When Books Become Movies... discussion

This adaptation is in very early days right now, in fact there's not even an imdb page for it yet, but I'm reading it at the moment, and there's a lot of hype surrounding it, so this is definitely one to look forward to, especially since Rainbow Rowell herself will be writing the script, so it's bound to be good (even though that means we won't be getting more books from her anytime soon ): ). Best of all, this movie won't have too much post production work to do, meaning it's expected to be ready for release as early as next year.

Who do you think would be good as cast/director? Post your thoughts below.

Personally I don't think there's any well known young actors out there who could play Eleanor and Park convincingly. I would be dissapointed if they choice someone too main stream and glamorous who doesn't fit with the character quirks. For example, there's nobody who's slightly chubby with red curly hair who can play a 16 year convincingly, and really there's not many famous Asian actors who look 16 and could play Park. In short, they shouldn't be afraid to bring some new blood, fresh talent to this project. Get some unknown young actors who have undiscovered talent and break them into the industry. I hope and trust that they'll do that with this movie. What do you think?