair".
My Choice: Christina Ricci (Sleepy Hollow, Black Snake Moan)



MISS PRATT
Who is She: The headmistress of the "progressive" Beardsley School for Girls.
My Choice: Elaine Stritch (Small Time Crooks, Monster-in-Law)



MONA DAHL
Who is She: A friend of Lolita's, who may or not know the "real deal" about Humbert.
My Choice: Emma Stone (Superbad, Archie: The Motion Picture Epic)



JEAN FARLOW
Who is She: One of Charlotte's friends in Ramsdale, a neighbor lady who crushes on Humbert.
My Choice: Cheryl Hines (Waitress, "Curb Your Enthusiasm")



JOHN FARLOW
Who is He: Jean's husband; on the surface, they are the Cleavers.
My Choice: Dylan Baker (Across the Universe, Spider-Man 3)



CHARLOTTE HAZE
Who is She: A religious woman, mother of Lolita, throws herself at Humbert, generally unpleasant.
My Choice: Felicity Huffman (Transamerica, Magnolia)



CLARE QUILTY
Who is He: A popular playwright, a producer of child pornography.
My Choice: Philip Seymour Hoffman (Capote, The Savages)



LOLITA
Who is She: The titular character, a nymphet, a young girl that drives men crazy, the lover of Humbert Humbert.
My Choice: AnnaSophia Robb (Bridge to Terabithia, Charlei and the Chocolate Factory)



HUMBERT HUMBERT
Who is He: Our protagonist, "a middle-aged scholar with an obsession for nymphets."
My Choice: Colin Firth (Love Actually, What a Girl Wants)



SPECIAL CAMEO: VIVIAN DARKBLOOM
Who is She: Quilty's writing partner and companion.
My Choice: Maggie Gyllenhaal (Donnie Darko, Stranger Than Fiction)