Carry On
by bitencourt-henrique | created - 24 Oct 2016 | updated - 21 Jul 2019 | PublicI like to imagine real actors playing the characters of a book I'm reading.
This is my imaginary cast for "Carry On" by Rainbow Rowell.
1. Tom Holland
Actor | Spider-Man: Homecoming
Thomas Stanley Holland was born in Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, to Nicola Elizabeth (Frost), a photographer, and Dominic Holland (Dominic Anthony Holland), who is a comedian and author. His paternal grandparents were from the Isle of Man and Ireland, respectively. He lives with his parents and ...
Simon Snow
2. Cierra Ramirez
Actress | Girl in Progress
Cierra Ramirez was born on March 9, 1995 in Houston, Texas, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Girl in Progress (2012), The Fosters (2013) and Good Trouble (2019).
Penelope "Penny" Bunce
3. Natalia Dyer
Actress | Stranger Things
Natalia Dyer is an American actress known primarily for her role as Nancy Wheeler in the Netflix science-fiction drama series Stranger Things (2016). Her career began around the age of 12 in 2009 in the family comedic drama Hannah Montana: The Movie (2009), starring Miley Cyrus. It was not until ...
Agatha Wellbelove
4. Avan Jogia
Actor | Zombieland: Double Tap
Vancouver native, Avan Jogia landed his first acting role as Danny Araujo on the award-winning TV movie drama A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story (2006), directed by Oscar nominee Agnieszka Holland. Jogia followed up with a recurring role on the SyFy Channel hit series Caprica (2009) as well as ...
Tyrannus Basilton "Baz" Grimm-Pitch
5. August Roads
Actor | Faking It
August Roads is known for Faking It (2014), Dragula (2014) and Elizabeth Blue (2017).
Tyrannus Basilton "Baz" Grimm-Pitch
6. Colin Firth
Actor | A Single Man
Colin Andrew Firth was born into an academic family in Grayshott, Hampshire, England. His mother, Shirley Jean (Rolles), was a comparative religion lecturer at the Open University, and his father, David Norman Lewis Firth, lectured on history at Winchester University College (formerly King Alfred's...
The Mage
7. Constance Marie
Actress | George Lopez
Best known for her long-time run on the ABC comedy, "George Lopez," Constance Marie stars next in the upcoming Latinx romantic comedy series, "With Love." Created and written by Gloria Calderon Kellett ("One Day at a Time"), the five hourlong episodes, each of which are set during a different ...
Mitali Bunce
8. Paul Gross
Actor | Due South
Paul Gross is the elder of two brothers. He was an Army brat; his father, Bob Gross, was a Tank Commander in the Canadian Army. As a consequence Paul and his family moved around a lot: he has lived in Canada, the U.S, England and Germany. Paul was introduced to acting in his early teens, while the ...
Martin Bunce
9. Dhruv Uday Singh
Actor | Good Trouble
Dhruv Uday Singh is known for Good Trouble (2019), On the Verge (2021) and Prodigal Son (2019).
Premal Bunce
10. Angela Griffin
Actress | Waterloo Road
Angela Griffin was born on July 19, 1976 in Cottingley, Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK. She is an actress and director, known for Waterloo Road (2006), Help (2021) and Crime (2021). She has been married to Jason Milligan since July 27, 2006. They have two children.
Natasha Grimm-Pitch
11. Margot Bingham
Actress | Boardwalk Empire
Critically heralded actress and singer/songwriter Pittsburgh native Margot Bingham most known for capturing hearts as sultry jazz chanteuse on HBO's "Boardwalk Empire," then went onto capturing criminals as a hard-driving detective in the ABC series "The Family," executive produced by Jenna Bans ("...
Fiona Pitch
12. Gwendoline Christie
Actress | Game of Thrones
London-based Gwendoline Christie is one of the most exciting and unique British actresses working today, having caught the industry's attention with her Emmy and Critics' Choice nominated role in the global hit HBO series "Game of Thrones." During her time on the show, she was also nominated ...
Ebeneza "Ebb" Petty
13. Emma Thompson
Actress | Sense and Sensibility
Emma Thompson was born on April 15, 1959 in Paddington, London, into a family of actors - father Eric Thompson and mother Phyllida Law, who has co-starred with Thompson in several films. Her sister, Sophie Thompson, is an actor as well. Her father was English-born and her mother is Scottish-born. ...
Miss Possibelf
14. Olesya Rulin
Self | HSM3: Prom - The Night of Nights
Olesya Yurivna Rulina is a Russian-American actress. She is best known for co-starring in all three films of the High School Musical franchise as Kelsi Nielsen. She also starred in the films Private Valentine: Blonde & Dangerous (2008), Flying By (2009), Expecting Mary (2010) and Family Weekend (...
Lucy
15. Daniel Radcliffe
Actor | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Daniel Jacob Radcliffe was born on July 23, 1989 in Fulham, London, England, to casting agent Marcia Gresham (née Jacobson) and literary agent Alan Radcliffe. His father is from a Northern Irish Protestant background, while his mother was born in South Africa, to a Jewish family (from Lithuania, ...
Davy
16. Jim Carter
Actor | Transformers: The Last Knight
Jim Carter was born on August 19, 1948 in Harrogate, Yorkshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Transformers: The Last Knight (2017), Shakespeare in Love (1998) and Downton Abbey (2019). He has been married to Imelda Staunton since October 1983. They have one child.
Professor Minos, the Minotaur
17. Michael Fassbender
Actor | Shame
Michael Fassbender is an Irish actor who was born in Heidelberg, Germany, to a German father, Josef, and an Irish mother, Adele (originally from Larne, County Antrim, in Northern Ireland). Michael was raised in the town of Killarney, Co. Kerry, in south-west Ireland, where his family moved to when ...
Malcolm Grimm
18. Carey Mulligan
Actress | Never Let Me Go
Carey Hannah Mulligan is a British actress. She was born May 28, 1985, in Westminster, London, England, to Nano (Booth), a university lecturer, and Stephen Mulligan, a hotel manager. Her mother is from Llandeilo, Wales, and Carey also has Irish and English ancestry.
Her first major appearance was ...
Daphne Grimm
19. Denise Welch
Actress | Waterloo Road
Denise Welch is married to the artist Lincoln Townley. Between them they have 3 children, Matthew Healy: lead singer of the 1975, Louis Healy who is an Actor and Lewis Townley who works in post production. She is an actress and TV presenter, known for her work on Loose Women, Waterloo Road and ...
Vera
20. Rupert Graves
Actor | Sherlock
Britain's Rupert Graves made his professional stage debut in 1983 in The Killing of Mr. Toad and went on to co-star with Harvey Fierstein in the London production of Torch Song Trilogy. By the mid-80s he was a presence in quality films and TV, including Merchant Ivory films Room With A View where ...
Dr. Wellbelove
21. Lea Thompson
Actress | Back to the Future
Lea Katherine Thompson was born May 31, 1961 in Rochester, Minnesota. She is the youngest of five children. Her parents are Barbara and Cliff Thompson. Since all her siblings were much older than her, Lea says it seemed like she had more than two parents. The family lived in the Starlight motel, ...
Mrs. Wellbelove
22. Aidan Fiske
Actor | Inhumans
Aidan Fiske is a star on the rise. He expressed a desire to perform at an early age, and with his family's support, began pursuing his passion. He quickly found himself working in local student films and commercials. His career expanded to a national level when he landed the role of Pierre in the ...
The Humdrum
23. Chris Geere
Actor | You're the Worst
Chris Geere is a British actor born in Cambridge in 1981, and brought up in the Winchester area of Hampshire, where his family still lives. He was initially interested in pursuing a career as an artist until a drama teacher encouraged him to play in his school's production of 'A Midsummer Night's ...
Nicodemus "Nico" Petty
24. Joan Allen
Actress | Room
Joan Allen was born on August 20, 1956 in Rochelle, Illinois, the youngest of four children. She is the daughter of homemaker Dorothea Marie (Wirth) and gas station owner James Jefferson Allen. Her mother's family was German, and her father had English, Scots-Irish, and German ancestry. She ...
Madam Bellamy
25. Johnny Simmons
Actor | The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Jonathan James Simmons was born November 28, 1986 in Montgomery, Alabama, to Cindy and Ben Simmons. He was raised in Dallas, Texas.
His first film in Los Angeles was entitled "My Ambition". When casting notices went out, there was a misprint stating that the production was looking for a lead female ...
Niall
26. Jordan Rodrigues
Actor | Lady Bird
Jordan Rodrigues was born on July 20, 1992 in Sydney, Australia. He is an actor, known for Lady Bird (2017), Dance Academy (2010) and National Treasure: Edge of History (2022).
Dev
27. Austin Abrams
Actor | Paper Towns
Austin Noah Abrams is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Ron Anderson in the fifth and sixth seasons of the television series The Walking Dead (2010), as Ethan Lewis in Euphoria (2019), and as Dash in Dash & Lily (2020). He has also appeared in films such as Gangster Squad (2013), ...
Rhys
28. Griffin Gluck
Actor | Locke & Key
Griffin Gluck is among Hollywood's young actors to watch, who at the age of 17 already has over ten years of acting experience under his belt. His big break came in 2011 when he was chosen for the role of Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler's son 'Michael' in Just Go With It, for which he received a ...
Pacey
29. Chelsee Healey
Actress | Burn It
Chelsee Healey was born on August 6, 1988 in Eccles, Salford, Greater Manchester, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Burn It (2003), Waterloo Road (2006) and Casualty (1986).
Philippa Staiton
30. Taylor Lautner
Actor | Twilight
Taylor Daniel Lautner was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, to Deborah, a software company worker, and Daniel Lautner, a pilot for Midwest Airlines. He and his younger sister Makena were raised in a well-mannered, Roman Catholic household in Hudsonville, Michigan. He is of English, German, Dutch, and...
Taxi driver (a funny cameo)
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