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Joss quotes that make me go "Ooooooo!!!"
from this article
Though there must be a face you keep in your head while you're writing.
I always have a face in my head; it is almost never the face of an actual actor. ... I've only ever written a character with an actor in mind once in my entire career before it was cast. Back when I wrote the movie of Buffy, I wanted the character of Merrick to be played by Ian Holm. Nobody had heard of him, and nobody had wanted him. We got Donald Sutherland instead.
Bilbo as Merrick, Merrick as Bilbo. How cool would that have been?
Though there must be a face you keep in your head while you're writing.
I always have a face in my head; it is almost never the face of an actual actor. ... I've only ever written a character with an actor in mind once in my entire career before it was cast. Back when I wrote the movie of Buffy, I wanted the character of Merrick to be played by Ian Holm. Nobody had heard of him, and nobody had wanted him. We got Donald Sutherland instead.
Bilbo as Merrick, Merrick as Bilbo. How cool would that have been?