I believe someone asked how Natasha and Hannah would differ in appearance. What do you think of them being visual foils of each other? Though entirely different women, they both impacted Blue at different stages of her development. If Calamity Physics is going to center around Blue’s coming of age, this is significant.

Based on the description given of her in the Othello chapter, I envision Natasha as an angelic figure. Because she is never alive during the time frame of the book, whenever she is mentioned it is in Blue’s distant memory. I picture her as a wholesome looking blonde with the delicate bone structure of a ballerina and creamy white skin. Gareth says she was an “arabesque.” Blue tells us that her mother came from an aristocratic New York family but rejected many of their values and became a liberal activist type. Her appearance could reflect this. An actress with classic patrician features could play her. Naomi Watts came to mind. She should give off the vibe of being warm and giving.

Hannah, on the other hand, is a striking dark mysterious woman. I picture her with sleek straight shiny dark hair. Jennifer Connelly would be great to play her. She is the type of women who is always wearing dark eye makeup and heels. I envision her looking edgy and sexy. She could be dressed in a very minimalist fashion, often in black.

-Keegan