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FanCast: Strange Magic
By Karlee Cornell
This month is about an animated film called Strange Magic. Strange Magic is about two princess fairies: a happy blonde named Dawn and another fairy that became emo too early in life, named Marianne. Marianne lost her joy after one fairy named Roland, who seemingly has an IQ of zero, broke her heart close to their wedding day; meanwhile, her actual love interest named Bog, who is literally a monster made out of wood, was kidnapping elves and tiny fairies. Then, suddenly, Bog realizes he loves Marianne. It is complicated, but the soundtrack is very good. I 100% recommend listening to that, as well. It will make February actually worth it.
PROTAGONISTS
Evan Rachel Wood As Marianne
Marianne is our main girlboss character in this film. She has been through one heartbreak and went emo and ended up being driven away from her delusional dad, but she's still iconic. She lost her "I'm a princess and need a man" phase and then ended up pushing her ex-fiance off a cliff and then went to spend the rest of her life with talking bark. Again, it is a cute film, but it is important to recognize that this girl had lots of romantic choices other than a body of wood. So why mix up the standards?
Evan Rachel Wood is a childhood voice actor who sang three times in this film and two times in the movie Across The Universe. When I was little, I thought that she sounded like Kelly Clarkson, which was the director's goal of Strange Magic. She seems like she would nail the live role of Marianne, as well. Evan Rachel's similar roles are Tracy Freeland from Thirteen, Old Dolio in Kajillionare, Molly Stearns in The Ides Of March, and Madonna in Weird: The Al Yankovic Story-- all independent characters and know what is right for them.
Veronica DUnne as Dawn
Dawn does not seem to be the brightest character. That is why her name is not Daylight. She is delusional like her dad. Dawn is oblivious when it comes to romance. For example, when Sunny the elf likes her, it takes her a million stinking Dawns to figure it out. Surprise: a background character in the story who can actually talk likes her and she still can't figure it out. Dawn is the younger sister of previously mentioned Marianne. That is why Marianne is protective over Dawn.
Veronica Dunne is the most obvious choice for this role. When she was on the Disney Channel, her characters would never stop acting like Dawn, unfortunately fitting the blonde character trope including her roles from K.C. Undercover as Marisa Clark, The Suite Life Of Zack And Cody as Tiffany, Kickin' It as Taylor, and K.9 Undercover as a dog.
Kevin Hart as SUnny
Sunny is the sweetest main elf. He actually had character development, unlike characters in most slow elf movies. The fact that he has a huge crush on Dawn and watches her date taller men must have made Tom Holland take a lot of notes here. He is the shy leader of his part of town and overcomes his shyness in the middle of the film, when he attempts to find where Dawn was taken.
While Kevin Hart hates it when people compare him to a short elf because of his lack of height, he is also a comedian. In fact, he even pokes fun at his own shortness, like when he said, "I wasn't aware of tall people till I got to high school. I didn't know they existed. I was sheltered.” The whole point of Sunny's character is to show that, no matter the height, anyone can be heroic.
DEUTERAGONIST
Jim Carrey as Bog
Bog is our deuteragonist with a lot of anger issues. In this story, characters make hints regarding Bog's dad, saying, ''Your dad would've been very ashamed of you'' and ''You look just like your dad.'' His dad was absent and it can be theorized that perhaps someone used him as firewood or paper or something and he died. Bog selfishly wants light in his forest and does not take negotiating the nice way very well. This is indeed a fever dream: a bunch of twigs and a stereotypical emo trope together.
Jim Carrey just has the right voice and acting type for Bog. Before you ask: "Didnt Jim Carrey already retire?" ...he said himself in Variety Magazine that he would come back to do a role if a lot of people would love it. Strange Magic has a 4.3-star rating. That should be enough people to make it happen.
Jim Carrey's similar roles are The Grinch from How The Grinch Stole Christmas, Bruce Nolan from Bruce Almighty, Fletcher Reede, from Liar Liar, and Ebenezer Scrooge from A Christmas Carol-- all similar roles that are extremely grumpy and can't or refuse to believe they are in a world of happiness.
Photo Credit: Britannica
Antagonist
Chris Pine as Roland
Roland is our rightfully main antagonist. He is a cheater, he is selfish, he does not even care about the king, and just wants Marianne for the status, not because of love. I wish the film clarified how Marianne and Roland met because I feel that just adding him as a guard right when the film even started was not enough. We need to know on a scale from typical to Gaston from Beauty And The Beast: how Gaston-like can he be?
Chris Pine adds the proper voice and correct level of cockiness to his characters and would suit this role so well. Some people may not have liked the way that he sang the song "This is the Thanks I Get" from the Disney movie Wish, but let me make the argument that the soundtrack is actually very good and underrated. I despised folk songs until I listened to this playlist. I'm begging to hear the song ''C'mon Marianne'', one of Roland's songs in Strange Magic, sung live by Chris Pine-- begging. Pine's similar roles are Edgin Darvis from Dungeons And Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, Frank from Don't Worry Darling, James from The Contractor, and Jake Hardin from Just My Luck-- all roles that are insanely manipulative.
Overall, Strange Magic is a fantastic movie, which could be even better as a remake. Remember: every month is a good month. We hope that Fancasts has made your month! See ya next time.
