{"id":1385224,"date":"2016-02-01T12:00:12","date_gmt":"2016-02-01T17:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/community.sparknotes.com\/?p=1385224"},"modified":"2016-01-29T00:55:37","modified_gmt":"2016-01-29T05:55:37","slug":"breaking-violet-klaus-have-been-cast-for-the-upcoming-netflix-adaptation-of-a-series-of-unfortunate-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/breaking-violet-klaus-have-been-cast-for-the-upcoming-netflix-adaptation-of-a-series-of-unfortunate-events\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Violet & Klaus Have Been Cast for the Upcoming Netflix Adaptation of A Series of Unfortunate Events<\/em>!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Now, contrary to the expression my face does whenever I talk about it, I didn’t HATE \u00a0the Series of Unfortunate Events<\/em> movie<\/a>. I just feel a little bit like Paramount and DreamWorks Pictures owe me<\/i> money for whatever \u00a0happened with that. I mean, it was a promising idea \u00a0that somehow went nowhere. Jim Carrey was in it. Meryl Streep was in it. Jude Law narrated<\/em> it. What went wrong?<\/p>\n

But who cares? We’re getting a shot \u00a0at redemption here, and it all starts with casting the elder Baudelaire orphans. As of this week<\/a>, Violet will be played by \u00a0Malina Weissman, who you might recognize as the younger version of Supergirl on the CBS show of the same name. Bookish Klaus will be played by Louis Hynes, about whom I could find absolutely nothing \u00a0even after I Googled his name not just once but twice. But maybe using two relatively unknown actors is the way to go. Hopefully they’ll be able to override the voice in my head that says Emily Browning and Liam Aiken are Violet and Klaus, respectively. Because whatever faults the movie had (why, oh why, would you try to shoehorn three stellar books into a single two-hour film? Even \u00a0The Hobbit<\/em> somehow managed to stretch a 300-page children’s novel into a trilogy), we can’t deny that their casting was on point.<\/p>\n

Now let’s talk about the wicked, wheezy, unibrow-laden antagonist Count Olaf. Neil Patrick Harris is currently in talks to play him, but it doesn’t look like anything’s set in stone. In this day and age, NPH is mostly known for playing the smooth-talking womanizer Barney Stinson on \u00a0How I Met Your Mother, \u00a0<\/em>but have you seen \u00a0Gone Girl<\/em>? Dude can give off weird, creepy vibes like you wouldn’t believe. Personally, I can see it. This could work. But just in case it doesn’t, let’s talk about who else might fit the bill.<\/p>\n

David Tennant<\/strong><\/p>\n

Look, we’ve all seen \u00a0Goblet of Fire.<\/em> \u00a0We all knew the Tenth Doctor had a suitably creepy side lying in wait under \u00a0those disarming good looks, just yearning to break free. But David Tennant proved once in for all in \u00a0Jessica \u00a0<\/em>Jones<\/i> that he can frighten the Netflix viewers of the nation with \u00a0just his acting chops and nary a \u00a0tongue flick<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Kevin Spacey<\/strong><\/p>\n

I’m not sure if \u00a0Kevin Spacey has ever played a role that didn’t leave me feeling slightly soiled. Maybe not quite so \u00a0much in \u00a0K-PAX<\/em>, but that’s because I didn’t know enough, man. I just didn’t \u00a0know.<\/em> \u00a0I didn’t know what we were in for with 21<\/i> and \u00a0House of Cards.<\/em><\/p>\n

Daniel Day-Lewis<\/strong><\/p>\n

Daniel Day-Lewis can do anything and everything. It’s been four years since \u00a0Lincoln<\/em>, so I feel like it’s time for him to resurface and bless us all with his greatness.<\/p>\n

Jim Carrey<\/strong><\/p>\n

He’s the OG Count Olaf, and if you’re telling me his wacky interpretation of the character didn’t change your life, then you’ve clearly forgotten \u00a0that time he pretended to be a raptor<\/a> before it was cool<\/a>. But was he TOO hilarious? Too goofy? Too over-the-top? DISCUSS.<\/p>\n

[Via Entertainment Weekly<\/a>.]<\/p>\n

Are you optimistic about Lemony Snickett’s shot at redemption, or are you afraid that things will go terribly awry yet again?<\/em><\/p>\n

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