With the major motion picture about to hit theaters, we decided to choose our favorite characters from the novel and see how they compare on the big screen.

There are so many great characters in Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time, it’s tough to choose a favorite (or five). With the Disney film coming to theaters next month, we will get to see these extraordinary characters brought to life on the big screen. Here are my choices for the top 5 characters in the book, as well as who will portray them in the movie.

5. MEG MURRAY

Meg is the protagonist of the story, a teenage girl. She is dealing with a difficult time in life, as her father has been missing for about a year. Meg’s character shows a lot of growth as the story progresses, and this makes her a pretty respectable and realistic character in my eyes. She struggles with anger and impatience, but learns to control these emotions and push through situations that would hold other people back. Her main goal is to rescue her father from the evil force in the universe, and she will stop at nothing to achieve this. Meg is played by Storm Reid in the movie.

4. MRS. WHATSIT

Mrs. Whatsit makes her debut in the book dressed as a tramp who has stolen bedsheets from someone’s home. The children come to love her as she treats them kindly and helps them as much as she can throughout the book. To me, Mrs. Whatsit is the warmest and most giving of the three celestial beings. The children learned later in their time with her that she gave up something she truly loved, her existence as a star, in order to fight the Darkness. This makes me like her even more because she will do anything to help others, even if it means sacrificing a lot of her personal happiness. Mrs. Whatsit is played by Reese Witherspoon in the movie, which seems very fitting in my opinion.

3. AUNT BEAST

Although Aunt Beast only makes a short appearance in the book, I feel that her presence in Meg’s life is extremely important. She helps Meg to get through a tough situation, nurses her back to health, and gives her plenty of motherly love, even though they are not even from the same planet. No one is credited as playing Aunt Beast in the movie, although it is possible that the character has been given a different name for the big screen.

2. CALVIN O’KEEFE

Calvin is a teenage boy who meets Meg and Charles Wallace seemingly by chance, but as time goes by, it appears more and more as though they were brought together by fate. Calvin shows a lot of strengths throughout the story, the most prominent of which being his capacity for loving others, even though he comes from a family that does not show him a lot of love. He is a necessary component to the adventure and is played by Levi Miller in the movie.

1. CHARLES WALLACE MURRAY

Possibly the smartest and most loving five-year-old child I’ve ever heard of, Charles Wallace is underestimated quite often. He is misconceived as a peculiar child who doesn’t talk much, and actually has abilities beyond what any of his family members can do. He communicates with and understands different types of life forms, and is also able to read minds. He also takes care of Meg and his other older siblings and their mother in the simplest but most thoughtful ways. Although he has moments of weakness, I believe this makes him very relatable on a human level. It’s tough to believe Charles Wallace is only five years old, and I am interested in seeing how he will be portrayed in the movie by actor Deric McCabe, who is nine years old.

A Wrinkle in Time releases in theaters on March 9, 2018.

Are you as excited as we are to see this novel translated to the big screen? Which characters are your favorites? Leave a comment below!

Jamie LeRoy is a Writer, Graphic Designer, and Photographer for The Geekiverse. One of her Geek New Years Resolutions was to read A Wrinkle in Time before seeing the movie, and now that she has read it, she CANNOT WAIT to see the movie.

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