Faces for Mark's Stories

[methodwriter85]

I just remembered that when I read Be Rad and Man In Motion originally, I was totally picturing 1980's Kylie Minogue  as Claire right down to her fluffy 1980's blonde perm.

 

[Mark Arbour]

14 hours ago, methodwriter85 said:

I just remembered that when I read Be Rad and Man In Motion originally, I was totally picturing 1980's Kylie Minogue  as Claire right down to her fluffy 1980's blonde perm.

 

Claire would never have had big hair.  Ever. 

[methodwriter85]

1 hour ago, Mark Arbour said:

Claire would never have had big hair.  Ever. 

She would have followed the trends, at least up until her early 30's. Did any women under the age of 30 actually get through 1983-1988 without having had big hair at least once? LOL

You know, I'm starting to lean towards you having had Meg Ryan's Another World look in mind for 80's Claire:

It's called the Sloane Ranger look, very popular in the early 80's before the mid-80's when the dayglow Miami Vice/Madonna look took over.

I used to think you had based Claire on Charlene Tilton from Dallas but I think early 80's Meg Ryan is more what you had in mind. LOL

 

Edited December 15, 2023 by methodwriter85

[methodwriter85]

All this talk about past characters made me remember Alexandra Carmichael. The official fancast is Sigourney Weaver. Of course, to align with the age, we need to go with 2010's Sigorney Weaver when she was still in her 60's. (Alex would have to be at least in her 60's, right? She should be close to the age of Isidore, JP, and Fred, who are all late 50's/early 60's.)

Such a stunning woman! She's aged incredibly well as a 70-something. I'm assuming she's gone to the school of, "don't do much, keep it subtle." 

 

 

Edited December 31, 2023 by methodwriter85

[methodwriter85]

Renee Rapp would be a hilarious model for a grown up Maddy Graves. LOL

I love Gen Z. They're so kooky. 

[Mark Arbour]

I finally found my model for Will.  Tom Hardy 2002

[methodwriter85]

I can roll with it. 

[methodwriter85]

Mark liked Nicholas Galitzine for Kris K. (Just swap out the hazel eyes for blue.)

I pictured Sophie Turner as Susannah/Zanie.

 

[methodwriter85]

I just realized that this British young adult actor Louis Patridge is really close to how I pictured Jack in my mind when I originally read Be Rad in 2009. (Just lighten the dark brown eyes to hazel brown.) 

[methodwriter85]

My Mouse fancast grinding on my Van (On the Mark) fancast at the former's concert. 

God, Ross Lynch just IS that straightish guy you lusted over and thought maybe, just maybe something could happen. LOL They capture that feeling so well. 

Other than Van, I could also see Ross Lynch as a really good Ryan. 

Edited July 4, 2024 by methodwriter85

[methodwriter85]

I was watching the trailer for Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story and thought that the "Erik" (Cooper Koch) would make a a pretty good Wade Danfield. He's got that uptight, prissy vibe down pat.

Also, Nicholas Alexander Chavez (the "Lyle") is so damn hot. LOL 

[Zack1614]

On 1/20/2024 at 6:01 PM, Mark Arbour said:

I finally found my model for Will.  Tom Hardy 2002

Somebody HELP; I am reading (and LOVING) Gap Year but it is obviously a continuation! I would really like to go back to the “beginning”! Can I know the progression? Where do I start and are there follow-ups before Gap Year starts? 
The cast of characters is vast and interrelationships are hard to discern!

[George Richard]

https://gayauthors.org/story/mark-arbour/chroniclesofanacademicpredator/?do=printStory

You have a lot to catch up on.  Start with Chronicles of an Academic Predator. 

Edited October 30, 2024 by George Richard

[spyke]

4 hours ago, Zack1614 said:

Somebody HELP; I am reading (and LOVING) Gap Year but it is obviously a continuation! I would really like to go back to the “beginning”! Can I know the progression? Where do I start and are there follow-ups before Gap Year starts? 
The cast of characters is vast and interrelationships are hard to discern!

This is a series of books, and your confusion is understandable. You need to start at the beginning with Chronicles Of An Academic Preditor, also known as the CAP series, in order to understand who the players and plots are. Gap Year is 17th book in the series. The web that Mark has woven is quite tangled. 

If you are a history fan, there is a parallel series of books in the Bridgemont series that intertwines with the CAP series. If you're not a history fan, read it anyways because you will fall in love with history shortly after you start reading it. Mark's research and attention to detail is amazing.

[PrivateTim]

8 hours ago, Zack1614 said:

Somebody HELP; I am reading (and LOVING) Gap Year but it is obviously a continuation! I would really like to go back to the “beginning”! Can I know the progression? Where do I start and are there follow-ups before Gap Year starts? 
The cast of characters is vast and interrelationships are hard to discern!

Will is the third generation of CAP characters. He doesn't even appear as a main character until at least 10 or 11 books into the CAP series, which begins in 1962 I believe and I think we are in 2004 currently.

[SupermanSavesYou]

On 6/21/2023 at 11:28 PM, methodwriter85 said:

Manu Rios from Elite as Alejandro in Bloodlines:

 

Ooooohhhhhh, si!   Manu is definitely HOT. 

 

 

[SupermanSavesYou]

On 4/20/2023 at 7:36 PM, Mark Arbour said:

Here's another option

https://features.kodoom.com/en/iran-sports/iran-s-half-german-new-goalee-daniel-davari/v/51

Mark, this is exactly how I envisioned Darius!   

[methodwriter85]

Nicholas Alexander Chavez (when he's being thoughtfully broody and not when he's being upbeat) would make a pretty good Tony fancast, I think. He's really hot but not in a cookie cutter pretty boy way, which is how Mark described Tony.

I can also see him doing Tony's pretentious bullshit.

 

[Mark Arbour]

9 hours ago, methodwriter85 said:

Nicholas Alexander Chavez (when he's being thoughtfully broody and not when he's being upbeat) would make a pretty good Tony fancast, I think. He's really hot but not in a cookie cutter pretty boy way, which is how Mark described Tony.

I can also see him doing Tony's pretentious bullshit.

 

Not seeing this one.  Hair is too light, features are too soft 

[methodwriter85]

15 hours ago, Mark Arbour said:

Not seeing this one.  Hair is too light, features are too soft 

Hmm, maybe he can be a character model for that future character you were telling us about...*Method teases, making Mark's readers perk up in anticipation but realize we ain't talking about the character until he shows up*

Edited March 4, 2025 by methodwriter85

[methodwriter85]

I kind of always saw Joaquin as Kevin Alejandro from Ugly Betty and Lucifer.

 

Edited March 4, 2025 by methodwriter85

[methodwriter85]

There's this up and coming starlet named Sarah Pidgeon. I was thinking I really like her look for Sarah, Will's lesbian bestie that will probably end up his surrogate someday. LOL

 

Something about her face just screams old money. No wonder she's playing Carolyn Bessete in the upcoming Ryan Murphy series about the doomed Carolyn/Johh Jr. romance. 

[methodwriter85]

My fancasts for the cast of the Palisades:

 

Paul Walker as Travis, duh.

 

 

Camille Guaty (Gotta Kick It Up) as Kendra

Olivia Wilde as Sloane

Nicholas Alexander Chavez (Monsters: The Menendez Brothers Story) as Chase:

Ashby Gentry (My Life with the Walter Boys) as Ethan:

Lalaine (Lizzie MacQuire) as Maya:

 

Edited December 7, 2025 by methodwriter85

[methodwriter85]

My Kendo fancast did a sexy Nike commercial with a strong 1980's vibe:

I've been begging Mark for years to cast NAC as something and now there's finally a role for him! LMAO

He started on General Hospital, but he's best known for his turn on Lyle Menendez on Ryan Murphy Netflix series about them. NAC definitely has this very magnetic presence to him. Really hoping he lands another great project soon.

[methodwriter85]

Erin Moriarty's original, pre-plastic surgery face would have made her a pretty good Marie Hobart fancast, in my opinion. (Although I still think Blue nailed it with Taissa Farmiga.) 

God, it's a shame she bowed to Hollywood pressure, but then again, I don't think there's a single actor in Hollywood who has a natural face anymore. (Poor Bradley Cooper.) 

Edited January 21 by methodwriter85