Casting Talk: We discuss Magnus fan fave, Shannon Kook

Shannon Kook is one of the top contenders that have auditioned for the role of our favorite High Warlock, Magnus Bane. Shannon is a fan favorite to play Bane in the film adaptation of ‘City of Bones’.

It all started when Shannon Kook posted a picture of himself as Magnus Bane and reading City of Bones.

Some of you may know him from playing Zane Park on Degrassi and Xan on Verona: The Movie. So Kook is obviously no stranger to playing a gay role. Shannon is South African and Chinese so he can relate to Magnus.

He has been fighting for the role for a long time. He is definitely one of the fan favorites and has a lot of us on his side. There have been over 100 actors that have auditioned to play Magnus. The race is still going on. Shannon has to be one of the top contenders or he wouldn’t have gotten this far. Shannon has voiced plenty of times that he was still in the race. Kook is so into the role of Magnus that he even added a 'Magnus album' on his facebook page for us to fangirl over.

Shannon has stated more than once that he was still in this thing. The last time that he officially stated it was June 13^th when I asked him if he could give us any updates. 

 Yesterday Shannon tweeted a picture of him getting his hair buzzed for a show that he is guest staring in. This got me thinking, is he still in the running? I certainly hope so.

I am not that worried because Shannon can cut his hair and still be in the movie. He can wear a wig. They were going to have to add hair to hair anyway right? It has been done plenty of times before.

I know that I am still rooting for Shannon, are you?

- Satin

Casting Rumor: Did Shannon Kook-Chun audition for Magnus Bane?

I've been trying hard not to get too excited when it comes to casting rumors, but there is some compelling evidence that Shannon Kook-Chun (@shannonkook on Twitter), best known for his role as Zane Park on Degrassi, may have auditioned for the role of Magnus Bane for The Mortal Instruments movie.

Here's a series of tweets we have seen from Shannon this week, which was blogged on purplelittlething:






What do we know about Shannon? Here's the lowdown on him. According to Degrassi Wiki, Shannon Kook-Chun is a South African and Chinese actor known for playing the character of Zane Park on Degrassi. His father is Chinese and his mother is South African. Argiris Karras encouraged him to try out for the role of Zane Park. They are friends in real life. Shannon has been a guest star in the CBC shows, "Being Erica" and "The Border". He also plays the role of Deven Phillips in the show, Baxter with a former Degrassi star Evan Williams, who plays Baxter McNab. He plays opposite a former Degrassi actor, John Bregar, in "Verona: The Movie", where they both portray gay men. Shannon has stated that he is not gay in real life.

Here's a link to his IMDb page.

Are you excited about this possible casting choice? Do you think Shannon is the perfect Magnus? Share your thoughts below or check out my thoughts on Twitter!