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

[girlyswot.livejournal.com]

I think Emilia Fox could probably play Julia Oversley and give us all another reason to loathe her.

[ankaret.livejournal.com]

I don't loathe her, though I do think she would be able to play Julia Oversley. Or maybe Miss Wraxton in the Grand Sophy.

There does seem to be a problem in that Heyer wrote a lot of very young heroines and there just aren't that many very-early-twenties actressess whose names people have heard of. Even Jemima Rooper must be twenty-seven or so by now.