Yahoo! Last night I watched I am Legend...  and I was mightily surprised to see Alice Braga, who I used as a model for my main character Lucia. She's great!! I'd only seen Alice in some photos and a short movie clip from a foreign film. I'm happy I made that choice.

On to other news... I have been busy elsewhere in my life these last few weeks, but before I disappeared, I had made that request for fans. The numbers had gone up, but have now dropped again, so I'm taking Will's advice and ignoring them. But that said, I'm sure it'll bug me again in the future.

With the process of fleshing out the first draft underway, a few faces have begun to coalesce around each character. These are names that I'd always kind of thought of for the parts (when I started thinking about it two days ago that is). When I wrote the beast, I had no one in mind. During the original comic writing stage, the characters were inspired by ideas rather than physical characteristics of known people.

Beat.

The key to the whole thing, obviously is Gustav Hayes. The actor portraying him needs to have wit, gravitas, self deprecating tendencies and a decent singing voice. Robert Downey Jr. has all of these elements, plus the physical features match.



Can you imagine him stumbling down that post apocalyptic street in the opening pages?! Singularly Awesome.

Sue Jones needs self reliance, smarts, an infectious energy and the range to run the entire spectrum of emotion. Sue has steeled parts of herself against the cruel world she lives in, while retaining the hopefulness of youth. Ellen Page.



Malcolm Ellis is equal parts analytical scientific mind and scholar while displaying the degenerative traits common amongst brain hungry Zomboids. Father figure to Sue. Paul Giamatti, ladies and gentlemen.



Every story needs a compelling and unlikable villain. I've not decided who should play Lt. Doe yet, but, as a placeholder, I present to you John McCain. Jingoistic war hero with a deranged world view and creepy as all f**king get out!


There will be more casting in the coming weeks as I continue writing the script. I must say, I'm really excited at the shape it's taking. The elements from Issue #2 that I've added to the story told in Issue #1 really give the story some weight.

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