

For Agnes and the Hitman, Jenny picked Selma Blair and I used George Clooney from the movie The Peacemaker.Read an excerpt from Agnes and the Hitman and an excerpt from Don’t Look Down, and learn more about the books at Jenny Crusie's website and Bob Mayer's website. Agnes is a quirky, teetering-on-the-edge-of-insanity chef with a hit cookbook and a penchant for whacking ex-fiancées with frying pans. 21, 2007 Crusie and Mayer team up again ( Don’t Look Down, 2006) in a comic caper and raucous romance. I used Kurt Russell in the movie Soldier. AGNES AND THE HITMAN by Jennifer Crusie and Bob Mayer RELEASE DATE: Aug. So for Don’t Look Down, Jenny picked Lucy Lawless to play Lucy Armstrong, her heroine.


And not just the name, but the role they were in, because that means a lot too. So we end up picking actors and actresses to be the templates for our characters so the other person can visualize them. Because we're 600 miles apart we have to help each other with the characters. When Jenny Crusie and I co-write, we start with two characters. Here Mayer explains how he and Crusie use the movies to aid their collaboration: Two of his more recent books - Don’t Look Down and Agnes and the Hitman - were written with Jennifer Crusie. Bob Mayer is the New York Times bestselling author of over 35 books, both fiction and non-fiction.
