fan cast

verb

To mentally assign a real-life person to play the role of a fictional character, based on one’s preferences as a fan.

“I fan cast Andrew Garfield as Remus Lupin.”

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Meanings

verbfan cast (third-person singular simple present fan casts, present participle fan casting, simple past and past participle fan cast or (common, but sometimes proscribed) fan casted)

present singular third person fan casts · participle present fan casting · common error unknown tag participle past proscribed sometimes fan casted · common error unknown tag past proscribed sometimes fan casted · alternative fancast

  1. slanglifestyleTo mentally assign a real-life person to play the role of a fictional character, based on one’s preferences as a fan.

    I fan cast Andrew Garfield as Remus Lupin.

nounfan cast (plural fan casts)

plural fan casts · alternative fancast

  1. slanglifestyleA person who has been fan cast for some particular role.

    Andrew Garfield is my fan cast of Remus Lupin.

Origin

From fan + cast.

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APA

fan cast. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fan%20cast

MLA

“fan cast.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fan%20cast. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fan cast,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fan%20cast.

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