Height: 5'11" Hair: brown Eyes: brown Age: 18

"Mat Cauthon crouched beside the cart...his wiry body contorted like a stork trying to bend itself double. Mat's brown eyes twinkled with mischief, as usual...Rand's smile broadened; it did not sound as much like fun to him as it would have a year or two back, but Mat never seemed to grow up... Few people had escaped his pranks." (The Eye of the World, 13-15) "A country lad by his clothes, with a light of mischief in his brown eyes and the hint of a smile on his lips, as if in memory or anticiation of a prank." (The Great Hunt, xxii)

The Candidates:
Chad Michael Murray Josh Hartnett	Christopher Gorham Milo Ventimiglia
A nice looking young man and one of the teen heartthrobs of the moment. He's got the build, he's got the trickster air to him, but he can still look serious with the best of them. Make his hair darker, and I think I can see him as Mat. Ah heck, just look at that expression. I can totally see him as Mat. (Move your mouse over the image to see him lording it up a bit.) Chad Michael Murray Height: 6'0" Hair: blonde Eyes: blue DoB: 8/24/81	I think perhaps my mental image of Mat has changed a little. Christopher Gorham is still very close to what I envision Mat to be, but there's something missing I can't quite put my finger on. In any case, he's still got a bit of that mischevious look to him and a boyish charm that Mat seems to have. Christopher Gorham Height: ~6'0" (?) Hair: brown Eyes: brown DoB: 8/14/74
Well, despite him being a bit too tall and, I think, too bulky to acurately fit Mat, his face shape and features do match my mental image a little. He seems to be the popular choice, as he's very well known for his big screen roles. His popularity has recently, though. Josh Hartnett Height: 6'3" Hair: brown Eyes: brown DoB: 7/21/78	I'm not quite sure what posessed me to add Milo Ventimiglia here. He's good looking yet a little rugged, and he kind of gives off a trickster air. He also has something of a dandy-ish atmosphere to him, as well. Too much, I think, for me to really picture him as Mat. Milo Ventimiglia Height: 5'9" Hair: brown Eyes: brown DoB: 7/8/77

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