![]() ![]() Russ’s wife Marion is one of the best characters I’ve read in a long time. As such, I suggest Matthew Rhys: shape-shifter extraordinaire (as we learned from The Americans), tortured in a way that doesn’t necessarily make you that keen to save him, and just hangdog enough (while still being, yes, quite hot). ![]() He can read like an asshole, or a creep, or an idealist, depending on the context. Throughout the novel, Russ clings to his youthful identity as a social justice activist and general cool guy, but his desperation isn’t immediately apparent to those around him. When we meet Russ, the Hildebrandt family patriarch and associate pastor of the First Reformed Church in an affluent Chicago suburb, we learn both that he suffered an as-yet unspecified professional humiliation three years prior to the novel’s opening, and that he is actively contemplating an affair with Frances Cottrell, one of his parishioners (who, incidentally, should be played by Rhy’s IRL wife Keri Russell). For the purposes of avoiding spoilers, I’ve focused on the novel’s central family, the Hildebrandts. I am lucky enough to have read (and loved) the book already, so naturally I have some casting thoughts. Extremely good news for the Franzen Hive-with apologies to Jonathan Franzen, who would probably really hate the phrase “Franzen Hive”-we’re getting a TV adaptation of his latest novel, Crossroads, which will hit shelves Tuesday. ![]()
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