Playing Casting Director

So I hear "The Host" is finally going to be made into a movie. Which I approve of. A lot. I've read it many times and unlike the Twilight series (which I do like), it gets better with each read. Little Sister and I decided to cast our own version of the main cast. Saoirse Ronan as Melanie? PFFFT. We beg to disagree and move to nominate the following. (Obviously this won't be a big budget movie, so some of these choices aren't possible, but we're playing here, so we can do whatever we want. ;) )

Melanie: Mandy Moore

Jaime: Freddie Highmore

Uncle Jeb: Jeff Fahey

Pet: Hayden Panettiere

And most importantly!

Jared: Jake Gyllenhaal

Ian: Josh Duhamel

I'm aware that most, if not all of these actors are older than the characters in the book. But if Stockard Channing can play a high school student at 33, I figure I can get away with just about anything.