3 days to go! Fancasting my characters

To celebrate the release of my first book, I’m posting a new “Behind the Scenes” exclusive about The Next Together daily until September 3rd. You can find them all here, including Chapter One from Matt’s Point of View, a Harry Potter crossover, A scene from start to finish, a playlist and the book as different genres.

If you preorder The Next Together before September 3rd you can get a free signed bookmark! Details here. The last person to email me with their preorder information before midnight GMT on September 2nd will receive an extra special gift with their bookmark!

Today, I’m sharing my character fancasts!

THIS IS MY ALL TIME FAVOURITE THING TO DISCUSS, SO HOLD ONTO YOUR SEATS GUYS. THERE’S GONNA BE A LOT OF CAPITAL LETTERS AHEAD.

aLRIGHT ALRIGHT SO MATTHEW GALLOWAY, MY MAIN MAN.

Preferably, all of these lovely gentlemen would play him together, at the same time. If (tragically) that weren’t possible for some reason, I would narrow it down to:

BEN WHISHAW. BEN FREAKIN WHISHAW.

tumblr_inline_mx3lx8gL281qzl77q — HOW’RE YOU DOING THERE, BABYCAKES. MMMM.

We’ve got futuristic scientist Matthew:

tumblr_inline_mx3lzieqpE1qzl77q — SAFETY SPECS AND TERRIBLE CARDIGANS AND NERVOUS CONFIDENCE AND….COME HERE LET ME CUDDLE YOU AGRESSIVELY.

And historical journalist babe Matthew:

tumblr_inline_mx3m3azUY91qzl77q — CHECK OUT THAT VULNERABLE BEAUTY. THAT POETIC INTELLIGENCE. THAT GENTLE SWEEPING CURL OF HAIR.

THAT’S MY MATT.

Although I think Corentin Renault also deserves a little shoutout:

Kate Finchley. My girl is a lot harder to cast, because she has to have the kind of face that is androgynous enough to pass as a boy when in disguise, but also super curly ginger locks.

I think the most likely choice is Rose Leslie, who was introduced to me via this beautiful The Next Together gifset.

tumblr_nt8rfp7y2k1uz5qdeo7_250 — SO ELEGANT. SO DIGNIFIED. SO LIKE KATE, WHO IS ALL THOSE THINGS (UNTIL SHE OPENS HER MOUTH).

tumblr_nt8rfp7y2k1uz5qdeo8_250 — SO ELEGANT. SO DIGNIFIED. SO LIKE KATE, WHO IS ALL THOSE THINGS (UNTIL SHE OPENS HER MOUTH).

Although Jessica Chastain is also a frontrunner.

tumblr_inline_mx3mm9KwFz1qzl77q — LOOK AT YOU SOLVING MYSTERIES AND BEING COMPETENT AT EVERYTHING, URGH.

MY BABIES, I LOVE YOU.

Also, here they are as mermaids, because why not?

So then we have the secondary characters, who are a lot harder to cast because I haven’t spent almost three years thinking about them inside out.

Tom Galloway. I’m thinking smirky, cocky? Stubble. Dylan O’Brien.

tumblr_n250orwKLC1qea2mvo6_250 — Sexy hacker older brother Dyls O’B.

And finally Anise is Ellen Page.

If you want to know more about Kate and Matt, you can read the first chapter of The Next Together here, and buy the book in the following places:

In other news: I did an interview at That Artsy Reader girl‘s blog.

The Next Together was featured in yesterday’s Sunday Express! Honestly, I can’t believe this is real life sometimes.

A rebloggable version of this post can be found here.

Published by Lauren James

Lauren James is the twice Carnegie-nominated British author of many Young Adult novels, including Green Rising, The Reckless Afterlife of Harriet Stoker and The Loneliest Girl in the Universe. She is a RLF Royal Fellow, freelance editor and screenwriter. Lauren is the founder of the Climate Fiction Writers League, and on the board of the Authors & Illustrators Sustainability Working Group through the Society of Authors. Her books have sold over a hundred thousand copies worldwide and been translated into six languages. The Quiet at the End of the World was shortlisted for the YA Book Prize and STEAM Children’s Book Award. Her other novels include The Next Together series, the dyslexia-friendly novella series The Watchmaker and the Duke and serialised online novel An Unauthorised Fan Treatise. She was born in 1992, and has a Masters degree from the University of Nottingham, where she studied Chemistry and Physics. Lauren is a passionate advocate of STEM further education, and many of her books feature female scientists in prominent roles. She sold the rights to her first novel when she was 21, whilst she was still at university. Her writing has been described as ‘gripping romantic sci-fi’ by the Wall Street Journal and ‘a strange, witty, compulsively unpredictable read which blows most of its new YA-suspense brethren out of the water’ by Entertainment Weekly. Lauren lives in the West Midlands and is an Arts Council grant recipient. She has written articles for numerous publications, including the Guardian, Buzzfeed, Den of Geek, The Toast, and the Children’s Writers and Artist’s Yearbook 2022. She has taught creative writing for Coventry University, WriteMentor, and Writing West Midlands. View more posts

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