When I am writing the characters, sometimes I imagine particular actors in the roles. I find this helps to describe the body language a bit better.
When the Stellar Flash series becomes a streaming series (I hope to begin working on scripts in 2021, unless someone comes to me earlier) then I have a dream team of people I would love to take part, depending on finances, commitments, availability, locations and what producers, directors and casting agencies decide. (!)
Many of my characters are over 40, which means anyone I think would be suitable now, would be a lot older or even retired by the time the series goes into production. Even so, I’ll keep my hopes up until that day comes.
Please note that I have not approached any of these actors and actresses about the potential for a Stellar Flash series. At the end of the day, everything would depend on funding, and the production company may simply not be able to afford to hire performers of this caliber.
My Dream Team
Admiral Victoria Heartness: Nicole deBoer
Admiral Wei Zhou: Liu Yifei
Doctor John Patel: Brian George
Doctor Hiro Watanabe: George Takei
Commander Sue Lin: Lucy Liu
Raj Kumar: Suraj Sharma
Pilot Josie Tonderai: Freema Agyeman
Stellar Flash Avatar: Initially, Koyuki Kato. The eventual plan is for there to be a different guest actor to play the avatar in each episode.
All alien characters will be fully CGI’d, and I haven’t decided which voices I’d like for any of them yet.
Captain Jonathan Hogart: Not sure yet. My Hogart is still a combination of Bakula, Barrowman, Boxleitner and Browder! And looking a bit like Christopher Reeve. I’m hoping a new actor will rise up in the ranks of high tech scifi that has the look I’m looking for. About 180cm tall, thick black hair, pale skin, muscular, brown eyes, clean shaven, square jaw, and with a glint in his eye that says he’s about to either make a joke, or tease someone. Late 30s now.
Any suggestions?