Killing Lincoln Casting

[Rick Smith]

(07-17-2012 11:49 AM)Laurie Verge Wrote:  The only name that was familiar to me was Billy Campbell. Jesse Johnson does appear to be believable face-wise as Booth. Let's hope he can capture Booth's essence.

One of the recommendations that I made to Erik Jendresen, the screenwriter, was to be careful to cast people who bear a resemblance to the historical figures. No matter how good his acting was, I just could not get past Kevin Kline's neatly trimmed beard in The Conspirator!

When Erik first contacted me, I flat out told him that I did not like O'Reilly's spin on the history. He assured me that the rights to the book had been sold to another company, which in turn sold it to Nat Geo with the understanding that things could be changed. Unless the director and producers decide to screw things up, the script I read was very good.

Laurie,

I agree that Jesse Johnson may not be a good match for Booth, but that sort of thing has never stopped any film producers before, which is unfortunate.

Would you ask the nabobs if I could play Thomas Jones?

Rick