61Cygni wrote:The only thing Asian about Honor that has been detailed are her almond eyes. The rest of her can be placed as Eurasian, and I think there is a quote from Weber somewhere where he says that his mental image of Honor is of a young Eurasian-looking Sigourney Weaver.
So really, there is a far larger pool of actresses to choose from for Honor. You need a big name, regardless of what she looks like. The eyes can be changed with makeup and/or prosthetics/CGI. Age doesn't matter either, that also can be dealt with, and I think the whole prolong issue should be greatly modified or dumped altogether anyway.
Yeah... then she would look as much half-asian as Sean Connery looked Japanese in whichever Bond film that was where he was disguised as Japanese. Fooled everyone, too, apparently
Edit: Sorry 61Cygni... that came across as picking on you, and that wasn't what I meany. I was making fun of the silliness that was that Bond film, and your comment about using makeup to make a white actress look asian, just made me think about that.
Also, while I think Jennifer Lawrence could pull it off, I don't think Evergreen could afford her. It's one thing to have a name actor, it's something else completely when you have to *pay* for the name. Same goes with Scarlet - too expensive.
I think Cobie Smulders was mentioned awhile back. She was pretty good in
The Avengers, although I think she might be pushing it on age (she'll be 32 in April) - then again, maybe not. I'm not insisting that whoever plays Honor should look 18, but whoever it is should be fairly young.
'Course, I'm 49, so anybody under 40 looks young to me.
