No....she's all wrong.

Kay isn't a "dark" character. She's more a cool, calm professional. I always pictured her short, not tall and thin.

I'm trying to think of someone...an interesting choice might be Maria Bello.

Yes, I do remember. From our posts to Hollywood's ears......

I'm not familiar with Cornwell/Scarpetta, so I can't comment on Angelina. But six movies is a big hunk o' contract! I hope this means we'll see a trend to female-centered suspense movies (but not too scary.....I hate being scared).

Well, I guess this knocks Angelina out for the role of Eve Dallas. Not that we picked her (I don't think we did), but she's a good actress, and maybe she could have pulled it off with short, "deer colored" hair. :-)

I have an Eve Dallas mystery in my car stereo as we speak.

I can't imagine Angelina Jolie playing Kay Scarpetta. Bad casting, IMO.

Alisande, my choice for Eve (just remembered her name) was Mariska Hargitay.

Yep, Angelina isn't the right one.
I always liked Connie Seleca when she was making tv movies. Gorgeous. Maybe she's too lady-like. We can always bring back Kate Jackson!

Courtney Cox? I could see her as Kay.

I don't see Angelina at all. I think of Kay as a 40-something with short frosted blonde hair. Similar to the picture of Patricia Cornwell on the back of the books.

I am picturing a lady from a popular tv show. Short dark hair. I am blanking on the show though and her name (something exotic). Bones? CSI? SVU? Something like that. I just looked thru IMDB and couldn't find the woman I was thinking of. I will come back to the post if I figure it out.

I don't see any of these women as Kay...I picture her more in her 50's...these gals are too YOUNG...and if AJ is gonna play her she's gonna have to grow some UGLY!! I don't know why but I have her being more Frumpy...Who's your pick for Benson? weird but I see Corbin Bernson! I'm reading Scarpetta right now and just getting into it...I must have missed a book cause her and Marino are on the outs and he's drying up and out in a New York apt...

As for Eve...I've picked Roark...(Branscomb Richmond is my choice!) but not EVE...amazingly I picture Eve being played by a young Debbie Allen (the gal from the old FAME TV show!)

Whatever the choices I'll be glued to these movies...I hope I'm not too disappointed cause I've truly loved the Scarpetta series!

I had heard she would be doing a movie. Are you sure it's six? Claude will be thrilled.... he's a big Scarpetta fan.

I think Angelina Jolie will do a great job - she's a very versatile actress. She's not what I had pictured in MY head as Kay, but I definitely had her pictured as strong and beautiful - very femenine but tough. Kay is Italian, yes?

And isn't Benson black? For some reason, I thought so. I can't remember reading anything specific to make me think that, though.

I wonder who will play Pete Marino and Lucy.

I dont see AJ playing Kay AT ALL. It will be very unconvincing. Are you confusing Benson w/ the James Patterson character? I never thought Benson was black. There are probably several possibilities for Lucy and Marino. I just finished "Scarpetta" yest. I can't imagine AJ being able to portray a character as strong as Scarpetta. Geez, there's something fishy here.

Dennis Franz would make a good Marino. And I think that either Jennifer Garner or Hilary Swank would be a good Lucy, except they're both older than Angelina Jolie! (I just looked up their ages out of curiosity). Since Benson's not black (dunno why I thought that), maybe George Clooney.

I'm having fun making up an imaginary cast. :)

Nicole, you're not the only one who thought Benson was black!!
Weren't they going together for a while, then he got shot or something? I'm absolutely positive he is black. Hmmm Will Smith!

Her books are favorites of mine also, but I don't like what they do when they convert books to movies. I watched one of Nora Roberts movies and didn't want anymore of hers.

SPOILER ALERT!

Benson died in one of the earlier books.

But, it turned out to be an FBI thing and he was living and working as a deep covert agent in one of the later books.

Somehow Marino knew.

Dennis Franz would be a freaking PERFECT Marino.

I think Meryl Streep (sp?) would be a good Scarpetta.

Or Glenn Close.

OUCH! Meryl Streep and Glenn Close are too old! Angelina will look silly.

I also picture Kay as a short normal-looking gal; not at all like Angelina (who looks odd!)

Maybe a Valerie Bertnelli-type (not necessaryily Valerie)

Jolie is a very good actress, but it doesn't strike me as good casting either. I think Hillary Swank is a genius idea, but still too young. So is Streep and Close if they were younger, in their mid 40's. Kay Scarpetta isn't in her 30's because she rose through the ranks and that takes a lot of time.

To me, Jolie is not only too young, but she is too attractive and too obviously sexual. I think Scarpetta is also an attractive woman, but in more of an "average" attractive way, rather than extremely attractive in the exotic way and without the ooze of hard sexuality. Kind of like the difference in looks of Jolie and Anniston - both are attractive women but in totally different ways.

The lure of Scarpetta (to me) was in her brain power, not in glaring good looks. Attractive looking with *brain brilliance* in the sciences -that would make her different in a way that made her attractive and interesting to men who are also in the sciences, but not over the top looks. It will be interesting to see if Jolie can pull this off.

It's funny, the pictures we draw in our heads and how we can all see Scarpetta in a different way, isn't it :)

I did some researching and Benton (the correct spelling, I was incorrect) is not black.

I'm not sure what the age should be for the characters.
Richard Gere, James Brolin, they could be Benton.

AJ should be more suited for Lucy, the niece instead of the main character if they insist on casting her.

I like the look of someone similar to Meg Ryan, but more cocky for Kay.

Well crud, Streep and Close are both in their 60s.

I thought they were both quite a bit younger, but I think they're in the ball park.

My image of Scarpetta is that she's in her mid 50s.

Jolie is too young, thought.

How about Julian Marguliese (sp?)

Great actress.

I like the idea of Meg Ryan also (although I always picturd a brunette rather than blonde) but only if it's Meg Ryan with natural age progression rather than that strange face she has acquired. Plastic surgery gone bad. Had she aged naturally or had much better surgery, her attractiveness would be just the kind for what I have in my mind's eye as Scarpetta's type of attractiveness.

klframe, you are right about the present age of Scarpetta - when the books came out, before "time" (as in the passing of time in the novel's timeline) she would have been in early to mid 40's but at this timeline by the novels, she would have aged. Too many experiences have taken place for her to only age by five years or so, I hadn't thought about that!

Jeeze, we ALL are aging *LOL*

Even though I like Meg Ryan, I think she may not be able convince me she is Scarpetta. Hilary Swank would be able to pull it off or maybe Jodie Foster.

Jodi-

ohhh Jodi Foster! There's a possibility. I mentioned Meg, cause I was thinking along those lines looks-wise....petite and perky, but I Knew she isn't cocky enough for the part.

There are names mentioned I've never even heard of! I guess I'm getting old, as well.

I mentioned Mariska Hargitay for Eve in the JD Robb series, do you think she would work for Kay?