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 -The Resistance, 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 doesnt get taken for granted.

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 in many 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 when acting 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 whos 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 the terms of noticeable roles. First of which was in the St. Trinians 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 been guess from her appearance. In essence Gemma shows herself as a natural beauty which strays away from the stereotype of beautiful angelic women who cant 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.

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:

Figure 3 | Izabella Miko 'Clash of the Titans'

Figure 1| Isabella Lucas 'Immortals'

Figure 2 | Melina Kanakaredes 'Percy Jackson & The lightning Thief'

These females suggest I am on the right track, as the women are similar in appearance with harshly defined 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.