Katherine – When I was writing Snow White and Her Queen 1, she was a Greta Garbo-Maleficent-Cartoon Evil Queen hybrid. This round, because I had been infusing my eyes with I bastardi di Pizzofalcone reruns, Rosaria (of Alex x Rosaria) was who I imagined most of the time when writing her.
Eirwen – In line with the above, Alex (of Rosaria x Alex) was who came to mind. And a very fair Megan Fox. Mashed up in the way only my mind can do.
Petronella – young Erika Linder
Isabella – young Kristen Stewart
Deora – Gossip Girl’s Lily van der Woodsen
For those who don’t know Alex x Rosaria, here’s YouTube:
So I’ve never watched Gossip Girl, but I know that the actress who played Lily, Kelly Rutherford, was involved in a notorious custody case where her ex-husband was deported to France for being involved in organized crime, drug smuggling, and arms dealing, which is considered tantamount to terrorism under the Victory (Vital Interdiction of Criminal Terrorist Organizations) Act of 2003. However, despite the fact that her husband was an international criminal, a US judge ruled that the couple should have joint custody of their children, but that they should live in Monaco with their father and go to school there, ostensibly because it was easier for Rutherford to visit them since she was a rich TV star and her ex-husband had no (legal) source of income, nor could he legally enter the United States. You know, being a gangster with connections to terrorism and all. Of course it’s less easy for Ms. Rutherford to raise airfare now since she spent two million dollars fighting a legal battle to keep her children from being sent to live with Lord of War, but what are you going to do.
I may have gotten a few details wrong, I’m repeating this from memory. Anyway here in the US we have a saying for when things like this happen: “only in America”.
Anyway I bring this up because I imagine if someone could play a character with a story arc as sad as Deora’s, Ms. Rutherford definitely has the life experience.
Good that you didn’t watch Gossip Girl. The ending was ridiculous. But talk later, I’m now going to spend the next half hour reading Google results to “Kelly Rutherford Divorce”.