A Midsummer’s Nightmare
I’ve just finished reading A Midsummer’s Nightmare for like the gazillionth time so I thought I’d compile a little list of which actors would play the characters should the book be made into a film (or just the actors I imagine when I’m reading it).
So first, we have Whitley: Kody mentioned that she had Willa Holland in mind when writing the book, after watching her on The OC. Honestly, I can totally see this. I was introduced to Willa Holland as the party animal Agnes, the model who went into business with Jenny Humphrey and then burned all her dresses on Gossip Girl. So I can draw the comparisons to her and Whitley. Now Willa hasn't had long hair in almost a decade and Whitley doesn’t have short hair, so we can just pretend.
However
Willa Holland is almost 29 and some may say she’s past the age of playing a teenager, so a more fitting age-appropriate option is Kelli Berglund. She looks like a BAD BITCH. She definitely could pull off Whitley’s sass, sexiness and bitchiness.
Nathan is a character I’m not sure about. I never had a picture of him in my mind. He always changed. I’m sure on my first reading of it, I had a picture, but after five years, I lost it. I pictured Wesley from The DUFF, Cash from SHUT OUT, and Ryder from Lying Out Loud. I think Gregg Sulkin is a good contender. He sort of has that ambiguous look that Kody described Nathan having. He’s secretly a total geek but he’s getting into college on a sports scholarship. He’s a geek and a jock. Which Gregg could pull off.
Now Bailey! She has to be one of my favourite characters. She can totally pull Whitley out of her shell and is the only one she won’t be a bitch to (or at least feel sorry about being a bitch to). Therefore, I firmly believe Ruby Rose Turner is the perfect choice.
Harrison Carlyle is one I was also stuck on, because I had a certain way I pictured him. Whitley would make out with anyone but she knows who’s good looking and who's not. She pegged Harrison as being on the same level (or at least that’s what I took from it) of attractiveness as Wesley. And we know Wesley is hot (Wesley also mentioned that if Harrison was straight, he’d be scared because he’d have competition with girls). But I also needed someone I could imagine calling Whitley a ‘fashion slut’. So I think Froy Gutierrez is perfect
I think the parents are a big part of this story too, so we couldn't forget Sylvia and Greg! I pictured Gwyneth Paltrow as Sylvia not just because of physical appearance but because she looks like she can balance a loving, forgiving, welcome-to-our-family side with a stern lawyer who knows where the boundaries are. Hell yes. Greg Johnson is a charismatic, well-loved news anchor more than he is a dad, so I thought it was important for him to look less like your typical dad and more like a local celebrity. Josh Duhamel was perfect.
