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Dedicated to Artistic Endeavors of all Sorts
When fellow writer, the ever-creative (click here for my blogpost ☛)Heidi Ruby Miller/ Ambasadora invited me to play CAST YOUR CHARACTERS on her blog with The Chick Palace, it got me to thinking. Had I envisioned real people when I created my gang at Lake Allamuchy?
No. (So relax, you are not in my book.)
I had no one in mind for my cast of merry pranksters. That's not to say they sprang fully formed into my imagination. Rather, they walked around in my head, stretched limbs & got on with their antics in many ways I hadn't anticipated~~one of the reasons butt-in-chair, fingers tapping on the keyboard is so important to this craft. You have to get those guys out of your head & into a story. You have to watch & listen to them before you can revise & polish.
Characters take on lives of their own. You'll hear that a lot from writers. In fact, this gang took the reins and often told me who they were, not vice versa. I had no idea Cat Gallordi would have such a colorful background. Or Jake Wheeler such perception. Dean Delaney? I had only his name when I began.
Then came Heidi's CAST YOUR CHARACTERS. I based my choices, including 2 perfect mother-daughter duos for the then & now, on roles these actors have already played. This cast personifies the humor, pathos & hanky panky going on that July at Lake Allamuchy.
The search was a hoot & and a half.
MERYL STREEP
(college flashbacks: MAMIE GUMMER)
as JOHANNA LAWRENCE WHEELER
(college flashbacks: MAMIE GUMMER)
as JOHANNA LAWRENCE WHEELER
Tussling
with her new role as Materfamilias
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| mizozo.com |
GOLDIE HAWN
(college flashbacks: KATE HUDSON)
as LILLY COVINGTON
(THE FORMER LONNYE-RONETTE DRINKWATER)
(college flashbacks: KATE HUDSON)
as LILLY COVINGTON
(THE FORMER LONNYE-RONETTE DRINKWATER)
Forced to share the Covington Lake Allamuchy bungalow
with Ex-ex,
the husband she’s divorced 2x, and his paramour
the husband she’s divorced 2x, and his paramour
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KURT RUSSELL
as ETHAN BRADSHAW “EX-EX” COVINGTON, III
as ETHAN BRADSHAW “EX-EX” COVINGTON, III
Mr. Hedge Fund
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DEBORAH MESSING
as CATALANA “CAT” GALLORDI
(“PUSSY GALORE”)
as CATALANA “CAT” GALLORDI
(“PUSSY GALORE”)
Madison Ave/graphic designer
wunderkind
& Brad Covington’s paramour
& Brad Covington’s paramour
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SAMUEL LARSEN (in
dreadlocks)
as JAKE WHEELER
as JAKE WHEELER
Currently sweeping Grand
Central Terminal
as community service for graffiti infractions
as community service for graffiti infractions
SARAH HYLAND
as PHOEBE DELANEY
as PHOEBE DELANEY
Nursing a nearly fatal case
of growing pains
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JEFF BRIDGES
as DEAN DELANEY
as DEAN DELANEY
Former Lake Allamuchy bad boy,
long suffering father & man of many talents
long suffering father & man of many talents
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| http://movies.nytimes.com/person/3197/Jeff-Bridges |
THE CHICK PALACE
the deserted tree house as itself
the deserted tree house as itself
MT. LAKE, NEW JERSEY
as LAKE ALLAMUCHY
as LAKE ALLAMUCHY
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