[raisetheroof]

I agree with most of your cast, with the exception of Jodie Foster. The reason being that, as I recall from the book, Dagny Taggart was a brunette. And that's the only quibble I had with Taylor Schilling.

So, I think Angie Harmon would have been a better fit for the role.

[rlmorel]

She did indeed have dark hair...but...that is what hair coloring is for! Honestly, though, I could not fault anyone for taking issue with my choices. I would say, though, that Dagny cannot be TOO good looking. She should have an angular, somewhat hard face, I would think. The kind of face that when other women see her in her executive role, they think she is a hard, sexless woman that men wouldn’t be attracted to (the same thought process Rearden’s wife, Lillian followed)

I have a darn hard time finding an angle at which Angie Harmon doesn’t look stunning...:)

Another choice for me would have been Helen Hunt.

[County Agent Hank Kimball]

It isn't realistic now, of course, but I have always thought of only one person when thinking of casting Dagny: Network-era Faye Dunaway.

Hank