Jeffries's favourite among his cast is palpably the great Walter Benjamin, the Kafka of critical theory.
So if your favourite wasn't cast, then it is most likely due to something on that list.
Yet she was John Osborne's favourite actor - cast, at his request, in The Entertainer (1960) - both because of her ability to turn moods on a sixpence and because one of her specialities was Osborne's pet hate, the narrow-minded mother-in-law with pretensions.
It elegantly revives Almodovár's signature tropes and repertory cast favourites, circling around ideas of yearning, memory and loss.
The movie elegantly revives Almodóvar's signature tropes and repertory cast favourites, circling around themes of yearning, memory, transformation and loss.
Vliegenthart mainly focuses on young adult literature (Stephenie Meyer's The Host is a favourite) but occasionally casts a critical eye on adult fiction (The Road, The Virgin Suicides).
Anne is Scotland's favourite royal and seems cast in our image and likeness.
Joining the core crew this year is Wharf Revue favourite Amanda Bishop and new cast member Doug Hansell.
Meanwhile Ryan Seacrest is interviewing Emmy nominee and Saturday Night Live performer Bill Hader, who's by far my favourite of the SNL cast.
Over the next five months, children the length and breadth of Scotland will be reading the three shortlisted books in their age category and voting for their favourite (28,000 votes were cast for the 2015 award - phew!).
