Our villain, The Chameleon, would be best portrayed by Paul Bettany. Mind you, as a Secret Service agent, he’d have to lose that Mohawk! The actor is a bit older than his high-school age character. You probably know Mark from Glee - he plays Puck. For Ollie’s boyfriend, Tom Mackenzie, I see Mark Salling. Not only does she have a great name for a White House-based story, she’s got a great sense of humor and a lot of pluck. From the start I’ve envisioned America Ferrera in the lead role. She’s petite (very short) and dark haired. In order to get this movie up and running, I first need to cast Ollie. That act of bravery (which angers the Secret Service to no end) thrusts Ollie into the midst of an international conspiracy and gets her “noticed” by an assassin known as The Chameleon.
She does what any red-blooded American would do in that situation: She conks him in the head with the frying pan. When the intruder manages to dodge the agents, he veers in Ollie’s direction. Secret Service agents are in hot pursuit and snipers on the roof are taking aim. Just as she makes it through security at the front gate, she spies a man running across the north lawn. In the opening scene of State of the Onion, Ollie is returning to the White House with a commemorative frying pan meant to be a gift for Henry, her boss who’s retiring.
Although I know I would definitely not have the final say if my WHChef books ever made it to the big screen, the question is so much fun that I can’t resist participating.įirst of all, a little intro: The White House Chef Mysteries feature Olivia (Ollie) Paras who feeds the First Family and saves the world in her spare time See, Hollywood? I already have my tagline! Readers always ask me who I would choose if I had the final say. But when it does, I know there won’t be any difficulty casting it. My answer is always “Soon, I hope!” but so far Hollywood hasn’t come calling. Wherever I go, readers ask when my White House Chef books will be turned into a movie.
Here she shares her idea on who might play her characters in a big screen adaptation of the novels: The Cozy Cookbook: More than 100 Recipes from Today’s Bestselling Mystery Authors ’15 (w/ Avery Aames, Ellery Adams, Leslie Budewitz, Laura Childs, Cleo Coyle, Victoria Hamilton, B.B.Julie Hyzy's White House Chef mysteries include Eggsecutive Orders (January 2010), Hail to the Chef (December 2008), and State of the Onion (January 2008). Made for Murder: A Collection of Suspense ’14
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