Dear “One for the Money” casting director,
The Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich is my guilty pleasure of reading. I recently bought the entire series from a friend for $10. (I said guilty pleasure, I’m not paying retail.) They are the closest to reading romance I will ever get, I have strong opinions on the plot (Ranger over Morelli), and I was excited about the movie. Until you chose stupid Katherine Heigl to play Stephanie. That chick is blonde and she ruined Grey’s Anatomy with her whining and bad acting. She was not the pull for “Knocked Up” and that “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” knock-off “Killers” got a 12% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Also she looks terrible as a brunette. It’s like photoshop happened in real life.
I tried to ignore all of this in favor of Daniel Sunjata playing Ranger. Hot guy playing a hot guy, you got one right. Granted Ranger has darker skin than Sunjata and longer hair, but clearly the women love him (how many times has he been in a Lifetime movie/show?). I wouldn’t mind watching him run around in a tight black shirt, so who cares if Heigl is playing Stephanie Plum. We all know I’m going to put myself in Heigl’s place anyway. Sorry husband. <3
Then you really screwed up. Let me give you two names: Joseph Morelli and Jason O’Mara. How about two ethnicities to go with those names: Italian and Irish. The guys are close to having matching initials, and both Italian and Irish start with an “I”, but the only way you could have been further off was if you cast a woman. O’Mara was born and raised in Dublin. The kids on Jersey Shore are more Italian. The Irish are pale, I would know, and the Italian are tan. So sue me if I’m being stereotypical here, the books certainly are.
He’s also not that good looking. Sorry Jason, but when I read about a handsome, angular Italian I expect a lot more than you can deliver. Continuing on, Nate Mooney would be better cast as Walter “Moonman” than Eddie Gazarra. How is this not the face of a stoner? It’s definitely not the face of a cop. Plus, I always thought Gazarra was chubby.
Other people are waiting until they see the movie to judge the casting choices. Not me. I plan on being irritated for the next 11 months as I see stills and commercials for a funny/sexy book turned inept/shitty movie. It’s no wonder the movie is down 18% in popularity this week on imdb.
Sincerely,
Kelly
