FANCASTING FOR LAND OF THE GIANTS REBOOT
"THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT/THE STEWARDESS"
BETTY HAMILTON
23-25 years old
This particular entry is late because this category took longer to research than I thought it would -- there were many more candidates to look at than expected. The main criteria I looked for was someone athletic, aged 20s/early 30s, could pull off the short blonde hair look, and looks becoming in yellow.
ELLE FANNING
Aged 23
Of all the candidates, Elle looks the most like Heather Young. She began as the lead Clara in
The Nutcracker in 3D. Her breakthrough role was Princess Aurora in the
Maleficent movies, followed by the famous
Mary Shelley as the writer of
Frankenstein. This means she has athleticism (dance ballet); kinda SW experience; and working with creatures.
OLIVIA HOLT
Aged 23
A Disney girl who started out in the TV dance series
Kickin' It, and a creature hunter in the original Disney film
Girl vs Monster. Her big role so far is portraying the titular role Tandy Bowen/Dagger in the comic book series
Cloak & Dagger. Olivia also sings and voice acts, voicing
Spider-Man films and
Tinkerbell movies. To sum up, she has physicality, experience dealing with beasties, and dwelling in Pixie Hollow.
ANYA TAYLOR JOY
Aged 25
Of Argentine/British background, Anya's breakthroughs were the spooky historic fiction movie
The Witch, and the titular
Morgan, playing a hybrid artificial being. She continues the "strange girl" trend in the movie
The New Mutants. She is currently starring as a 1950s/1960s chess champion in the miniseries
The Queen's Gambit. Despite that character's prominent short red hair, Anya actually has long blonde hair. So as a chess player, she can either play against evil genius giants or be tied to chess pieces...?
MARGOT ROBBIE
Aged 30
An Aussie, Margot began her career playing a 1960s stewardess in the
Pan Am TV series. Watch her in action on a YouTube clip:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIr34dCFK7g
She monkeyed around as Jane in
The Legend of Tarzan movie, and now clowns around playing comic book anti-hero/villainess Harley Quinn for the DC movie universe. Lots of physicality; hot looks; creatures; "flight experience"; and is well-known to the public. Is she too well-known to have the time or interest in another expensive sci-fi project?
SOPHIE TURNER
Aged 25
British actress who made her debut as Sansa Stark on the HBO series
Game of Thrones. She then portrayed a young Jean Grey/Phoenix in the second
X-Men movie series. A natural blonde who dyed her hair red for these roles.
EMMA WATSON
Aged 31
Previously brought up in "The Jetsetter/The Party Girl" segment:
viewtopic.php?f=8&t=2745
In my opinion, Emma would be best for the role of Betty rather than Valerie. One of her non-
Harry Potter movies was
Colonia, called
The Colony in the UK. Emma plays a yellow-clad stewardess looking for her boyfriend in coup-rocked Chile in 1973. You can see her in action in a small YouTube clip (and that sweet British accent):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rz2gZuijRMg
HANNAH VAN DER WESTHUYSEN
Aged 25
Australian/British, Hannah plays Stella on the teen drama
Fate: The Winx Saga. I'm not familiar with either this series or the animated show it's based on, but this live-action story apparently does not involve tiny, winged girls but human-sized magic "fairies". Hannah has short, blonde hair with (kinda?) fairy experience...? Why not just call them witches?
And that is that! It kinda blows my mind that once-child star Emma/Hermione is now the oldest candidate on this list.
I consider her the favored choice but the movie/series would have to start filming right away at this point if you want a long-running story (this would apply for Margot Robbie as well). Since it would be ideal if we had more ladies on
The Spindrift, we could have Emma casted as the chief flight attendant in charge of a group of fated SW underlings. If not Emma or a younger sole stewardess is preferred, I'd go for Elle Fanning.
Hopefully the new Betty will get more screen time than the original. Heather Young took off part of season 2 for pregnancy, explained away as “She's back at the ship". This left Valerie as the only female in the cast, known as the “Smurfette Principle”.
But now it's your turn -- who takes it? Whose cuisine reigns supreme? Or who else should be on the list?
(NEXT: THE CROOK/"AND SPECIAL GUEST STAR!"...)