Ack

OK um so

Technically yes and technically no, and a few of these choices were made so long ago that their actors/actresses are now too old to be valid.

The only characters I ever pinned down with 100% certainty and devotion were Andrew & Aaron Minyard. And honestly I’m a little leery of opening that subject because Tumblr has given him an alternative cast choice and I don’t want to argue with their opinion. To each his & her own, yes? :D :D :D

Once upon a time I wanted Sean Patrick Flanery for Wymack because I was in a Boondock Saints phase, but I never could reconcile my mental image of Wymack with any particular actor. Watch any sports movie ((does anyone watch sports movies besides me? We Are Marshall? Glory Road? Invincible? Anyone????)) and any of those coaches would be acceptable, because in the end Wymack was more an idea, a forceful but well-intentioned personality, than a particular face.

Years and years and years ago I considered Kristen Bell for Dan, but to be honest I am in love with the new idea of Missy Peregrym because she looks like someone who takes no survivors.

I used to think Lucas Black could pull off Seth, but he always looked as old as he did grouchy. Brooke Rilling would make a stellar Allison Reynolds because she does not look like the sort of person who’d body-slam you on a court and call you every foul name under the sun. She looks every inch the pampered princess, which was the facade Allison maintained even after getting cut from her parents’ inheritance.

Renee was harder to pin down because my main concern back then was who could pull off her hairstyle.  Now and then I type white blonde rainbow hair into a search engine in hopes of finding the right face, but for the most part I’ve just given up.

For a while I thought Chace Crawford could be Neil, but he aged so quickly he lost pretty much all hopes I had for him. I briefly considered Zac Efron, too, just because of his eyes, but.

Matt, Kevin, and Nicky I never decided on. Unfortunately their comic forms left too large of a lasting impression, and I never could let go of their original versions to find RL alternatives.

Riko I didn’t pin down on purpose, because the last time I looked at cast choices I was really big into Tenimyu and I thought that would be a terrible idea.