#amren fancast

[1800naveen]

I found this fancast for Acotar (couldn't download it so I had to screenshot) and what are y'all thoughts on it? It's actually not that bad (the creator low-key ate).

[dreamsandstars24]

my ACOTAR fancast- Inner circle

CASSIAN:

I think we can all agree that Can Yaman is the perfect Cassian. He looks like he could tell you "hold to the headboard" and threaten to kill you, and all you will be able to say is "thank you." He is from Turkey.

AZRIEL:

This man is BEAUTIFUL AND EXACTLY AS I PICTURED AZ. He has those airs of "I know how to make you scream" and you don't know if he means from pleasure or pain but I'll be up for both. Imagine him with shadows and wings and BANG! Azriel daddy. His name is Evans Nikolakopoulos and he from Greece.

AMREN:

I mean, yes? Jung Ho Yeon has that mystical face that for sure has that unknown power inside of her. Only problem for me is her height but it's okay! I still love her a lot and imagining her with Varian and rejecting Rhys? Dude. I'm up for her.

MORRIGAN:

I had trouble deciding on Mor because I wanted someone who was not front United States but I decided on Dove Cameron because she is beautiful and has that look of "I will challenge all of you for my freedom". Besides, its Dove Cameron. That's enough explanation.

RHYSAND:

this man doesn't need an explanation. It's Henry Cavill. That's it. Any other choice is wrong.

Now,

I wanted non- American actors because of the accent. I need my ACOTAR family to have accents. NON AMERICAN ACCENTS. Dove is Dove but she is Dove and I love her. This is my fancast.

Stay tuned for the Archeron sisters, the high Lord's, the Valkyries, the band of exiles and more!

Thank you for coming to my Ted talk.

[irisfinley]

in a perfect world, this would be the best cast ever.

[elliemarchetti]

My aCoTaR fancast nobody asked for

Beware, this is a really long ride but I worked hard for it and spent more time than I want to admit doing my research so if you want to chat about my choices it would be appreciated

The Archerons

Abigail Cowen as Feyre Archeron

She’s talented, she’s good looking and she’s familiar with fantasy stuff, do I need to add more?

Age: 25 (March 18, 1998)

Height: 167 cm (5′6″)

Notable role(s): Dorcas in Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (2018), Bloom in Fate: The Winx Saga (2021) and Angel in Redeeming Love (2022)

Madelyn Cline as Elain Archeron

Her face is so sweeeet 🥰

Age: 25 (December 21, 1997)

Height: 167 cm (5′6″)

Notable role(s): Sarah Cameron in Outer Banks (2020)

Thea Sofie Loch Næss as Nesta Archeron

She’s like the perfect older sister 🤷🏼‍♀️

Age: 26 (November 26, 1996)

Height: 169 cm (5′7″)

Notable role(s): Skade in The Last Kingdom (2018)

The Spring Court

Calahan Skogman as Tamlin

I’m not taking criticism on this

Age: 29 (May 13, 1993)

Height: 193 (6′4″)

Notable role(s): Matthias Helvar in Shadow and Bones (2021)

Jan Luis Castellanos as Lucien Vanserra

If LoA+Helion is the way the show wants to go too, he’s the right choice.

Age: 27 (September 11, 1995)

Height: 175 cm (5′9″)

Notable role(s): Diego Torres in 13 Reasons Why (2020)

Anne Winters as Ianthe

Just look at her, please

Age: 28 (June 3, 1994)

Height: 160 cm (5′3″)

Notable role(s): Chloe Rice in 13 Reasons Why (2018)

Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Alis

Everything she stars in tends to be a success, so call it superstition but I want her to play the best maid Feyre could wish for (and which I hope to see again in the next books) 

Age: 40 (April 21, 1983)

Height: 162 (5′4″)

Notable role(s): Talia in Larry Crowne (2011), Dido Elizabeth Belle in Belle (2013), Noni in Beyond the Lights (2014), Prema Mutiso in Concussion (2015),  Esme Manucharian in Miss Sloane (2016), Janelle Brady in The Whole Truth (2016), Ava Hamilton in The Cloverfield Paradox (2018), Dr. Kate Murry in A Wrinkle in Time (2018) and Ravonna Renslayer in Loki (2021)

The Night Court

The Inner Circle

Staz Nair as Rhysand

If you all take my suggestion seriously before starting to rant, you will see it too. I know the age difference between him and Abigail Cowen is kind of huge, but she’s tough and I think she can handle it

Age: 31 (June 17, 1991)

Height: 185 (5′11”)

Notable role(s): Qhono in Game of Thrones (2016)

Chuku Modu as Cassian

Give him long hair and a hint of beard and we’re good.

(No, I don’t want to hear you say Can Yaman is better.

No, I don’t want 37 yo Roman Reigns to star next to 25 yo Abigail Cowen and make sexual jokes nearly half of the time.

Yes, I’m aware he’s just five years younger than the aforementioned wrestler but five years sometimes are a big deal and they are now.)

Age: 32 (July 19,1990)

Height: 193 cm (6′4″)

Notable role(s): Aggo in Game of Thrones (2016) and Dr. Jared Kalu in The Good Doctor (2017)

Drew Ray Tanner as Azriel Shadowsinger

I know he’s cute but I bet he can make the tormented look work

Age: 31 (February 12, 1992)

Height: 178 (5′1′”)

Notable role(s): Fangs Fogarty in Riverdale (2017)

Halston Sage as The Morrigan

I don’t know if I want to be her or kiss her. Either way, what a bliss.

Age: 29 (May 3, 1993)

Height: 166 cm (5′5″)

Notable role(s): Lacey Pemberton in Paper Towns (2015)

Park So-Dam as Amren

The likelihood that she won't accept is very high, but if she were to, it would be wonderful

Age: 31 (September 8, 1991)

Height: 162 (5′4″)

Notable role(s): Kim Ki-jung in Parasite (2019)

The Valkyrie

Kirby Johnson as Gwyneth Berdara

If you have some influence in the matter, please help this girl to be casted in something different than a horror. 

Age: 27 (February 12, 1996)

Height: 173 cm (5′8″)

Notable role(s): Hannah Grace in The Possession of Hannah Grace (2018)

Ella Balinska as Emerie

All hail our Illyrian queen, badass fighter, former netball player and part-time model

Age: 26 (October 4, 1996)

Height: 181 cm (5′11″)

Notable role(s): Jane Kano in Charlie’s Angels (2019)

Keeping Up with the Vanserras

I’m not going to cast the dead brothers, but if you have someone you feel like would fit in, I might add them to fill the void

Trevor Stines as Vanserra Brother n.1

I know he’s younger than Jan Luis Castellanos and taller than Ruairi O’Connor, but I want him to be a Vanserra so bad I have to put him here

Age: 26 (July 15, 1996)

Height: 185 cm (6′1″)

Notable role(s): Brett in The Amityville Terror (2016) and Jason Blossom in Riverdale (2017)

Dacre Montgomery as Vanserra Brother n.2

I think he’s good at playing the bad guy so he should be casted, period

Age: 28 (November 22, 1994)

Height: 176 cm (5′9″)

Notable role(s):  Jason Scott / Red Ranger in Power Rangers (2017), Billy Hargrove in Stranger Things (2017) and Steve Binder in Elvis (2022)

Cameron Monaghan as Vanserra Brother n.3

IDK, I think he would like to play the deranged dude again, at least for a while

Age: 29 (August 16, 1993)

Height: 179 cm (5′10″)

Notable role(s): Ian Gallagher in Shameless (2011), Mason Ashford in Vampire Academy (2014), Asher in The Giver (2014), Jerome Valeska in Gotham (2015) and James Walker in Amityville: The Awakening (2017)

Ruairi O’Connor as Eris Vanserra

I just want to see this man more, I’m not even sorry for it

Age: 31 (July 9, 1991)

Height: 178 (5′10″)

Notable role(s): Henry VIII in The Spanish Princess (2019) and Arne Cheyenne Johnson in The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)

Kristofer Hivju as Beron Vanserra

☑️ red hair

☑️ good beard

☑️ evil dilf vibe

Age: 44 (December 7, 1978)

Height: 183 cm (5′11″)

Notable role(s): Jonas in The Thing (2011), Tormund Giantsbane in Game of Thrones (2011), Connor Rhodes in The Fate of the Furious (2017) and Kristoffer in Cocainebear (2023)

Gemma Arterton as Lady of Autumn

By mortal standards she'd be a little too young to play Lucien and Eris' mother, but as the Fae age differently (and in a poorly explained way) in this universe, I'd appreciate her resemblance to Jan Luis Castellanos being exploited

Age: 37 (February 2, 1986)

Height: 170 cm (5′7″)

Notable role(s): Strawberry Fields in Quantum of Solace (2008), Io in Clash of the Titans (2010), Tamina in Prince of Persia (2010) and Gretel in Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013)

Ismael Cruz Cordova as Helion

I know he’s light skinned but if we want to make the retcons and the plot twist work in the show he needs to be

Age: 36 (April 7, 1987)

Height: 178 (5′10″)

Notable role(s): Davide Rizzio in Mary Queen of Scots (2018) and Arondir in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (2022)

Hybern (and the possible prequel about the war)

Katharine McPhee as Amarantha

I have to be honest, I choose the actress for Clythia first but I think they kind of look alike so, why not?

Age: 39 (March 25, 1984)

Height: 170 cm (5′7″)

Notable role(s): Harmony in The House Bunny (2008) and Beth in Shark Night (2011)

Eleanor Tomlinson as Clythia

I don’t know about you but I want something more than a couple flashbacks of the war and since a TV show is not a first person POV, I want to go deeper into what happened at the time and for that, we need to cast the right girl

Age: 30 (May 19, 1992)

Height: 171 (5′7″)

Notable role(s): Isabel Neville in The White Queen (2013), Georgiana Darcy in Death Comes to Pemberley (2013),  Demelza Carne Poldark in Poldark (2015),  Georgie Raoul-Duval in Colette (2018) and Amy in The Wars of the World (2019)

Matt Smith as The King of Hybern

For my peace of mind, he needs to play someone who couldn’t be seen as an heartthrob

Age: 40 (October 28, 1882)

Height: 181 cm (5′11″)

Notable role(s): The Doctor in Doctor Who (2010), Thomas in Womb (2010), Alex/Skynet in Terminator Genisys (2015), Mr Collins in Pride + Prejudice + Zombies (2016), Prince Philip in The Crown (2016), Morgan in Patient Zero (2018), Jack in Last Night in Soho (2021), Richard Galloway in The Forgiven (2021), Milo/Lucien in Morbius (2022) and Daemon Targaryen in House of the Dragon (2022)

Dylan O’Brien as Jurian

Just watch his filmography and tell me he wouldn’t be the perfect Jurian 

Age: 31 (August 26, 1991)

Height: 178 cm (5′10″)

Notable role(s):  Stiles Stilinski in Teen Wolf (2011), Stuart Twombly in The Internship (2013), Thomas in The Maze Runner (2014), Mitch Rapp in American Assassin (2017) and Joel Dawson in Love and Monsters (2020)

The High Lords and their Courts

The Winter Court

Luke Baines as Kallias

He can be the James Marsters of our time

Age: 32 (June 8, 1990)

Height: 179 cm (5′11″)

Notable role(s): Jonathan Morgenstern in Shadowhunters (2019)

Sasha Luss as Viviane

Before I found out the Samos siblings are half asian, I wanted her to play Evangeline in the Red Queen adaptation. Now is my time to shine

Age: 30 (June 6, 1992)

Height: 178 cm (5′10″)

Notable role(s): Princess Lihio-Minaa in Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017) and Anna Poliatova in Anna (2019)

The Summer Court

Micheal Ward as Tarquin

I'm starting to think I should have put the fanart that inspired me because in this case the resemblance is uncanny

Age: 25 (November 18, 1997)

Height: 175 (5′9″)

Notable role(s): Brendan in The A List (2018)

Coco Jones as Cresseida

Disney Channel mistreated her, I won't

Age: 25 (January 4, 1998)

Height: 178 cm (5′10″)

Notable role(s): Roxanne “Roxie” Andrews in Let It Shine (2012) and Hilary Banks in Bel-Air (2022)

Kelvin Harrison Jr. as Varian

Can he have white dreads instead of just white hair?

Age: 28 (July 23, 1994)

Height: 170 cm (5′7″)

Notable role(s): Mason in Assassination Nation (2018) and B.B. King in Elvis (2022)

The Dawn Court 

Evan Evagora as Thesan

Aaaaaand... you made it to the end. Thank you to everyone who took the time to read my silly comments and please don’t start a war in the comments, this is just for fun

Age: 26 (August 10, 1996)

Height: 186 cm (6′1″)

Notable role(s): Elnor in Star Trek: Picard (2020)

[highladyivy]

Ok I think I found my Rhysand Fancast

Continuation of my Cassian & Azriel Fancast post

Benjamin Hollingsworth

He plays Brady in Virgin river and that character is very Rhys coded.

[emily-m-94]

just started reading the ACOTAR series (I am only in the middle of book 2 please no spoilers I beg of you omg) and THANKS TO LENSA OH MY GOD - I’ve decided who my dream cast would be (ALSO THERE ARE SO MANY MORE PICS FOR EACH OF THESE AH PLS LET ME KNOW IF YOU WANNA SEE)… here we go

Lee Pace as Tamlin

Henry Cavill as Rhysand

Morfydd Clark as Feyre

Blake Lively as Morrigan

HoYeon Jung as Amren

Ben Barnes as Azriel

Jason Momoa as Cassian

[thee-bat-boys]

ACOTAR FANCAST

women

these are only my opinions

GWYN, eleanor tomlinson

AMREN, rila fukushima

MORRIGAN, claire holt

[captain-of-the-gwynriel-ship]

Judge my Fancast 💕

[novaricewrites]

Rant: Anyone bothered by Amren?

I have a lot of gripes when it comes to SJM and her POC characters. Amren is one of them. In particular, I genuinely dislike her as a character - both for her shitty behavior, unnecessary presence in the plot and for the fact that she feels like a bunch of East-Asian stereotypes.

Her character premise in the beginning that she is an otherworldly and monstrous being that drinks blood to subsist. Immediately she is characterized as something that is 'Other' and Made.

She pretty much fits the "Dragon Lady" stereotype commonly assigned to East Asian women in media. The Dragon Lady is strong, deceitful, dominating and mysterious and there is usually some aspect of fetishization around this archetype. It's old, overused, and racist.

Amren is one of the first and more prominent side characters in the book who is commonly East-Asian coded with the generic descriptor of angular eyes, tanned skin and straight black hair. (Also love how she specifically is described as plain among all the drop dead gorgeous WHITE female characters in the IC)

All of the points combine to essentially make her the worst example of potential East Asian representation. Whether intentional or not, this is the effect

This rant was fueled after I saw a YouTube Shorts about ACOTAR fancasts and the person in the video talked about factors in choosing Amren's actress.

Basically the person said that they should "bring in a foreign born actor for 'financial reasons' & drawing in a different market" and she wouldn't mind if they had an accent because Amren is 'Other' compared to the rest of the Night Court. It just felt tone deaf and lowkey embodied the disregard of problematic treatment of POC often seen in the ACOTAR fandom.

I wonder if I am just petty and reading too much into this or if other people also feel the same.

[nicb123]

acotar magazine covers i did when i was bored :)

fancasts used:

feyre as lauren de graaf

mor as nicola peltz

amren as chiharu okunugi

nesta as gina vaia

[aho-dapa]

Illyria and Night Court Fancast

was gonna just do the bat boys but well yeah that didn’t happen

the recent bat boys sjm pinterest boards got me bawling gimme a second 

(also this all come from my fancast list from MY rewrite so yeah this is how I see them specifically in my rewrite lest I get anons again trying to throw gloves to duel over white men apparently)

*I have my names for them to the side because sjm hasn’t named them yet (note on names: ap or fern means son or daughter of) 

young tyson ballou as rhysand (rhys ap arthur)

(man has gotta be slightly white-ish because canon is lies + no offense but I cannot find another rhys flavored photo of this man maybe I need to rethink but either way this is who rhys is in my mind rn)

or yknow, if i wanted to be petty, wang hedi as rhys 

(@ae-neon​ i will never forget)

throws at you throws at you throws at you

okay anyway, seriously

roman reigns as cassian 

(because muscle and he suits the vibes plus it’s a moot recommendation + hey, here’s a challenge, try to find a pic of this man not sweaty and dodge all the horny comments while you at it thanks)

yoesry detre as azriel

(do I even need to speak on this? be in awe)

bonus, tre samuels as balthazar 

(he’s described in the wiki to have a boyishly charming face)

older tyson ballou as rhysand’s father (arthur ap ythyr)

(please do imagine him with a knitted shirt + I like the idea of rhy’s father being a funky little man)

chiara scelsi as rhysand’s mother (tamaris fern stana)

(crying sobbing rolling on floor)

yael shelbia as rhysand’s sister (rhiannon fern tamaris)

(the way I struggled with this one)

raven lyn as emerie

(she’s just... so beautiful cries)

sophia piccirilli as gwyn

(THIS TOOK FOREVER PRAISE ME RN RN RN) anyway

kennedy walsh as mor 

(I really wanted a soft yet sharp + bubbly vibe and that was actually so difficult to find?? quick rant but every time I was like, yes that’s mor, its was either AI?? or the rabbit hole I went down in a turkish author’s character parody acc?? anyway)

xu jiaqi as amren 

(fr, like, it’s her)

bonus, an oc of mine, golshifteh farahani as stana 

(*chanting* stana stana stana stana stana stana stana)

[beebadee]

ACOTAR Fancast

Feyre Archeron

Freya Allen

Nesta Archeron

Sophie Turner

Jessica Alexander

Marion Pascale

Pheobe Dynevor

Elain Archeron

Katie Douglas

Bridget Satterlee

Hannah Dodd

Azriel

Matthew Daddario

Noah Centineo

Morrigan

Imogen Poots

Maika Monroe

Lili Reinhart

Amren

Karen Fukuhara

Jung Ho-Yeon

Jessie Mei Li

Tamlin

Noah Lalonde

Luke Eisner

Amarantha

Emmy Rossum

Natalie Dormer

Jessica Alexander

Highbern

Alan Von Sprang

Gwyn

Abigail Cowen

Emerie

Amita Suman

[witchthewriter]

I hope this isn't a weird question but do you have a list of sjm characters that you headcanon as poc? Because I want to see what you think and if they line up with my own. I had never seen manon fan casted as asian, but im in love with it!!

I love this question! I've been re-reading the three series, getting ready for CC3 to come out. I have so many things to say, but I'll leave all that to another post - also thank you for this question, it's awesome. Please comment how you feel/what you think in the comments xx

𝐀𝐂𝐎𝐓𝐀𝐑

First of all, the Bat Boys are NOT white. If I see another person fancast Matthew Daddario as Ariel, I will implode! I know it's difficult getting the perfect cast for a story we all adore.

Another point, the Bat Boys are Illyrian, and they are actual real people. Their usual features are tan skin, brown eyes and brown/black hair.

Also, Lucien - who I have fancasted in the past with Martin Sensmeier. I thought it was an interesting idea for a Native American to have that role.

And Amren is MOST DEFINITELY Asian. Without a doubt. There is no ifs, buts or maybes about it. She is most definitely Asian, and I will take offense if someone thinks otherwise.

Also, I don't want the Archerons to be so conventionally pretty, or petite. That's why Alycia Debnam-Carey is my Feyre, Dagmara Bryzek as Elain and Jessica Brown-Findlay as Nesta. I want women who aren't models!

The Valkyries;l Emerie is described as brown, as she is an Illyrian woman. And I'm completely fine with Gwen being red-haired, freckled and pale.

I'm curious about Mor, her physical features are fine - but her 'power' has yet to be revealed. Because it doesn't make sense???

𝐓𝐎𝐆

There are a lot more cultures in this series than the others. For me, it was so interesting because I'm desperate to know how different countries/continents, experience magic.

Learning about the Ruk's, with Nesryn and Sartaq, that was amazing.

I thought Manon was Asian, I always thought she was?! I mean from that link, that's how I imagined her. Whenever I see fanart where she isn't Asian, I just don't see them as Manon.

I definitely think the Cadre could be more than "tanned from hours of training in the sun." I think Lorcan could be a black man! And I def think Fenrys is half-black. Maybe with a white mother though. I hope I'm not coming off as insensitive! Please tell me if I am, because that isn't my intent.

Honestly, I don't care about what's 'canon,' I think there are way too many white characters in every part of literature. I know about history and when it comes down to fantasy worlds, I think black people should be allowed to indulge themselves as much as they want, without having to think about their awful history and what their culture has gone through.

𝐂𝐂

I actually thought Danika was black, it was a surprise to see fanart and she isn't??? For some reason, it doesn't sit right with me to have a white Danika.

Again, I feel like there aren't enough people of colour. We have little fire sprites, we have a lion-dog pet, a serpent queen, angels, and barely anyone who isn't beyond tan.

I don't think this series has a black character ... other than a few background characters that are only mentioned here and there ... if anyone wants to weigh in - I'm still learning about cc, I forget A LOT.

But in no way has SJM been as horrible as J.K. Rowling. Not only was she racist, but cliche', and a pick me. There was too much pick-me energy among the female characters. I'd like to think that at Hogwarts, the girls stick together no matter what (for me, female friendships are so important. It's sisterhood).

[ae-neon]

In my inbox as of right now

acotar : dead dove do not eat confessions

many ship fic asks (Hahaha)

people dissing the bat boys

people dissing sjm

theories about utm

advice on how to take care of my hair

well wishes from mutuals (🌷💚)

a biological breakdown of Nyx's dna to explain the likelihood of him having wings

a fancast of Helion as Sia Zami

people telling me tog gets bad

My drafts as of right now

chapter 3 of Darker than Night, Deeper than Death

3 of the ship ask fics (HAHAHAHA)

a snippet of Amren meeting Nesta for the first time

the first bit of my tog reading notes

acotar chapter 8 and 9 reread notes

[acourtofcriticalthinking]

just saw a fancast that white rhys, white lucien (i don't care if that's s retcon don't erase paltry shreds of rep) and amren wasn't even east asian.

but yes, this is the only acotar fancast we need. great job everyone.

[writingsbychlo]

For me amren is of Asian descent, if they put a white woman to play her, I don't answer for myself! By the way, the entire fancast cannot be white, but we know that something like this could happen in the future and I will hate it

oh no she’s absolutely of asian decent not a single question about it and if i see a white girl get cast for that role I’ll start throwing hands