Wikipedia description of the character:<\/p>\n Lula was introduced as a minor character working as a hooker in the first book in the series, One For the Money<\/a><\/em>. In Two For the Dough<\/a><\/em>, she becomes Vinnie’s filing clerk and Stephanie’s sometimes partner. Stephanie refers to her as a plus-sized black woman who attempts to shove a size 16 body into size 10 spandex. According to the reader poll on Evanovich’s official site<\/a>, the favored actress to portray Lula is Mo’Nique<\/a>. She reappears in later books after she begins to work as a file clerk at the bail bonds office. The other file clerk quit after Vinnie attempted to sexually harass her. Lula is a poor file clerk, and frequently accompanies Stephanie when she is going after bonded clients who haven’t shown up for their court appearance (known colloquially as Failure to Appear, or FTAs). By the 11th book, Lula has worked her way up into being a full time bounty hunter and takes over for Stephanie after she quits working as a bounty hunter. Eventually Stephanie returns to the job, and Lula goes back to being the file clerk and Stephanie’s sometime partner.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n It\u2019s Sherri-Sherri Shepherd Y\u2019all!! Ok, so it\u2019s not Queen Latifah<\/a> as I had hoped in my movie casting wishes<\/a>, or the favored Mo’Nique<\/a>, but hey, I don\u2019t think she\u2019s too bad! She\u2019s got what it takes to be Lula, don\u2019t you think? I know like with most of the other characters there will always people who disagree because they had someone set in their minds to play them, but for the most part I think people will be ok with this.<\/p>\n She\u2019s black, she\u2019s got spunk, she definitely can be dressed up to look like an overweight whore and if that doesn\u2019t convince you, look at this:<\/p>\n Dude, she\u2019s totally gonna pop a cap in someone\u2019s ass! Doesn\u2019t that have \u2018Angry Lula Face\u2019 written all over it?<\/p>\n She can do this, people! I know she can! It\u2019s going to be hilarious, trust me.<\/p>\n The only concern I have is that I think a lot of people imagined Lula to be less\u2026 girly? Sherri Shepherd may be bigger than the average gal but she\u2019s also somewhat feminine and her voice is higher than I imagine Lula\u2019s to be. When I think of Lula I don\u2019t think of big just as in overweight, but big in an intimidating way, perhaps a tad butchy with a voice that holds some real deep power.<\/p>\n Will Sherri Shepherd be able to make that side of Lula show through? If not I may be eating my words about her being able to pull this off.<\/p>\n If you don\u2019t know who Sherri Shepherd is, you may recognize her from being on The View<\/a>.<\/p>\n Vinnie Plum<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Wikipedia description of the character:<\/p>\n Vinnie is the owner of Vincent Plum’s Bail Bonds, where Stephanie is employed. He is also Stephanie’s cousin, and he can barely tolerate his employees. He’s rumored to have had a romantic relationship with a duck and is usually locked away in his office talking with his bookie; taking a snooze or having a conversation with his "Johnson".<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Ok, so if I were to ask you if you knew who Patrick Fischler<\/a> was, would you know?<\/p>\n No? Me neither.<\/p>\n I\u2019m sure you recognize him when you look at his photo though, the same as I did. He\u2019s one of those actors that you know from things, you always recognize his photo but if someone ever asked you who he is you\u2019d never know.<\/p>\n Like that other guy, you know the blond one\u2026 in that show, with the girl.<\/p>\n Regardless, what I DO <\/em>know from the shows I\u2019ve seen this guy in is that he can do creepy, and really, what else do you need to do to play Vinnie? He\u2019s a skeezy guy who pops in now and then, it\u2019s not rocket surgery. He\u2019ll be good in this role, that\u2019s really all I have to say about it as Vinnie isn\u2019t one of the characters I was really concerned about anyway.<\/p>\n You can stop banging your head now, this<\/a> is where you recognize him from.<\/p>\n You\u2019re welcome.<\/p>\n So all we have left now out of my main characters is Grandma Mazur. This one they absolutely MUST get right or the movie may very well be ruined for me forever.<\/p>\n Oh yes, and a small side note. A lesser known character has also been cast.<\/p>\n![\"LULA\"](\"http:\/\/www.breigh.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/LULA.jpg\" "\\"LULA\\"")
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