Do you picture actors in your mind when you read?

obiebookworm · Post by **obiebookworm** » 08 Nov 2013, 02:24

Many times! I just finished reading Mr. Lynch's Holiday and I could see the main characters played by Seth Rogen and Liam Neeson.

gali · Post by **gali** » 08 Nov 2013, 06:17

Not really. I have only pictured actors when reading one time, while rereading "Pride and prejudice".

riyanj · Post by **riyanj** » 08 Nov 2013, 09:13

I don't. I usually form a picture in my mind based off of the description by the author. I actually prefer authors that don't provide too much description, though, so I can imagine the character to look how my mind will allow it.

obiebookworm · Post by **obiebookworm** » 08 Nov 2013, 12:04

To riyanj: I like that! This is cool!

-- 08 Nov 2013, 13:07 --

To gali: That's interesting because I've heard many people say the same thing about Pride and Prejudice. What is it about that book? Maybe it's possibly because Jane Austen dared to portray women contrary to what was acceptable to society standards of the time.

shortyblue · Post by **shortyblue** » 09 Nov 2013, 00:46

Only if I've seen a movie based on a book before actually reading the book, otherwise I imagine the characters the way they're described.

TSherard · Post by **TSherard** » 09 Nov 2013, 22:22

Yes I do.

obiebookworm · Post by **obiebookworm** » 09 Nov 2013, 22:41

To TSherand: Yeay! I found someone!!!!

zactak · Post by **zactak** » 10 Nov 2013, 00:33

I typically try to read a book before I watch a movie about it. When I read the book before the movie, I typically envision what I think the character might look like in my mind. I think when I read the Hunger Games series, I read the first two books before watching the first movie. When I read the third book, I incorporated the characters of the movie into my vision while I read it.

I really think that if I do see a movie before reading the book, if the characters look the way I would envision them, then I would incorporate their likeness into my reading. If not, then I will develop my own vision.

dhomespot · Post by **dhomespot** » 12 Nov 2013, 01:45

I try to picture the character by how the author describes them. I do not always agree with who they choose to play parts in the movies that are based on books. This is because, they never look like what I pictured.

DATo · Post by **DATo** » 13 Nov 2013, 09:34

Not unless I've seen the movie first which is rare. The only exception to this was the book The Godfather. I had read the book first then saw the movie. Then it really got crazy. I later began to believe with total confidence that events which took place in the book had actually been included in the movie when they had not. I could visualize the actors playing out scenes in the movie in my mind, with total clarity - scenes which had never been filmed - the second time I read the book.

obiebookworm · Post by **obiebookworm** » 13 Nov 2013, 10:12

To DATo: That's crazy! I've never experienced anything like that.

DATo · Post by **DATo** » 13 Nov 2013, 10:34

obiebookworm wrote:To DATo: That's crazy! I've never experienced anything like that. :-)

I suppose that is the result of truly excellent movie casting. *LOL*

obiebookworm · Post by **obiebookworm** » 13 Nov 2013, 10:40

To DATo: There ya go!!! LOL!

prisailurophile · Post by **prisailurophile** » 14 Nov 2013, 02:00

Yes. And it's always the same actors. Like, Gary Oldman. Brilliant actor.

obiebookworm · Post by **obiebookworm** » 14 Nov 2013, 10:23

To prisailurophile: Oh, now this is interesting! I've seen him, too, in my mind's eye, fitting nicely in a character. I agree, he is a brilliant actor!