After watching The Order, I believe Peter Weller needs to be on Alias. Homeboy has grown downright cadaverous in the years since Buckaroo Banzai.

Some more candidates for Mommy!Sark, and some analysis. I've been promising this for a little while, now, so it's about time I post it (I have got some really weird-ass hobbies *shakes head*). First, some 'sacrificial lambs' in terms of Mommy!Sark casting 'rules' (and these are just my personal guidelines, but just so y'all know where I stand):

-alterable appearance is unimportant. I don't care if someone's not a natural blond and has brown eyes, as long as they can 'wig-and-contact' their way through it and convince me it's real.
-Lazarey had... what, grey eyes? blue-grey? I hear brown's dominant, but if someone can convince me that genetics would still allow Sark blue eyes under weird circumstances, I'll buy it... for a Susan Sarandon or other acting equivalent.

Down to it:

Susan Sarandon
Age: 57
Resemblance: Aside from having brown eyes and red hair? Still my top choice. For facial resemblance and just how she carries herself, her mannerisms are soooo 'Sark'. She can do dark blonde easily, so why not?
Acting ability: I don't think I need to elaborate too much here, just to say that Susan Sarandon can do damn near anything short of parting the ocean... her range is just amazing. She's agelessly sexy like Lena Olin, and can make any straight fangirl and gay fanboy question their sexuality every time she graces the screen (well, IMO). Who better to play the mother of a sexy, graceful, subtle villain than a sexy, graceful, subtle woman? I know I've also suggested her as Mommy!Reed, but I realized... that I don't care about Lauren's background that much. It would be a waste of Susan's talents. Sark deserves a backstory 100 times more than Lauren does.
Accent possibilities: I've never heard her with a British accent, but I know she's done some accents. I know she did a 'Russian' accent as Bart's ballet teacher on the Simpsons. Although it was exaggerated, that was purposeful. What matters is that it was consistant.
Does TV Guest Spots?: My favourite, giddy part... yes. Simpsons, MadTV, Friends, Malcolm in the Middle... I would hope that Alias would also be a Susan-magnet, even though it isn't comedy, just for the caliber of it's cast and the intrigue of the plotlines.
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Kristine Sutherland
Age: 48
Resemblance: Good. She looks like she could be Susan Sarandon's sister. Blue eyes: no, but could work contacts convincingly. Blond hair: yes.
Acting ability: Well, she played Joyce Summers on 'Buffy', so: duh. Kristine is definitely good, and I'm pretty sure she can do a lot more than 'Joyce'. I think her acting style could really work on Alias. My only reservation is that she's on the young end of the necessary age bracket, and doesn't look older than her age. Of course, I might be convinced otherwise.
Accent possibilities: Don't know.
Does TV Guest spots?: Yes.
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Swoosie Kurtz
Age: 59
Resemblance: Passable. Blue eyes: yes. Blond hair: usually no, but can go blonde convincingly.
Acting ability: Good, but what I've seen of her work hasn't involved portraying an Alias-appropriate character. I think there's enough of a resemblance physically, and would like to know for sure, but what I've seen of her work doesn't show the right presence to play 'Mommy Sark', in my opinion. But then, I put her in here as the 'underdog' of sorts, because I have one basic concept of what Mommy!Sark would be like, while I'm sure others have different opinions, and I'm free to hear them.
Accent possibilities: Don't know.
Does TV Guest spots?: Yes.
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I have 4 others 'with notes' that I still need more info on, but I'll post them later, as this gets too long with the info and the forum has a heart attack on me.

Lina, I'm curious about the other 4 potential Sark!Moms. I've previously suggested Susan Sarandon for a guest spot (b/c I think she's an amazing actress, and it would be fun to see what she could on Alias (and w/Victor Garber's Jack!)) I think Swoosie Kurtz would be great too. I'm not familiar w/the other actress mentioned. Who are the others?

Yes, tell us the others! I could definitely see Susan Sarandon capable of the presence necessary for MommySark, and I wouldn't have thought of her. Nice.

Swoosie Kurtz, hmmm. I've only really seen her in comedic roles, so can't really say. It's hard to think of blond older women in the right age for this role. Plus, we don't really know "her" nationality, although I'm thinking Irish or English.

Big ole' word on the Susan Sarandon love. Not only is she one of the coolest people I've ever met, she's hot. To see her on the show in any role would kick ass.

Very interesting list, LinaBo. I think so far I like Susan Sarandon best. Marmee as Sark's mom, I love it. She really is an inspired choice. Not sure if I can see Kristine as mom, but then I always think of her either as Buffy's mom or as the mom in Honey, I Shrunk The Kids. I guess I haven't really seen her in much else. SK would never have occurred to me, I mostly remember her from Sisters, but I do like her a lot. Looking forward to the rest of your list.

My wishlist casting would be Natasha Richardson. Not going on any resemblance (or lack thereof), I just like her. She comes across as very elegant. Don't know how old she is though, may be too young.

On another note, I'm late chiming in, but gotta add to the Miranda Otto love. She would rock.

Here's the rest (previously typed into a notepad):

Others I'm looking into, but who's work I need to see more of because I'm either unworthy, can't remember seeing it, or haven't seen it at all. Feel free to contribute info, insight, opinions, what-have-you:

Judy Geeson: Spotted her on a rerun of Mad About You. Thought she was worth a look. Picture 1
Sissy Spacek: Sort of dawned on me as an entirely different choice with resemblance. I'm ashamed that I haven't really seen her in anything=\ Don't know if she would do TV, though. Picture 1, Picture 2
Helen Mirren: Trying to hit the right age group, I hit IMDB's listing for 'Calendar Girls' for a talent pool (for some reason the 45-55 age range for good actresses is some sort of dead zone for potential Mommy!Sarks). She looks a bit too old, possibly, but who knows. Picture 1 (she's in the pink), picture 2
Denise Crosby: I'm a former Trekkie/Trekker... whatever you'd call it (shut up, so is everyone else;P ). In any case, straining my brain for ideas, I thought 'what the hell happened to whatzernamewhoplayedwhozit... Yar?', and looked her up. She's still acting, but not in anything that anyone would really know. When she was younger, she was a dead ringer for a female version of Sark, which has me very interested. Picture 1, Picture 2

I like the idea of Sissy Spaceck, Susan Sarandon, or Helen Miren, with my personal favorite for the role being Susan Sarandon, just because I think that she could do the best in terms of interacting with the rest of the cast.

JenMD Natasha Richardson was born in 1963, and even though DA was born in 1981 I believe that Sark is supposed to be more like 36 (the Julian Sark trading card says Sark's presumed birth year is 1968), which would make it a little implausible for her to play Mama!Sark without a little help aging from the makeup dept. Then again this is Alias, so they could justify it by saying that she died 20 years ago and then this year she was brought back to life by the Rambaldi life juice.

Given that the ABC site says in the Sark profile says:



and the cards/magazine/etc tend to be choc full of inaccuracies... I'd take it with a grain of salt. '6' could easily be a typo of '7', which would be consistant with the ABC profile.

Yeah, there's no way I believe that they intend Sark to be mid 30s (or older, depending on if the 2 year jump put us in the future or not). I've always figured his character to be mid 20s, somewhere around there. And since LO/JG managed a very credible mother/daughter relationship with only a 16 year difference, I could see a talented actress pulling off a similar age difference as Sark's mom.

LinaBo, very interesting rest of the list you've got. Really, really like your choice of Helen Mirren. She'd be fierce. And Judy Geeson. Wow, she's a great match, physically. Makes me wonder what David's real mom looks like. As for Sissy, I like her a lot, but I don't see Sark with a southern mom (and I don't think I've ever seen her not use her accent)(she's already got an Alias connection though...) :-)

Very cool, Lina. I agree that Susan Sarandon would kick nine kinds of ass as Sark's mother. She's elegant, cool, and beautiful. Perfect match *applause*.



I actually posted the reason why that's possible in the "Remnants" thread, fourth post from the top. Hope that helps you.

Thanks, I've copied that into my notepad... I think it would be cool if Susan Sarandon was on, and as Mommy!Sark made some comment about how Sarky inherited so-and-so's blue eyes. I know it sounds dorky and weird, but I think with her imposing demeanour, she could deliver it in a way similar to the classic Irina 'You look just like him' line... making it personal, giving Sark even more history that he know he didn't have (Maybe M!S could wistfully mention how much her son looks like her own father? That would be cool).

And hey, I know how much J.J. likes to create the characters from the actors' real history... well, Susan Sarandon is half Italian and half Welsh, which sort of fits into a whole 'Rambaldi meets Great Britain' thing? Maybe M!S is a descendant of Rambaldi who sent her boy away to be raised British.

Don't mind me... I read into this stuff way too much. I'd much rather they be sure and have someone who fits the part play the part (rather than the classic horror that is the movie industry's 'Egypt Complex', where no one knows what 'Egyptian' looks like... but I digress.)

ETA: I'd just like to summarize my Sarksibs (halfsibs?) wishlist, and make an addition, as well: In addition to Julie Cox and Paul Bettany, I'd love to see Uma Thurman. We've had QT, there are connections! I believe it's possible!!!

LinaBo, I have a suggestion for a Sark sibling - *winces*

Jay Mohr - but only if he had a complete personality transplant and stopped being a jackass. He can be half decent in movies when given the right script (obviously not including Pluto Nash and Jane Austen's Mafia).

The second photo under the "Go" heading vaguely resembles DA/Sark, IMO.

Hmm... yeah, he does have a resemblance... but he has darker features which might not jive... and can he do a British accent?

If I had to pick only one Sark Sib, it'd be Uma. Definitely Uma, all the way.

Orlando Bloom or Jude Law would make excellent brothers of Sark. Hot British boys all around!

I second Orlando Bloom. And Viggo Mortensen. And Miranda Otto. Hell, I wish we could have the entire cast of LotR- it would make for a kickass crossover show.

(Can you tell I've been on a LotR overdose lately?)

I like the idea of Uma Thurman. She'd be a good nemesis for Syd. And not only have we had QT, but we've had Ethan Hawke (her estranged hubby) and David Carradine (Bill of Kill Bill).

Viggo! He could play the head of the Covenant. Maybe he could kidnap Vaughn for some reason, and Sark is working with him...and then I die from having too many hot men in the same room. SWUD.

ETA: I also think Miranda Otto would have made a great Lauren. At least she has the accent for it. And she's pretty.

Maybe they could guest as... Marshall's parents? Come on, the proud papa is gonna want to show off that baby, and there couldn't be a better way to work these two in than as doting grandparents, IMO.

Oh, that's perfect!!! They look a lot like him, too. It would be such a good in joke...

I'd quite like to see Cate Blanchett appear at some point, even if it was just a little guest spot.

Obviously it's too late, but if only Cate would do regular TV... she would've made a much better Lauren. *sigh*.

ETA: Pretty much based on appearance, so I need to verify some other stuff, but:

Another possible MommySark: Kate Capshaw? (that second pic is from 20 years ago, just for some age reference) She looks so much like him, and her husband Steven Spielberg seems to be quite a fan of the show. I wonder...

Another possible SisterSark: Marley Shelton? I don't know, I haven't really seen much of her work.

Lena Olin as Irina Derevko.

That list is probably endless, isn't. I also love the idea of Miranda Otto. Oh my, the possibilities. :::double sigh:::

Re: your newest suggestions, LinaBo, I should really never say never since I thought Richard Lewis seemed like an absurd casting choice and he worked out great, imo, but I can't see Kate as Mommy Sark. She's too... whiny? Not sure if that's the word I'm even looking for. Not a strong enough presence, I guess.

As for Marley Shelton, I've liked her in some things, but kind of the same problem above, I don't think she's weighty enough. Not literally of course, but as an actress. She's always struck me as bit of a cream puff.

I think my favorite SarkSis suggested so far has been Julie Cox.

What about Kristin Scott Thomas for Sark's mom?

And my pipe dream of the day: Annette Bening as Elena Derevko

I don't in what role, but they really need to bring Michelle Yeoh to the show (my computer is being rude, and not allowing me to link). She's been doing her own stunts in Jackie Chan films for years, and was excellent in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Plus, she was a Bond girl! What more could you want?

If JJ gets Kristin Scott Thomas on this show I will die of happiness.

Channel7, I like your idea of Annette Bening, at least from a visual perspective (I don't get to watch much... resemblances are more my forte) here and here she looks like SpyAuntie Katya, but she's got a lot of little features similar to our SpyMommy, too...

For a younger Elena, how about Diane Lane? Look here and here. I thought she'd make a good younger SpyMommySib even before 'Elena'. She looks a lot like Lena. Of course, it probably won't happen... but hell, this show has a lovely knack of getting people who you'd never think would do TV...

My BrotherSark wish is for Jude Law. Different eye colour but gee they would look pretty on the screen together.

If Elena is younger than her sisters (at least ten years), Monica Bellucci would be wonderful. She's beautiful, she's a brunette and she can really do poisonous. I keep thinking of the 18th century spy she played in "Le pacte des loups", where she cut a man's throat with a fan. I love that woman.

Another good Elena might be a French actress named Carole Bouquet--she's about the right age (a few years younger than LO), a beautiful brunette, and European. She's been in some quite good French movies, although I have no idea how good her English is. About ten years ago, she was in a series of famous advertisements for Chanel No. 5, which people may remember.

I like the Monica Bellucci idea as well.

I second this motion.
Ooh. And Quentin Tarantino.
And having Jude Law as Sark's brother would rock. I loved Isabella Rosselinni (sic) this week as Irina's sister. My friend's mom said a while ago that Lena Olin reminded her of Barbara Hershey. There is some resemblence; has it been said that Elena is younger than Irina? Because if she's older? Barbara Hershey might work. There probably could be a better picture found (I got it on Google), but there is a little resemblence.

My first thought for the third and youngest Derevko sister was Juliette Binoche, but Future Mr. SullivanLane came up with a better one: Famke Janssen. She played Jean Grey in the "X-Men" movies and actually might have a bit of a resemblance at least to Lena Olin.

I'd love to see Ornella Muti as Elena. She's had an interesting career in Europe, but hasn't really made any substantial American films. But I always thought she bore a passing resemblance to Lena Olin. According to the IMDB, she's a year older than LO and three years younger than IR. (And, as a bonus, apparently she worked on a film with IR last year.)

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I wonder if we could get Goran Visnjic on (as a good guy, but not CIA/NSC/etc, maybe?). If the accent and the intentions can be explained away, could he be related to Soymoan? Because he looks like him...

Mmm... Luka goodness... I just started watching ER, despite fan complaints, simply for Goran.

ETA: I know it can no longer happen, but I can't help but dwell on the past just a smidge (because I hate the casting of Lauren that much). I just have to say that, for the record, I would have made the 'Lauren' character a recurring one, and would have convinced Rachel Weisz to play the character. Not only would she have lived up to the 'positive hype' that J.J. and Melissa and few other people tried to cram down our throats, but she can play fearless, she can play dangerous, and she's absolutely one of the most charming actresses ever. Hell, if she had been cast instead, I may just have been conflicted over the outcome of the triangle, and I wouldn't even mind the Lark that we'll be getting.

That said, I will settle for a guest appearance as a consolation...

I would love to see Ted King from General Hospital guest star or have a recurring role. Maybe some high ranking member of the Covenant, maybe just a contact of Vaughn's. I don't really care. He's hot, he can act, and ...he's hot. Strokable hair, sexy voice, lovely back muscles, what else could you ask for? Plus he already works for ABC, so it would just be a hop, skip, and a jump from the GH studios to the ALIAS ones. Please, JJ? Pleeeeeaaaassssseeee????? Maybe I'll go put a word in over at Dear JJ thread, just in case he actually is paying attention.

I stumbled across a child actor who I'd just like to mention for the record, in case we ever get a flashback to the whole dysfunctional 'childhood of Sark'. This kid looks like a young version of him. Seriously. He even seems to have the crooked lip (albeit, on the other side, but the film could alway be flipped. Who knows?)

see?

I have no idea if he can act, but just like with Sarah K. Peterson (who plays Young Syd), there's no need for a speaking part...

*sighs* I'm just dying to know more about Sark, without his being used as a prop and being assassinated character-wise being passed off as character development... when it's not. More screen time does not equal more character development.

Hmm. Looks like Jimmy's pushy mum wrote his biography.

But yes, he could be pretty good.

I was just searching IMDB and I compiled a list of various actors I would love to see on Alias, although JJ needs to utilize the actors he has. He also need to give his past guest stars some closure. So, while Brill, Ana Espinosa (Gina Torres), Yeager,Jim Lennox and the therapist from the Indicator (Amy Aquino) are floating out there in the Aliasverse, I would love to see Miranda Otto (ditto to everyone!), Helen Mirren, Chris Cooper (he was so good in the Bourne Identity, imagine him opposite VG), Charlotte Gainsbourg, Samantha Morton, Rachel Weisz, Jeremy Northam, Justin Kirk (from Angels in America), Benicio del Toro, Colin Firth (of course) and Thandie Newton. I also agree with Miss Lizzie about Carole Bouquet. Phew...that was alot.

P.S. JJ, Bring back Richard Roundtree for some more SpyChess

Wow. I just looked her up on Google and she does really look like LO. Although I'd love to have LO back too...
Ooh. And as a cousin to Syd, Hillary Swank.

oooooh, I was just thinking....wouldn't Jack Black be abso-f***ing-lutely hilarious as Marshall's brother?? I'd die. Also, word on the Rachel Weisz suggestion, LinaBo.

Hee. It's probably just me, but back in the day (whenever there's absolutely nothing on at ALL), on Lizzie McGuire (ew), there was this kid that played the outcast that really looked like Marshall. I forget his name, but do you know who I mean? That would work for like a nephew or when his son gets older or something.

You mean this kid? Yeah, I've seen him on Lizzie McGuire before (shut up, I have tween sisters), but I never really made the connection between his character and Marshall until someone mentioned it in the Alias spinoff thread. He kinda looks like a geeky Frankie Muniz.

I think Kate Beckinsale would make an excellent guest star, especially for the purpose of being Sydney's sister. She bares the needed resemblance to the right people to play such a role (Here, she looks like Sydney, here, she reminds me of SpyMommy, and for some reason when she grins she also reminds me of The Rifkin. Plus she seems like a total chameleon. I love actors who are chameleons!

*sighs* I can dream, can't I? She hasn't done TV since 1997, with 'Emma'. If there's one show that can get the guest stars that no one else can, though, it's Alias. Even if right now it is sooooo unworthy.

Lina, all the damn spoilers in that post almost made me go crazy! ;-)

I'd love it if Monica Bellucci would guest-star but she's pregnant so guess she wouldn't be on the show anytime soon.

Regarding Carole Bouquet's English, she played the Bond girl Melina in For Your Eyes Only back in '81 and it was pretty good - I have no idea if she actually speaks English fluently or not. I think I can see her as the third Derevko sister though, she seems to be around the right age, and she's beautiful.

Anyone else see Frances O' Connor , the lady from AI, as a potential Derevko?

Ohh, she certainly has Lena Olin's smile. Besides we already have a Swede and an Italian so why not an Englishwoman to round out the sisterhood?

Possibly, she's got something of the "Derevko look" about her, but I think she's a tad too young to be Elena...maybe a Spycousin?

Lina! To quote Phoebe from "The One Where No One Knows"...
"AUGH! MY EYES!!!"
Spoilers. My friend and foe.
And word on Frances O' Connor. And is it just me, or does anyone else want that Martin Shepard guy to come back? I loved the accent.