Recast Your Favorite Movies - 09 Edition!

why would you want to do that. the cast was pretty good already.

That's a little bit inspired, Arjen, especially Cotillard and Harrelson (especially Harrelson). May I make a suggestion re. Jeffrey and Sandy, though?

Anton Yelchin as Jeffrey, Ellen Page as Sandy.

And Sean Penn takes over from Dean Stockwell as Ben!

Hoping these threads would get restarted (before my time, but I lurked at them)

I'll do my favorite movie of all time: The Wild Bunch

Pike (formerly William Holden): Kurt Russel.


Dutch (formerly Ernest Borgnine): Billy Bob Thorton.


Lyle Gorch (formerly Warren Oates): Walt Goggins (because the man is practically the second coming of Oates anyway)


Tector Gorch (formerly Ben Johnson): William Forsythe

Deke Thorton (formerly Robert Ryan): David Strathairn


Angel (formerly Jaime Sanchez): Diego Luna

Freddy Sykes (formerly Edmond O'Brien): Kris Kristofferson


Coffer (formerly Strother Martin): Stephen Root


JT (formerly LQ Jones): Tim Blake Nelson

I'll give it a shot.

A recast of Beetlejuice, with a little twist.

Adam Maitland (Alec Baldwin): Jason Bateman


Barbara Maitland (Geena Davis): Clair Danes


Beetlejuice (Michael Keaton): Ali Larter


Lydia Deetz (Winona Ryder): Daryl Sabara


Delia Deetz (Catherine O'Hara): Tina Fey

Charles Deetz (Jeffery Jones): Will Ferrell

Otho (Glenn Shadix): Christopher Guest

Juno (Sylvia Sidney): Tuesday Weld

Imagine Beetljuice as a evil sexy minx trying to seduce Daryl Sabara. Character names would have to be changed but I think it could work.

Will Ferrell is the only choice I really question. I just blanked when I came to the Charles Deetz part and could think of no other person.

Streets of Fire
(pictures forthcoming)
Directed by Francis Lawrence

Tom Cody (Michael Pare): Jensen Ackles
Ellen Aim (Diane Lane): Leighton Meester
Billy Fish (Rick Moranis): Steve Coogan
Raven Shaddock (Willam Dafoe): Jonathan Rhys-Meyers
McCoy (Amy Madigan): Jena Malone

Heat

Lt. Vince Hanna: Dominic West
Neil McCauley: Michael K. Williams
Chris Shiherlis: Jon Hamm
Nate: Harvey Keitel
Charlene Shiherlis: Natalie Portman
Justine Hannah: January Jones
Michael Cherrito: Michael Chiklis
Waingro: Ray Stevenson
Donald Breedan: Robert Downey Jr.
Eady: Jennifer Lopez
Roger Van Sant: Michael Madsen
Bosko: Mekhi Phifer

Not good.

ETA: Well, they're mostly all good actors so I can't really say not good. Far from inspired casting, at least.

Nah... Steve Carell wouldn't work. You need someone that can play the loving put upon father with the slightly creepy vibe of a future sex offender. A roll Jeffery Jones was born to play.

Will Ferrell is too nice as well... how about Sean Patrick Flanery?

A Coen Bros. classic the way it should have been...

Eddie Murphy is The Dude


Eddie Murphy is Walter Sobchak


Eddie Murphy is Theodore Donald "Donny" Kerabatsos


Eddie Murphy is Maude Lebowski

Eddie Murphy is Bunny Lebowski


Eddie Murphy is Brandt


Eddie Murphy is The Stranger


Eddie Murphy is Jackie Treehorn

Eddie Murphy is Jesus Quintana


and Eddie Murphy is The Big Lebowski

Good work there, Stamos.

All actors around the ages of the original actors when they did the movie

Topher Grace = Luke
Shannyn Sossamon = Leia
Will Smith = Han

Star Wars I was talking about Star Wars

'the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly'

The Good: Thomas Jane
The Bad: Clive Owen
The Ugly: Javier Bardem

'Lifeforce'

The girl: Kelly Brook
The rest: who cares

The Adventues of Baron Munchausen

Baron Munchausen (John Neville): Ian McKellen


Berthold (Eric Idle): Alan Cumming


Adolphus (Charles McKeown): David Thewlis


Gustavus (Jack Purvis): Peter Dinklage

Albrecht (Winston Dennis): Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje


Sally Salt (Sarah Polley): Saoirse Ronan


Vulcan (Oliver Reed): Brian Blessed


Venus (Uma Thurman): Evan Rachel Wood

The Right Ordinary Horation Jackson (Jonathan Pryce): Eddie Izzard


Henry Salt (Bill Patterson): Bill Nighy


The Sultan (Peter Jeffrey): Alfred Molina


The King of the Moon (Robin Williams): Ricky Gervais

Did 2012 inspire that bit of casting lunacy? I might agree if given to think about it for a minute...

I have a feeling Molt would approve...

Okay... I'll play too.

How's this?

Above The Law.

Thomas Jane as Nico Toscani


Jon Voight as Zagon


Naomie Harris as Jacks


Luis Guzman as Salvano

Glenn and Voight are PERFECT, Erix. Nicely done.

'Blade Runner'

Deckard: Victor Mature


Roy Batty: Clark Gable


Rachel: Rita Hayworth


Tyrell: David Niven

Ok, here's my best...

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Clarissa Saunders - Sandra Bullock (originally played by Jean Arthur)



Diz Moore - Mark Addy (originally played by Thomas Mitchell)



Jim Taylor - Richard Dreyfuss (originally played by Edward Arnold)




Senator Paine - Tom Hanks (originally played by Claude Rains)



and...

Senator Jefferson Smith - John Krasinski (originally played by Jimmy Stewart)

I went with television instead...

The Muppet Show

Kermit: Jerry Seinfeld
Miss Piggy: Julia Louis Dreyfus
Fozzie: Wayne Knight
Gonzo: Jason Alexander
Statler & Waldorf: Jerry Stiller & Len Lesser
Dr. Bunsen Honeydew: Larry David
Beeker: Michael Richards
Sweetums: Patrick Warburton
Sam the Eagle: John O'Hurley
Scooter: Bob Balaban
Rizzo: Danny Woodburn
Swedish Chef: Larry Thomas
Beauregard: Barney Martin

Not puppets, but creepy prosthetics/costumes.

I'm sorry, Erix. I dug a lot of your choices but I found this one to be deeply troubling for the CIA Bartender. There's only one man I can envision who would have a slight chance of filling Ronnie Barron's shoes...

Gibson would work. The only reason why I picked Hanks is because a bit against the grain. We always hear of Hanks being the next Jimmy Stewart and I think it would be cool to see him play an actual villain. Sure, he wouldn't be the most villainous character in the movie (Taylor is, for sure) but I'd like to think that by putting Hanks in that role... you'd see filmgoers who haven't seen the original Smith to think that Hanks is playing the typical Liam Neeson-type father figure role.

As for Krasinski, I like the guy a lot. I think he's got a potential star power to him depending on the roles he selects. I think he can certainly pull off the naivety needed for Jeff Smith, but also bring the intensity needed for the part toward the end of the film.

Ok Molt... I'll give you that. From an acting standpoint, that seems like a better choice.

I guess I was looking at the affectionate comic relief aspect of the character and looked at it as a way for Hill to "stretch" in a dramatic part... It just seemed like the kind of thing that happens from time to time. Like having Kumar show up as a dastardly villain on 24.

And I think I would enjoy seeing Thomas Jane blow Jonah Hill away with a shotgun blast to the stomach.

By the way, DARKMITE's idea of recasting The Muppet Show with the cast of Seinfeld is kind of brilliant.

Check out AWAY WE GO. It doesn't prove he could do Mr. Smith, but it's something other than ironic smartass. I do think he'd be an interesting choice for the role though.

Zombieland circa the 70s:

Tennessee: Steve McQueen


Columbus: Bud Cort


Wichita: Cybill Shepherd


Little Rock: Tatum O'Neal

In my head for the last couple of weeks I have been trying to re-cast Buckaroo Banzai. Now you bastards are going to make me do it.

Buckaroo Banzai Vs the World Crime League

Buckaroo Banzai: Mark Ruffalo
Rawhide: Channing Tatum
Perfect Tommy: Charlie Hunnam
New Jersey: Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Reno Nevada: Adam Beach
Pinky Caruthers: Kim Coates
Penny Pretty: Kristen Bell

Hanoi Xan: Tony Leung

Written and Dir by Rian Johnson

Yeah this could go a lot of different ways, but this is off the top of my head.

Oh, and the "cameo" for my 70s Zombieland:

It was actually Gene Wilder, but Dangerfield might be a better choice.

Arjen, he did say it was World Crime League, not an 8th Dimension remake, so it doesn't necessarily have Lizardo, but if it did... maybe Sacha Baron Cohen? Maybe too broad for the tone he seems to be going for with that cast and director but I'd love to see him chewing scenery in a darker role like that, and we know he can do over the top accents...

I'd go Peter Stormare for Lizardo.

I would definitely go for World Crime League. No need for a complete redo. And as I said, off the top of my head.

Edited to add: I had to get Depp and Reeves out of my head for Banzai.

It's been remade twice already but here's how I'd recast The Getaway.

Doc McCoy:
George Clooney



Carol McCoy:

Holly Hunter



Rudy Torrento:

Nicholas Cage



Jack Beynon:

Ed Harris

Harold Clinton:

William H Macy

Fran Clinton:

Tara Reid

I sometimes think that Stormare is already from Planet 10 in real life.

Oops, I started a thread for this topic a few weeks back, not knowing it was already covered. So, if it's alright with everyone, I'll just cut and paste what I'd already written there:



Ok, so, this one has been on my mind for weeks now. I firmly believe JFK to be the best film of the 1990s, and one of the greatest films ever made. And... I really like Kevin Costner, and am something of an apologist for him and his work. I think his Garrison has a real "Mr Smith Goes To Washington" aw-shucks appeal to it, and Costner's slightly dopey demeanor helps you to feel that he's waking up to the truth about the MIC (Military Industrial Complex) right before your eyes.

With that said, last year I went to go see a play. It was a play starring one of my favorite actors, and in that play he put on a perfect Louisiana accent. I was front row and center, and half way through I had a revelation.


THIS is the man who should have played Garrison:


I can no longer call JFK a perfect film, because true perfection would have been made with Campbell Scott in the lead role. Take a moment and picture how Mr Scott would have delivered the key moments of dialog, and then try and tell me I'm wrong


With that said, anyone else have a similar film they're convinced would have been better with a different actor in one of the roles?

I'll throw in two more to spark discussion: Gangs of NY and Kingdom of Heaven. Each starring this man instead of DiCaprio and Bloom:




I know some people think he is dour or one note, but even his biggest critics would have to admit what he brings to the table would have been perfect for Amsterdam and Balien