The Host discussion

Hey everyone! If this was a movie, then who would play who? Im just curious to see what everyone else thinks.
Here's my thoughts:

Wanda-Julia Roberts(I loved her voice in Charlottes Web)
Jamie- Dominic Scott Kay (as a youngerish Jamie!)
Melanie-Emily Browning(From A Series of Unfortunate Events and The Uninvited)
Ian-Chace Crawford(Gossip Girl)
Jared-Taylor Lautner(I dont know why, I just think he reminds me of Jared!)

Pet/Wanda - Saoirse Ronan. She's still a year or two too young but this is exactly as I pictured. http://imigliorimusicals.files.wordpr...
Jared - Scott Speedman. http://imstars.aufeminin.com/stars/fa...
Melanie - Alyssa Milano http://www.bartcop.com/alyssa-milano0...
Ian - Chris Evans. http://img2.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/im...
Kyle - Ben Foster. http://img294.imageshack.us/i/1jimmy2...
Jaime - Anton Yelchin. he's probably too old for this now but http://media.movieweb.com/news/04.200...

wow those are really good choices

Carly wrote: "wow those are really good choices "

Thanks! I thought really hard about who matched the pictures in my head.

I like most of your choices Mellady77, but Ian and Kyle are twins, so why two different guys? I prefer Chris Evans for them, but I guess Ben Foster would do a good guy(Ian)/bad guy(Kyle) well :)

I want people who look the part I hate it when they look nothing like how they r discribes

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I just pictured them as more frat twins I guess especially after the first time I read about them playing soccer together. She described their looks so differently but how she could still see this and that in each others faces. The second time I read the book I still saw them that way. But I agree with the Ben Foster comment too.

I wish it would be made into a movie, but it would also be strange to see the characters I've constructed in my head to come to life on screen.

i have this weird thing where i can only picture some of the charecters

Pet/Wanda - Saoirse Ronan.....
Jared-Taylor Lautner!!! TOTALLY!....
Melanie - Alyssa Milano....
Ian-Chace Crawford....
Kyle - Ben Foster.....
Jamie- Dominic Scott Kay....

Great Call on Chance Crawford!!!

thx

OMG I totally agree on taylor lautner being Jared

um......ok i mean whatever I kinda said chace crawford as Ian in my first post....but thnx and thnx yea taylor lautner was always pictured in my head!

well.....replying to Mellady77's thought on Alyssa Milano, she was born in 1972???? I think that a 37 year old is a bit pushing it for a teen.

yea thats true

Meghan Marie Cullen wrote: "well.....replying to Mellady77's thought on Alyssa Milano, she was born in 1972???? I think that a 37 year old is a bit pushing it for a teen."

I pictured her as a teen Alyssa. They would need someone who could both play a teen in the first meeting with Jared as well as a twenty-something by the time Wanderer was implanted in Melanie.

I also know that Jared is in his twenties and is described with dirty blonde hair, blue eyes, and a tan so I do not think Taylor would fit that part.

i knoe but taylors hot and i ptretty sure jared is supposed to be too

ya. altho he isnt excactly rite.. hes extremely hot just like jared is.

yea

i have to disagree with Dominic Scott Kay as Jamie. I think he would be more...lanky - when he's older that is. when he's younger, i think he would have shorter hair and still be on the skinny side.

Saoirse Ronan is not right at all for Pet i dont think. she's supposed to look 'angelic' . blonde flowing hair and all. big eyes and shy smile.....

Emily Browning is a pretty good choice for Melenie i think.... but so is Alyssa Milano.

Chace Crawford is probably like perfect for ian. Chris Evans is a good choice too but im not sure if it's as good.....and then kyle would have to be someone looking like him with a broken nose. lol i dont think Ben Foster would cut it

Scott Speedman is probably a better choise for jared than taylor launter, even though i love him ...

Anton Yelchin is a really good choice for Jamie i think, but like said idk if he could anymore :(

thats just my opinion so ... idk just ignore it i guess and shape your own.. :)

Stephanie Meyer wants Matt Damon: http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articl...
Just a visual on my previous post for Stephanie Meyer's thougths:

Uncle Jeb/Robert Redford with a beard:


Jared/Matt Damon:


Kyle O'Shea/Ben Affleck & Ian O'Shea/Casey Affleck

wow

With Stephanie's actors in mind I sort of recast my little dream team, keeping some of my favorites and not changing hers:

Melanie/Jennifer Garner (just because it's too funny AND it fits visually)
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Jami/Harry Treadway (He did City of Ember with Saoirse and resembles, in my opinion Jennifer.)

I stand corrected:

Pet/"Wanda" Wanderer as Alyson Hannigan

Mellady77 wrote: "Pet/Wanda - Saoirse Ronan. She's still a year or two too young but this is exactly as I pictured. http://imigliorimusicals.files.wordpr...
Jared - Scott Speedman. http://imsta..."

I seriously like your picks!!! especially Ian!!

Yeah, and last week I saw a fan made a "dvd cover" for how they imagined the film and they picked the same guy!

i think this should be wanda!!!

http://images2.fanpop.com/images/phot...

http://images2.fanpop.com/images/phot...

((those 2 are the same ppl)

or maybe this for wanda!!

http://images1.fanpop.com/images/phot...

Those are really good the girl in the first pic could also play Max in the Maximum Ride books...

i like s.meyer's choice of actors and actresses, as posted by mellady777. i think this movie is ought to be played by matured actors. just a thought. ;)

Here's my ideal cast:


Sophia Bush as Melanie.


Ian Somerhalder as Ian.


Cillian Murphy as Kyle.


Jensen Ackles as Jared.


Elizabeth Harnois as Pet/Wanda.


Sam Elliott as Uncle Jeb.


Skandar Keynes as Jamie.


John Terry as Doc.

Personally, I think Matt Damon and the Affleck brothers are too old to play the roles of Jared, Kyle and Ian. They're awesome actors but I just can't imagine them being in the movie.

OMG I love those!!!!

I love those pics that stephanie chose. I also think that Matt Damon and the AFFleck Brothers are too old for the roles in the movie.

these are perfect!!!!

but im wondering why most of you are choosing characters in their 30s to play teenagers? Like Julia Roberts? seriously, and come on, Ben Afflack? no offense, but when i pictured them, i didn't see those to actors in my head

i agree with stephanies apart from kyle

i really like jensen ackles for jared and sophia bush as melanie! i pictured them almost like that exactly!

Ian O'shea as Ian somerhalder!!!!!!!!!!!!

I love the cast Stephanie chose!!!Ian somerhlder as Ian and Sam elliot as Jeb!!!what about hugh laurie as Doc?

Kinda excited the person I chose as my dream cast for Wanda was actually chosen to act the part. Way to go SR!!

I would love to see the Host movie with following cast (kind of how I imagined them while reading, one of my absolute favorite books).

Mia Wasikowska as Melanie,
Amanda Seyfried as Wanda/Pet,
Liam Hemsworth as Jared,
and Tatum Channing as Ian.