Casting Call for ISOT!

[Tom Veil]

After I stumbled across this thread, I started to speculate about who would make a good cast for a film version of the first ISOT novel…

Capt. Alston: Halle Berry
Chief Cofflin: James Spader
Martha Cofflin: Mary McDonnell
Swindapa: Keira Knightley
Ian Arnstein: John Rhys-Davies
Doreen Arnstein: Maggie Gyllenhaal
William Walker: Brad Pitt
Alice Hong: Meiling Melançon
Isketerol: Benicio del Toro
Pamela Lisketter: Lindsay Lohan
Lt. Rapczewicz: Sabrina Lloyd
Daurthunnicar: Jason Statham

My cast is a bit more star-studded than the real cast would probably be, but why not dream big? (That’s also partly a function of me not being much of a film buff). And I did take a couple liberties – e.g., Ian Arnstein is suddenly a British Jew (but can’t you just imagine him rolling off those lines about ancient cultures and then fading to a mutter as he gets lost in thought?), Alston is suddenly really hot (well, you try to find a black actress who has a martial arts background!), etc. So let me know what you all think, and if you can suggest someone better, go ahead!