Breaking Dawn

If you are not among the vampiricaly obsessed, you might want to skip this post, as it is all about Breaking Dawn casting announcements. This is a celebratory post of sorts here on fantasy casting, because Breaking Dawn was actually the first fantasy cast I ever put together. I recently dusted it off and re-posted it, and now I will be comparing my choices to the choices made by the actual casting directors.

Here we go!

For Irina, I chose Ashley Jensen:

Maggie Grace was actually cast:

 Busty blond gal from an ABC television series? Check and check. (Maggie Grace is from LOST, and Ashely Jensen is from Ugly Betty)

For Eleazar, I chose Luke Wilson:

Christian Camargo was actually cast:

Tall, brunette guys. AND- they are exactly the same age. HA! No, I'm not kidding, they're about two months apart. So much for my picks being too old *snicker*

Renesmee is being played by Mackenzie Foy. I made NO guesses about this for a lot of reasons. 1) this child is supposed to be between 0-3 months old during the film. 2) She is supposed to look like she is 1-5 years old. 3) She is supposed to have all sorts of freaky features: full set of teeth at birth, ability to walk at the age of one week, stuff like that. I will reserve judgment, but a part of me is very skeptical at the casting of a 10 year old in this part. Unless they go Gollum style and just do motion capture for everything.

For Tanya, I chose Rachel McAdams:

MyAnna Buring has actually been cast:

OK. So, young, blond, pretty. Kind of generic, but not really that close.

For Carmen, I picked Sofia Vergara:

They actually cast Mia Maestro:

Both are South American born actresses in their 30s. Eh, close-ish.

And for Kate, I picked Kristen Bell:

They picked Casey LaBow:

OK, so call me crazy, but I think there is something in Casey LaBow that looks a bunch like Kristen Bell. Now, remember, Kristen Bell has been in the Hollywood limelight for about 6 years. That's 6 years of stylists, photographers, makeovers and photoshopping. Casey LaBow? About 4 days. She's a little... underwhelming here, and this is about the only shot of her circulating the web right now. Give her a few more months and the high-price Twilight publicity team will have her looking like a Kristen Bell ringer in no time. Mark my words.

So, not bad, right? Given all the people in all the world to choose from, I think I didn't do half bad. What do you all think?

Please post your ideas in the comments- whether you agree with me or not!