Elyssa Friedland's "Love and Miss Communication"

Elyssa Friedland graduated from Columbia University School of Law in 2007 and subsequently worked as an associate at a major firm.

Here she dreamcasts an adaptation of Love and Miss Communication, her debut novel:

Ahh! This was truly an amazingly fun exercise, especially because I really believe my novel Love and Miss Communication is very cinematic. Any movie producers out there? I hope you�re reading this!

The book would definitely translate into a romantic comedy, and who better to star as Evie Rosen, my lovable, neurotic heroine, than Emma Stone? To be honest I didn�t picture Evie as a redhead when I was writing the book. Anne Hathaway was kind of in the back of my mind the entire time, but now that I have some distance from it I really see this role as perfect for Emma Stone. She was so amazing in Easy A, which is a really great movie and totally underrated, and while she is absolutely stunning I think she�s able to play an �everyday woman� equally well. Evie is strong, highly intelligent, funny, somewhat misunderstood and just a little bit off track in her life, and Emma Stone would nail that role.

The most fun role to pay in the book would have to be Bette Rosen, Evie�s ailing, big-mouthed grandmother. I like to think of her a bit as having the attitude of Maggie Smith, the dowager countess from Downton Abbey. But Maggie Smith doesn�t look right for the role. Too wrinkled (sorry Maggie!) and too regal. So I�m reaching for television talent to fill the role. Doris Roberts, the grandma on Everybody Loves Raymond, would be perfection as the beloved, nagging bubbe to Evie.

On to the men. I reached out to friends for this one. Jack, the celebrity chef who stole Evie�s heart and then trampled it carelessly, is very much a Hollywood bad boy type. He�s the guy every woman falls for even though she shouldn�t. So I see Colin Farrell fitting this role very nicely. Or Jon Hamm, channeling his jerky side from Bridesmaids. Dr. Edward Cooper is trickier. He�s really a good guy that Evie falls for over time. He should be handsome but not overtly reeking of sex appeal. I think Rob Lowe would do the trick.

The TWASPs (you�ll have to read the book to understand that acronym) would be amazingly portrayed by Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, but alas I think that is something of a pipe dream�

Evie�s group of friends would have to be played by my own group of friends, because I�m pretty sure I made drunken promises to at least two of them that if this book gets made into a movie I will try to cast them.

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The Page 69 Test: Love and Miss Communication.

--Marshal Zeringue