Kaira Rouda and her son Dylan shares their ideas on Casting In The Mirror!
Thank you so much for having me on your blog today! Here’s how I went about figuring out the movie star cast for IN THE MIRROR – I found my teenage son, Dylan, who knows just about everything about movies and entertainment and asked him! Our process was like this: Me: I need to cast my book as a movie and you know how bad I am at movie stars names. Dylan: Yes, you are. (Looks back down at movie he is watching on his laptop.) Me: Please. Dylan: Ok, tell me about the book. Me: Jennifer is the protagonist, ah, I mean the lead actor. She’s a mom of two young kids and she’s dying of cancer. But she keeps her humor about her, and she is full of hope. She’s very pretty, too. Dylan: Amy Adams. She’s perfect. Me: Yes! Ok, her husband, Henry, is a bit aloof, he loves her but he’s overwhelmed keeping the household together and doesn’t know how to handle this Jennifer, with a disease. Dylan: Hugh Jackman. Me: Who? Dylan: Hugh. He’s famous, mom. Clas...