Adopt an Actor/Actress

Need some inspirato? Adopt one of these actors or actresses to play a character in your novel. If you don't know who they are, look them up -- sometimes a photo is all you need for a character to come to life!

MOD NOTE Some people called these "Played By"

Leaving:
Lennie James
Shia LaBeouf ("Rely on the Shi")
Indira Varma
Allison Scagliotti
Jackie Earle Haley
Shawn Hatosy

Leaving:

Summer Glau
Rooney Mara
Liv Tyler
Elijah Wood
Miranda Otto
Nathan Fillion
Zhang Ziyi
Ralph Fiennes
Natalie Portman
Keisha Castle-Hughes

Guys:
Julian McMahon (Nip/Tuck; Charmed)
Josh Hutcherson (Bridge To Terabithia; Hunger Games)
Jensen Ackles (Supernatural; Days of Our Lives)
John Krainski (The Office; Leatherheads)

Gals:
Lacey Chabert (Party of Five; Lost in Space)
Amy Adams (Enchanted; Sunshine Cleaning)
Carey Mulligan (An Education; Pride & Predjudice)
Michelle Trachtenberg (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; Eurotrip)

I just realized all my guys start with a J. Whoa. Unintentional.

Oh and Matt Cohen. I discovered him the other day. HAWT.

Ahh, I've already figured out who my "played by" actors are: James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender. :D

I shall be scouting for some girls now!
If that doesn't sound weird.

LOVE Keisha Castle-Hughes. Surprised someone actually knows her other than me!

Keisha-Castle Hughes is awesome. Seriously. :3

Also:

Ben Barnes

Cate Blanchett

Claudia Christian

Anna Torv

Rosario Dawson

Hayden Christensen (shaddup. XD)

Ewan MacGregor

Gaspard Ulliel

Jared Padalecki

Sean Maher

Bernard Hill

Katee Sackhoff

Zoe Saldana

Jada Pinkett-Smith

Q'orianka Kilcher

Annabella Piuggattuk (apologies if I spelled her name wrong)

Susan Egan

Grey DeLisle

Kelly Hu

Morena Baccarin

Mark Hamill

Ian McDiarmid

Sean Bean

Aaron Eckhart

Tony Jay

Burke Moses

Terrence Mann

Hugh Jackman

John Barrowman

Jewel Staite

Chiwetel Ejiofor

Cliff Curtis

Seychelle Gabriel

Harrison Ford

Carrie Fisher

Alec Guinness

Viggo Mortensen

Jennifer Connelly

Bridget Regan

Craig Horner

Ben Barnes

David Wenham

Lucy Griffiths

Jonas Armstrong

Jackie. Chan.

Matt Angel

Orlando Bloom

Johnny Depp

Daniel Radcliffe

Emma Watson

Jake Gyllenhall

Keirra Knightly

Dennis Quaid

Liam Neeson

Kirsten Dunst

Tobey MacGuire

Mark Pellegrino
Jason Ritter
Emily Van Camp
Nestor Carbonell
Max Martini
Alex O'Loughlin
Colin Ford
Josh Lucas

Gary Oldman
Saoirse Ronan
Clemence Poesy
Sean Biggerstaff
Claire Foy
Jessica Chastain

Oh, and we can't forget Brendan Fraser

Karoline Herfurth
James Franco
Andrew Garfield
Allison Sudol(singer)
Tambet Tuisk
Jim Sturgess
Milo Ventimiglia

Katherine Heigl
Queen Latifa
Betty White (world's greatest senior!)
Tom Felton
Nina Dobrev
Ian Somerhalder
Paul Wesley
Danny Devito
Zac Efron
Robert Pattinson (to me he will always be Cedric Diggory, not Mr. Sparkles...)
Emily Browning
Arielle Kebbel
Darren Criss
Joey Richter (don't know him, look up A Very Potter Musical - he be Ron - or Starship, where he be Bug)
Joe Walker (same as above, but in AVPM he = Voldemort... and in the sequel Dolores Umbridge, I kid you not)
Viggo Mortensen
Billy Boyd
Dominic Monaghan
Sarah Hyland
Sofia Vergara
Selena Gomez
Lindsay Lohan (pre... crazy)
Thomas Dekker
Britt Robertson
Dean Geyer

Aaaaand last but not least...

Garrett Hedlund :)

Georgie Henney (The Chronicles of Narnia as Lucy)
Anna Popplewell (The Chronicles of Narnia as Susan)
William Mosely (Narnia as Peter)
Skander Keyes (Narnia as Edmund)

What? I'm in a Narnian mood...

Trying not to mention anyone already listed...

Kellan Lutz (gorgeous smile)
Christian Bale
Nick Thurston
Peter Facinelli
Julian McMahon (saw he was mentioned but love him bunches)
Robert Downey Jr.
Mark Harmon
Sam Worthington
Sean Connery
Drew Fuller
Dominic Purcell

Going old-school...
Heath Ledger
Vincent Price
Gene Kelly
Brad Renfro
Jonathan Brandis
Rosalind Russell
Katharine Hepburn

...I need more chicks. >.<

Misha Collins

Sarah Drew

Amanda Tapping

Kavan Smith

Loretta Divine

Eddie McClintock

I have to suggest some of the actors/actresses from my favorite show...

Emmy Rossum

Jeremy Allen White

Cameron Monaghan

Steve Howey

Laura Slade Wiggins

Shanola Hampton


Anyone else watch the US version of Shameless?