This entry is trivia, which is cool and all, but not a trope. On a work, it goes on the Trivia tab. We had a Jon Hamm type in mind, but then we thought we're not going to get him, so what about you? When someone involved in a fictional project makes a list of actors who would best represent a cast of fictional characters. The purpose of a hypothetical cast may be to give the reader of a fictional work a better picture of how a character looks and acts.
This is common practice for online virtual series and sometimes used by authors of commercially published works. Many times, when a creator is pitching a work to a production company such as a new series to a TV network , the creator will use existing photos from previous works to help others visualize the characters - for example, Jeff Eastin used a photo of Leonardo DiCaprio circa Catch Me If You Can , to help visualize the gentleman rogue con man of White Collar 's Neal Caffrey.
It can also be done in interviews or other extratextual materials, such as screenplays or via Line to God. Compare Comic-Book Fantasy Casting , where the appearance of a character in a visual medium is overtly derived from a real celebrity without being an explicit parody of that celebrity; No Celebrities Were Harmed , where a character is a blatant parody or fictionalized version of a real person; Ascended Fancast , where a fancast actually gets the role; and Textual Celebrity Resemblance , where a character's resemblance to a celebrity is mentioned within the work.
See also Creator-Chosen Casting , when the creator actually does get to choose who plays the characters. Example subpages:. Saiyuki - Previous to its animated adaptation Artist Kazuya Minekura jokingly suggested that resident Stepford Smiler Cho Hakkai be voiced by Akira Ishida , and so when time came to actually cast him, the animators decided that Ishida was indeed the best candidate for the job.
This also extended to foreign dubs as well, as both Gallacci and some fans suggested Yu Shimamura for voicing Erma in a possible Japanese dub or Anime adaptation. Patrick Stewart as the voice of Itzak Arrat. Picard in the peak of the show's popularity. Extinctioners : Creator Shawntae Howard suggested that, in the case of a hypothetical animated adaptation of the comic, Keith David would be his choice for voicing one of the main characters, Warfare.
