English Summative: The Creative Component

Film Casting

If The Glass Castle was a movie, these are the actors I would cast for Rex Walls, Brian Walls and Rose Mary Walls.

Samuel L. Jackson as Rex walls

In The Glass Castle Rex walls is an alcoholic father who manipulates his family. Through all this he always loves them and hopes that they keep loving him too. I think Samuel L. Jackson would be perfect for this role. In most of Samuel's movies he plays an angry, raging kind of guy but there is always a soft side to him too. For example, in Pulp Fiction, he starts out as a brutal gangster but by the end he changes himself for the better. This is very much what Rex Walls is like because when he's drunk, he's not an enjoyable person to be around but when he's not, he always tries to love his family and be nice. Samuel L. Jackson would be a perfect choice for the role of Rex Walls as they are very similar characters.

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Asa Butterfield as Brian Walls

I think Asa Butterfield would be perfect for the role of Brian Walls. Asa generally plays a very quiet but insightful character in his movies. Though he is still a child, he's always mature and acts older than he is. This is very much what Brian is like. Brian loses faith in his father at a young age and is very protective of his sisters. He also matures faster though he is young. In The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas, he plays a very secluded, quiet young boy; overall very similar to the character Brian is. As well, he tries to save a young boy in a concentration camp and he is very protective of him. This is like Brian and his sisters, who he is very protective with. Asa Butterfield would be a perfect choice for the role of Brian Walls.

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Nicolas Cage as Rose Mary Walls

So let's pretend there's a female version of Nicolas Cage. Okay, imagined that? Good. He would be the perfect person to play Rose Mary Walls. In The Glass Castle Rose is a very selfish and self-centered person who loves adventure. She is so self-involved at times that she puts her children in danger. Now, this is why Nick Cage (as a female) would be perfect. He almost always plays a crazy, adventure seeking character. Most of the time too, very self centered and doesn't worry about other people. The way he acts also changes drastically in his movies. One minute he'll be calm and relaxed and the next he'll be freaking out and stuff. This is more or less what Rose is like. If there was a female version of Nick Cage then she would be perfect for the roll of Rose