Journal #23

For Othello i would cast I would cast Samuel L Jackson (maybe a few years younger) because of his commanding presence and nobility.
"It gives me wonder great as my content
 To see you here before me. O my soul's joy!" (2.1.199-200)
"I will a round unvarnished tale deliver
Of my whole course of love..." (1.3.106-107)
For Desdemona I would cast Anne Hathaway for her tranquility and also partly for the fact Shakespeare married a woman with the same name.
"Why do you speak so faintly? Are you not well?" (3.3.325)
"I am very sorry that you are not well" (3.3.333)
For Emilia I would cast Anjelina Jolie for her strength and scheming abilities.
"This was her first remembrance from the Moor.
My wayward husband hath a hundred times
Wooed me to steal it." (3.3.335-338)
For Iago I would cast christian Bale for his darkness (connected to Batman) and his strength.
"Myself the while to draw the Moor apart
And bring him jump when he may Cassio find
Soliciting his wife." (2.3.407-409)
"I remember a mass of things, but nothing
distinctly" (2.2.307-308)