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Athena Casting
01-03-12
After the tutorial with Alan, I was given the idea to cast for the role Athena. In essence by
choosing an actress I can then use her attributes to affect my development of the Athena
character.
Katrina Law
As less well known actress, Katrina Law seems a
great persona for the goddess Athena. As an actress
she plays many roles in television series as powerful
leader as well as being a strong woman in the face
of danger. Her biggest role has been in Spartacus:
Vengeance, were she plays the role of Mira
(Spartacus’ lover).
In the role Katrina plays Mira as a woman of two
sides. She displays a prowess in a role as a rebel
leader but also as warrior when called upon. On the
other hand when stepping away from public eyes
she shows a more feminine side.
Katrina has also played in another TV series -TheResistance, Lana; the leader of the ARM
(Aurordecan Resistance Movement). In this role she
acts out Lana as a terrorist leader who show great
strategy when planning mission and keeping her
terrorist cell from discovery. Once again, showing a prowess in battle, especially when trying
to outwit Syrus Primoris and his army.
Whilst looking towards Katrina laws appearance it easy to see her as the roles above as she
displays all the attributes of a beautiful elegant women whilst having harsh feature such as
the cheek bone and the nose. This easily implies Katrina as strong women, who doesn’t get
taken for granted.
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Olivia Wilde
Olivia, is newcomer to international stardom due
appearances in House, Cowboys vs. Aliens, Tron and In
Time. Most of which she shows herself as strong lady
who can hold her own against an enemy. Olivia inmany of these features plays the support actress to
the main protagonist. In result she is depicted as
either a powerful ally who is equal in ability to the
protagonist or has more knowledge that helps guide
the main protagonist.
Interestingly her roles prior to her stardom where in
smaller more dramatic roles such as Alex Kelly in The
O.C. and Jewel Goldman in Skin (which is a take on
Romeo and Juliet.) showing her to be versatile whenacting different roles.
Olivia Wilde in appearance has a mixture of soft and hard features which gives very versatile
idea of her. Such as her acting roles since she began. The harsh toned cheek bones and nose
implying a woman who’s a mentally strong and robust. Whilst the soft feature such as the
eyes and mouth give off a more feminine stereotype of vulnerability and soft beauty -
angelic in some cases.
Gemma Arterton
Gemma is surprisingly new to the acting game, in theterms of noticeable roles. First of which was in the St.
Trinian’s playing the leader of rebellious teenager girls.
Moreover it was her role in Quantum of Solace which
really showed her potential and displayed her as an
elegant woman rather a devious teenager. Moreover her
role in Clash of The Titans showed her in a more mature
role also depicting her as the immortal Lo from Greek
mythology. With her rile she displayed a maturity vast
beyond her actual age and gave the character a more
strong and serious disposition then implied have beenguess from her appearance. In essence Gemma shows
herself as a natural beauty which strays away from the stereotype of beautiful angelic
women who can’t stand up for herself in physical battle.
As said before her appearance is softer than the others but her acting capabilities easily
mask this. Instead we gaze upon a godlier like appearance but with a resilient tone when
under pressure or endanger. Nevertheless she seems to have a nice balance of authority
and beauty which makes her a good candidate for the role of Athena.
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Previous Actress to play Athena
The actresses who have played the role of Athena have been able to show their sparse but a
few more recent films have showed a correlation between the actors and their appearance.The actors are:
These females suggest I am on the right track, as the women are similar in appearance with harshlydefined feature with a mixture of soft feature also. With this it easy to see that they display a sense
of prowess in leadership whilst still maintain the beauty of a female.
Figure 3 | Izabella Miko
'Clash of the Titans'
Figure 1| Isabella Lucas
'Immortals'
Figure 2 | Melina Kanakaredes
'Percy Jackson & The lightning Thief'