#cosmo jarvis as thornton…… just saying……

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might get canceled for this but I think it’s funny how people are like “ohh North and South 2004 has flaws but I still love it because Richard Armitage 🤩” and I’m like huh. interesting. I love it despite Richard Armitage.

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an (incomplete) fancast of North and South characters (based on who I pictured as I read it)

Margaret Hale - Amber Anderson

She’s got the regal looks, the height and mannerisms. I’ve seen people say she was too icy as Jane Fairfax, which is probably true, but on the other hand, that makes her perfect to play Margaret :)

John Thornton - Cosmo Jarvis

Am I prepared to defend this choice? … no, but it suddenly came to me in a flash of inspiration. Not very conventionally attractive, but there’s something There that makes him compelling. Also, he deserves to appear in a better period drama than Persuasion.

Mr Hale - Simon Ludders

He has that Sad Overwhelmed Dad energy.

Mrs Thornton - Helen Norton

Heh, it rhymes. I mainly thought of her because of her role as Mrs Parker in Miss Scarlet, a similarly strong-willed and, frankly, scary lady who’ll do anything for her son.

Fanny Thornton - Lucy-Rose Leonard

This is mostly because she played Fanny in The Artful Dodger, which I’d seen right before reading N&S, and my brain conflated the two.

Mr Bell - Damien Garvey

That’s a huggable old man right there.

… and that’s all I’ve got so far 😅 I was going to look for people to fill all the other roles, but I don’t know a lot of actors and I didn’t want the fun little project to turn into a chore, so I’ll just post these and add more as I think of them.