Casting Heyer

[girlyswot]

callmemadam wonders why Georgette Heyer novels have not made it to the silver screen here. In point of strict fact, I feel obliged to note that The Reluctant Widow was apparently filmed in 1950 but sank without trace (Has anyone seen it? Is it as awful as it is made out to be? The IMDB entry suggests it bore little resemblance to the book.) Still, the field appears to be wide open and since TV and film producers aren't getting round to it, I feel that it is time for my trusty flist to spring into action.

Which Heyers would you most like to see filmed? And what would be your ideal cast?

Comments

[aella_irene]

Winona Ryder might have the look, and she can certainly do controlling brunettes, (see Abby in The Crucible.)

Romola Garai for Bab.

[girlyswot.livejournal.com]

Winona Ryder is twenty years too old. (As is everyone else I think of.)

Romola Garai as Bab would be fantastic. I would like Jeremy Northam as Colonel Audley, please.

[tdu000.livejournal.com]

Jeremy Northam could play any number of Heyer heroes. Not quite all of them but a significant number.

[girlyswot.livejournal.com]

I agree.