Laura I think Michael. Brendan Fehr has a gruff yet funny and charming persona that our Michael had too.

Mel It�s that good-heartedness covered by a lot of testosterone. I think that Max is quite a bit like the Max in the books.

Laura The Max and Liz relationship is pretty close.

Mel It�s definitely the heart of the book series too.

But some of the others, like Maria, are very different. She�s sort of funny in both, but in different ways. I do think the cast is amazing. Whether they�re like what I was thinking of when I was doing the books or not, in that alternate universe way, I just enjoy them both.