A little background info – Panty and Stocking With Garterbelt is an incredibly screwy, bizarre and just plain frickin' weird show by Studio Gainax (of Evangelion and Gurren Lagann fame). It's about Panty and Stocking, two angel sisters that were kicked out of Heaven due to their bad behavior (Panty being a massive nymphomaniac, and Stocking has a sweet tooth as big as Antarctica). They're sent to live with Reverend Garterbelt, a priest with a variety of fetishes, in a place called Daten City. Their mission is to destroy the demonic beings and evil ghosts that plague the citizens, and once the angels collect enough Heaven coins, they can go back home.
Oh yeah, and they can turn their underwear into weapons.
Check it out for yourself and prepare to have your mind blown in the most awesomely weird way imaginable.
Just a quick taste of what you're in for...
Anyways, here's my live action cast.
Panty: Heather Morris
I had many other blond actresses lined up for who could play Panty, including Taylor Momsen (though it looks like she's put acting on hold to focus on her music career) and Amber Heard (who can play a feisty, but loveable bitchy type). But I decided to try out Heather. While her character on
Glee isn't particularly bitchy or mean (at least deliberately), she can be a great actress, and is gorgeous, so yeah. My secondary choice is Juno Temple, going by what I've seen of her in clips of
Dirty Girl, so yeah.
Stocking: Lucy Hale
Well, I love Lucy on
Pretty Little Liars, and she's able to play sarcastic and edgy, plus she has the pale complexion and dark hair contrast look for Stocking. Plus I would personally love to see her take on action.
Garterbelt: Terry Crews
He’s able to pull off both comedy and action, so he seemed like a natural fit for Garterbelt to me. And his voice is perfect.
Brief: Rupert Grint
Red hair, good with comedy, and could pull off being handsome when Brief has his little moment in the spotlight. Whether he keeps the accent or masters an American one is up in the air.
Scanty: Isabel Lucas
I don’t know. I wanted to go for an actress known for playing sexy sorts of characters, but also can bring some high, over-the-top emotion. Isabel looks like Scanty, plus I'd like to see her try her hand at an evil character again.
Kneesocks: Jennifer Lawrence
Great actress, kickin' body, and experience with action. I'd like to see her take Kneesocks, the more levelheaded Demon sister.
Corset: Tobin Bell
All I've ever seen him in were a couple movies in the Saw franchise before it went downhill. But Tobin is just awesome at playing evil and sadistic, and as the demonic Corset, he can be an all-out ham!
Chuck and Fastener: CGI
Well, they’re mostly only “zipper dogs” that serve kind of as shout-outs to GIR from Invader Zim. Animatronics and CGI should do the trick.