The Casting Game
Jan. 9th, 2007 03:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
filkertomAll right, to lighten the mood: I'm not much for remakes of films that don't really need 'em, but there are a few I think could be done extremely well with a modern cast. Please note that I'm not talking about "improving" a film.
For instance, in a thread below, I mention The Great Race, recasting Tony Curtis (as The Great Leslie) with Brendan Fraser and Jack Lemmon (as Professor Fate) with Bruce Campbell. (Not Jim Carrey, no, no, a thousand times no.) I'd round out that cast with either Anne Hathaway or Sarah Michelle Gellar as Maggie DuBois (originally played by Natalie Wood), Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson as Hezekiah (Keenan Wynn), Gilbert Godfried or Jim Carrey or Jack Black as Max (Peter Falk), and Antonio Banderas as Baron von Fruppe (Ross Martin).
So, who would you cast? Or, is there another movie that you'd like to remake with a particular cast? Or something that hasn't been made, perhaps unlikely to ever be made, that cries out in your heart for one particular actor?
For instance, in a thread below, I mention The Great Race, recasting Tony Curtis (as The Great Leslie) with Brendan Fraser and Jack Lemmon (as Professor Fate) with Bruce Campbell. (Not Jim Carrey, no, no, a thousand times no.) I'd round out that cast with either Anne Hathaway or Sarah Michelle Gellar as Maggie DuBois (originally played by Natalie Wood), Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson as Hezekiah (Keenan Wynn), Gilbert Godfried or Jim Carrey or Jack Black as Max (Peter Falk), and Antonio Banderas as Baron von Fruppe (Ross Martin).
So, who would you cast? Or, is there another movie that you'd like to remake with a particular cast? Or something that hasn't been made, perhaps unlikely to ever be made, that cries out in your heart for one particular actor?
