Mona Lisa Overdrive
Book Character Casting
Bobby Newmark = Dominic Monaghan
(see: Charlie in ‘Lost’)
Angie Mitchell = Erin Moriarty
(see: Starlight in ‘The Boys’)
Mona = Emilie de Ravin
(see: Claire in ‘Lost’)
Eddy = Jeremy Davies
(see: Dickie Bennett in ‘Justified’)
Slick Henry = Will Patton
(see: Chick in 'Armageddon')
Gentry = Cillian Murphy
(see: Jim in '28 Days Later')
Little Bird = Danny Cooksey
(see: Tim Cookey, who was John Connor's ginger friend with a mullet in 1995 in 'Terminator 2: Judgement Day')
Kid Afrika = JB Smoove
(see: Leon Black in ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’)
Kumiko Yanaka = Sarah Bock
(see: Miss Huang, the creepy little girl in ‘Severance’ season 2)
Colin = Tom Holland
(see: Spider-Man in 'Avengers: Endgame')
Sally Shears aka Molly Millions = Lucy Liu
(see: O-Ren Ishii in ‘Kill Bill’)
Prior = Dylan McDermott
(see: Bobby Donnell in 'The Practice')
Gerald = Jere Burns
(see: Duffy in ‘Justified’)
Petal = Vinnie Jones
(see: Bullet Tooth Tony in 'Snatch')
Cherry Chesterfield = Courtney Love
(see: lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist in the band 'Hole')
Lady 3Jane = Famke Janssen
(see: Olivia Godfrey in 'Hemlock Grove')
Turner = Nathan Fillion
(see: Captain Malcolm “Mal” Reynolds in ‘Firefly’)
Tick = Danny DeVito
(see: Frank Reynolds in 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia')
- Shane's Lobos
04 January 2026 (v1.1)
“But did it wake, Kumiko wondered, when the alley was empty? Did its laser vision scan the silent fall of midnight snow?”
― Mona Lisa Overdrive <William Gibson>
“He couldn’t remember when he hadn’t been able to remember, but sometimes he almost could. That was why he had built the Judge, because he’d done something—it hadn’t been anything much, but he’d been caught doing it, twice—and been judged for it, and sentenced, and then the sentence was carried out and he hadn’t been able to remember, not anything, not for more than five minutes at a stretch. Stealing cars. Stealing rich people’s cars. They made sure you remembered what you did.”
― Mona Lisa Overdrive <William Gibson>
“How were they weird?” “Hoodoos. Thought the matrix was full of mambos ’n’ shit. Wanna know something, Moll?” “What?” “They’re right.”
― Mona Lisa Overdrive <William Gibson>
Responses to “Mona Lisa Overdrive – Book Character Casting”
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Solid casting choices. Little Bird played by the ginger from Terminator 2 is spot on, exactly who I had pictured haha. I think Dominic Monaghan is an appropriate Hollywood-castable Bobby Newmark. I think I was picturing Machine Gun Kelly when I read Count Zero..maybe because I initially thought Bobby was an annoying twerp.
I’m stumped on who would play Tick. Maybe Danny Devito?
-CW
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Or maybe Jeff Garlin, with a wig resembling “a greasy spill of curls”
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I heard back from DeVito’s agent – he’s in! He said something about losing all his Jersey Mike’s money at the dog track and needing the work.
I don’t think there’s much of a physical description of Tick in the story. And I think it’s a good rule in life to always include Danny DeVito when given the option.
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Ves'-Ka Gan 
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