Gone with the Wind

I know I told you my casting for Little Women would be coming soon but to be honest with you I couldn't think of a Jo or a Marme that I liked. As much as I don't like Wynona Ryder I think she did a good job as Jo. The girl that keeps coming to my mind is Alex from Wizards of Waverly Place. I think she could pull it off but she's not white, and this is an early american family during the Civil War so race plays a part. And she has to age from 15 to early 30 by the end of the book. The only parts I for sure knew I wanted was Romola Garai from PBS's Emma to play Beth. And Elle Fanning to play young Amy. So that's all I got.

Alright, onto Gone with the Wind. I can't even tell you how much I loved this book. I think every author should write their books to be over 1000 pages because it gave the characters such depth and I loved hearing the history and the background story on how the Civil War was in the south. It's an interesting perspective. I knew right away who I wanted to play who, it just came to me. The more I think about it the more I think GWTW should be remade. Watching the movie this weekend it was so mello-dramatic acting and music and the stage... I think it would be amazing what could be done with it today.

Katie Scarlett O'Hara - Emily Blunt (Devil Wears Prada, The Young Victoria)

Rhett Butler - Jon Hamm (Mad Men)

Ashley Wilkes - Ryan Gosling (The Notebook)

Melanie Hamilton - Christina Ricci (Penelope)

Frank Kennedy (2nd husband) - John C. Reilly (Step Brothers, Chicago)

I decided I'm not going to cast every part anymore, just the parts that come to my head when I'm reading or discussing. I think Emily Blunt could pull anything off. I'm sure she could do a southern accent and pull the stuck up "Scarlett" attitude off perfectly. Jon Hamm has such a rugged charm, as long as he can pull off the southern attitude I think he would make the perfect Rhett. And Look at them, they would make a beautiful couple! I don't like the Ashley from the movie, he's too old. He's only 23 when the war starts so I went with Ryan. The ladies like him and he can act. The only character I think I may have to defend her is CHristina Ricci as Melanie Hamilton. I mostly cast her for looks. Melanie and small, and sickly looking with a widow's peak. Christina could easily pull off this look. Plus she's a good actress (in my opinion) and could play a super goodly part. There are so many other characters in this story but these 4 are the main parts. I thought of John C Reilly because I think Frank Kennedy is similar to the part he played in Chicago.

So what did you think? Any thoughts on parts for Little Women? Did I get it right with GWTW?