My love and adoration for The Simple Wild is well-documented here. But with the reveal of the cover of the new novella Forever Wild, out December 2nd, my obsession has really maxed out here. I really thought long and hard about my casting for Jonah and Calla and I’ve decided on Travis Fimmel (literally the quintessential hot Viking) and Alicia Vikander—who always comes across as almost ethereally beautiful but tough. Which is something I think is perfect for Calla’s growth and development as a character as well as allowing her to standout even in the midst of all the Alaskan beauty.
For Susan I would love to see Rachel Weisz (who looks so much like Alicia—and in the book, Calla is her spitting image!) and Josh Lucas as Wren. Josh has done an amazing job on Yellowstone playing a younger John Dutton so I think he definitely has enough of that roughneck energy to really make it work.
When you’re wish-casting your favorite books, do you usually gravitate to well-known actors or do you tend to try to match lesser-known picks?
