Recast your favorite movies
 

Afternoon, gents! New member with my first post here. It's where you just recast your favorite movies in a different time.

Great question:) – I'm still trying to do the Blade Runner one from a few months back.

Welcome to the site...so what you are asking is to recast a contemporary with stars from the 30's or 40's or vice versa, correct?

The Seventh Seal
Michael Fassbender replacing Max von Sydow
Mads Mikkelsen replacing Bengt Ekerot

Singin' in the Rain
Bradley Cooper replacing Gene Kelly
Joseph Gordon-Levitt replacing Donald O'Connor
Lupita Nyong'o replacing Debbie Reynolds

Breathless
Gaspard Ulliel replacing Jean-Paul Belmondo
Emma Watson replacing Jean Seberg

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I cannot recast any of my favorite movies for being honest... They are perfect and that's why I love them :p

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Autumn Sonata
Charlotte Rampling replacing Ingrid Bergman
Rosamund Pike replacing Liv Ullmann

The King of Comedy
Jake Gyllenhaal replacing Robert De Niro
Kevin Spacey replacing Jerry Lewis
Emma Stone replacing Sandra Bernhard

Wild Strawberries
Christopher Plummer replacing Victor Sjöström
Adéle Exarchopoulos replacing Bibi Andersson

The Shining
Matthew McConaughey replacing Jack Nicholson
Any Adams replacing Shelley Duvall
Jacob Tremblay replacing Danny Lloyd
Danny Glover replacing Scatman Crothers

The Seven Year Itch
Scarlett Johansson replacing Marilyn Monroe
Kevin Connolly replacing Tom Ewell

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Your recasting of Singin in the Rain is very strange.

What's so strange about it? The three actors are charming as hell, and Gordon-Levitt knocked it out of the park when he performed "Make 'Em Laugh" on SNL in 2009.

Can Emma Stone just do that retrospectively, in everything:p?

That's a good one – I can picture it.

If you hand me the petition, I'll sign it.

Mads Mikkelsen should play the embodiment of Death in every film ever.

It's a deal:).

He was great in Valhalla Rising I thought. That had some nice stuff in it, and I was staggered to learn where it had actually been filmed.

Death in The Adventures of Baron Munchausen was really memorable, especially on the big screen. And there's also that great bit where he temporarily becomes a doctor to try and collect the Baron's soul.

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I really like you recasting of The Shining.

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American Psycho

Patrick Batman - Christian Bale
Paul Allen - Jared Leto
Jean - Chloe Sevigny
Evelyn - Reese Witherspoon
Timothy - Justin Theroux
Detective Kimball - Willem DaFoe


There is no need for recasting, it's already as good as it could ever be in my eyes.

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Charm is one thing...singing and dancing is something else...can Bradley Cooper sing? Can Lupita N'yongo dance?

Was Jared Leto in that!? I can't remember him. It'll be funny seeing him in the film post Suicide Squad.

:laugh: Ah… that's who he played. I've just watched the "Huey Lewis and the News" scene again; brilliant.

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Actually, I might re-think Witherspoon's casting...not on my list of favorite performances of hers.

I liked Walk the Line a lot.

Lupita Nyong'o can do anything. As for the singing, wasn't Debbie Reynolds dubbed over in the original?

Yes, it was. Though Debbie Reynolds appeared in other Musicals for the rest of her career, always doing her own singing. Her singing was dubbed by Betty Noyes in Singin' in the Rain, which is of course ironic since the plot of the movie has her character dubbing the voice of another. It wasn't really necessary, but because it was her first movie at the age of nineteen and Gene Kelly was an almost notorious perfectionist and wanted a slightly richer, fuller singing voice for the songs, that's why it was done. But she had a good voice.

Here is how it sounded in the finished film, with Noyes' voice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jstKarcgmKU

And this with Debbie's own voice doing the singing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMwtRfeOGig

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I liked Walk the Line too...Phoenix was brilliant, but there's no way Witherspoon's performance was Oscar-worthy, JMO.

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Debbie Reynolds being dubbed is irrelevant...the role of Kathy Selden requires singing and dancing and I was wondering if N'yongo had any musical talent, 12 Years a Slave wasn't a musical, was it?

Talk Radio
Oscar Isaac replacing Eric Bogosian



If you were on the proper substances it was. But I don't see how it's not relevant. If they can dub over Debbie Reynolds, they can dub over Lupita Nyong'o. Either way, I don't consider things like singing and dancing ability when I do these. Overcomplicates it for me.

Had this idea of a film version of Dracula if made in the 1960s.



Dracula (1961)

Directed by Irvin Kershner
Produced by Sam Spiegel
Screenplay written by Leigh Brackett

Jonathan Harker: Jeremy Brett (alternate: Anthony Perkins)
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Mina Murray, later Harker: Diana Rigg
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Dr. Jack Seward: Michael Caine
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Count Dracula: Robert Shaw (alternates: Sean Connery or Gian Maria Volonte);
Shaw
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Connery
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Volonte
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Lord Arthur Holmwood: Peter O'Toole
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Quincey P. Morris: Clint Eastwood (alternate: James Coburn)
Eastwood
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Coburn
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Lucy Westenra: Susannah York
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with Peter Ustinov as Renfield

Rex Harrison as Mr. Hawkins

Joseph Egger as Mr. Swales

Luciana Paluzzi, Claudine Auger and Tania Mallet as Dracula's three brides

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and Alec Guinness as Professor Abraham Van Helsing

Gypsies:
Benito Stefanelli
Michael Mellinger
William Bramley (during a break from West Side Story)
Aldo Sambrell
Antonio Molino Rojo
Yuri Borienko
Bob Simmons
Alf Joint
Frank Brana
Aldo Berti
and others

Stunt coordinator: Bob Anderson
Music by John Williams
Cinematography: Conrad L. Hall

I also have this idea of a film version for The Catcher in the Rye.

The Catcher In The Rye (1992):

Holden Caulfield: Christian Bale
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Jane Gallagher: Kate Winslet
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Ward Stratadler: Paul Walker
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Robert Acklay: Ben Affleck
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Phoebe Caulfield: Natalie Portman
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Sunny: Drew Barrymore
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Mr. Antolini: Kevin Spacey
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and Paul Newman as Mr. Spencer
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Die Hard (1963):

John McClane: James Coburn

Holly Gennaro: Jean Simmons

Sgt. Al Powell: James Earl Jones

Hans Gruber: Christopher Lee

Karl: Robert Shaw

Dwayne T. Robinson: Lee J. Cobb

Theo: Ray Charles

Dick Thornburg: Jerry Stiller

McClane's sidearm: Browning Hi-Power

Terrorists' submachine gun: MP 40

Karl's weapon: Stg 44

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My fantasy Justice Society of America movie: release date 1944

Superman (Clark Kent): Cary Grant
Batman (Bruce Wayne): Gregory Peck
Wonder Woman (Dianna Prince): Gene Tierney
The Flash (Jay Garrick): James Stewart
The Atom (Al Pratt): James Cagney
Hawkman (Carter Hall): Victor Mature
Hawkgirl (Shiera Hall): Maureen O'Hara
Dr. Fate (Kent Nelon): Vincent Price
The Spetre (Jim Corrigan): Basil Rathbone
Green Lantern (Alan Scott): Alan Ladd
Wildcat (Ted Grant): Robert Mitchum
Mr. America (Tex Thompson): Clark Gable

Special appearance by Golden Age Aquaman (Arthur Curry): Buster Crabbe

Unfilled spots:
Sandman (Wesley Dodds)
Hourman (Rex Tyler)
Dr. Mid-Nite (Charles McNider)
Mr. Terrific (Terry Sloane)



Coming soon to a theater near you - The Justice League of America circa 1965 version!

Death of a Salesman, British Version (2000)

Willy Loman: Gabriel Byrne

Linda Loman: Julie Walters

Biff Loman: Daniel Craig

Happy Loman: David Tennant

Charley: Brandon Gleeson

Bernard: Ewan McGregor

Uncle Ben: Jeremy Irons

Howard Wagner: Hugh Grant

Miss Francis: Rachel Weisz

Wuthering Heights (1978)

Heathcliff: Alan Rickman

Catherine (I): Jane Seymour

Edgar: Michael York

Hindley: Malcolm McDowell

Mr. Earnshaw: Edward Hardwicke

Isabella: Emma Thompson

Linton: Gary Oldman

Hareton: Liam Neeson

Catherine (II): Miranda Richardson

Lockwood: John Hurt

Joseph: Alec Guinness

and Maggie Smith as Nelly Dean

No Country for Old Men (1985):

Llewelyn Moss: Tommy Lee Jones

Anton Chigurh: Alan Rickman

Sheriff Ed Tom Bell: Clint Eastwood

Carla Jean Moss: Jane Seymour

Carson Wells: Harrison Ford

Man who hired Wells and Chigurh: William Hootkins

Dogma (2016)

Bartleby: Adam Driver

Loki: Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Bethany Sloane: Charlotte Riley (alternate: Maggie Gyllenhaal)

Rufus: Anthony Mackie

Serendipity: Eva Green

Metaron: Mads Mikkelsen

Azrael: Ben Foster

Jay: Aaron Taylor-Johnson

Silent Bob: Matthew Lewis

Cardinal Glick: Bill Murray

Golgothan: Nathan Jones

Deadpool (1975):

Wade Wilson/Deadpool: Jack Nicholson

Vanessa: Annette Funicello

Francis: Malcolm McDowell

Weasel: Harrison Ford

Angel Dust: Faye Dunaway

Colossus: David Prowse

The Recruiter: Ronald Lacey

The Magnificent Seven (2016)

Chris Adams: Christian Bale

Vin Tanner: Ryan Gosling

Britt: Hayden Christensen

Bernardo O'Reilly: Tom Hardy

Lee: Jesse Eisenberg (playing against type)

Harry Luck: Jason Lee

Calvera: Benicio del Toro

I don't know who to cast as Chico.

Silver Linings Playbook (1951)

Pat Solitano Jr: Arthur Kennedy

Tiffany Maxwell: Audrey Hepburn

Pat Solitano Sr: Edward G. Robinson

Dolores Solitano: Ruth Gordon

Danny McDaniels: James Edwards

Jake Solitano: Lee J. Cobb

Veronica: Shelly Winters

Ronnie: Eli Wallach

Officer Keogh: Robert Mitchum

Spiderman (1985)

Peter Parker/Spiderman: C. Thomas Howell

Mary Jane Watson: Molly Ringwald

Harry Osborne: Josh Brolin

Norman Osborne/Green Goblin: Jack Nicholson

Uncle Ben: James Coburn

Aunt May: Rosemary Harris


Flash Thompson: Matt Dillon

True Lies (1974):

Harry Tasker: Steve McQueen

Helen Tasker: Jane Fonda

Salim Abu Aziz: Gian Maria Volonte

Albert "Gib" Gibson: Ned Beatty

Simon: Jack Nicholson

Juno Skinner: Talia Shire

Dana Tasker: Linda Blair

Faisal: Lance Henriksen

Spencer Trilby: Henry Fonda

Pride and Prejudice (1967):

Elizabeth Bennett: Charlotte Rampling

Fitzwilliam Darcy: Ian McKellen

Jane Bennett: Susannah York

George Wickham: Malcolm McDowell

Charles Bingley: David Warner

Mr. Bennett: Jon Pertwee

Mrs. Bennett: Shelley Winters

Mr. Collins: Sylvester McCoy

and Katherine Hepburn as Lady Catherine de Bourgh

Very interesting choices. Really good. The only one that I'm not sold on is Jack Nicholson but that's because we associate him so much with the Joker.

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Thanks for the feedback. I did have Nicholson in mind after seeing him as Jack Torrence and, yes, as the Joker. What do you guys think of the other casts I've put up? I've also started a thread on casting for The Silmarillion.

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The Adjustment Bureau(1957):

David Norris: Paul Newman

Elise Sellas: Audrey Hepburn

Harry Mitchell: Sidney Poitier

Richardson: Gregory Peck

Thompson: Laurence Olivier

Charlie: Harry Dean Stanton

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Up (1979):

Carl Frederickson: John Huston, Jeremy Irons (young)
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Russell: Jonathan Ke Quan
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Ellie: Meryl Streep
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Charles Muntz: Henry Fonda (his portrayal of Frank in Once Upon a Time In The West stuck a chord)
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Dug(voice): Dom DeLuise


Alpha (voice): Sean Connery (deep voice), Mercedes Cambridge (high voice)

Beta (voice): James Earl Jones

These are all excellent, Ange!
I can't cast modern movies or really appreciate the casting of modern movies because I'm not really familiar with who the modern stars are.


To wit: as promised the casting of my fantasy Justice League of America movie circa 1965:

Superman (Clark Kent): Rock Hudson (Hudson was the person that artist Curt Swan based his Superman drawings on.)

Batman (Bruce Wayne): Guy Williams (he played Zorro, which was one of the influences for Batman.)

Wonder Woman (Dianna Prince): Linda Harrison (she appeared briefly as Wonder Woman in an unrealized TV pilot.)

Green Lantern (Hal Jordan): Paul Newman (he was the model on which Silver Age Green Lantern's look was based.)

Flash (Barry Allen): Steve McQueen

Martian Manhunter (J'onn J'onzz): Yul Brynner (exotic looking with bald head)

Aquaman (Arthur Curry): Robert Redford

The Atom (Ray Palmer): David Hedison

Green Arrow (Oliver Queen): Kirk Douglas

Black Canary (Dinah Lance): Stella Stevens

Hawkman (Katar Hol): Charleton Heston

Hawkwoman (Shayera Hol): Raquel Welch

Snapper Carr (Lucas Carr): Bobby Rydell

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Saving Private Ryan (1984, filmed in 1983):

Captain John Miller: Harrison Ford

Sergeant Mike Horvath: Tom Berenger

Private Daniel Jackson: Robert Patrick

Private Richard Reiben: Bruce Willis

Corporal Irvin Wade: Steve Buscemi

Corporal Timothy Upham: Kevin Spacey

Private Adrian Caparzo: Clancy Brown

Private Stanley Mellish: Steve Guttenberg

Private James Ryan: Tim Roth

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Is that casting older films with modern actors or modern films with older actors?

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The Princess Bride (1967):

Westely: Michael York

Buttercup: Helen Mirren

Inigo Montoya: David Carridine (alternate: Hector Elizondo)

Fezzik: Mario Brega/James Earl Jones (voice)

Prince Humperdinck: Christopher Plummer

Count Rugen: Robert Shaw

The Grandfather: Henry Fonda

Vizzini: Mickey Rooney

Max: Terry-Thomas

The Albino: Ronald Lacey or Marty Feldman (I could really go with both)

The King: Fredric March

The Priest: Peter Sellers

Yellin: Benito Stefanelli

If you're asking about my unfamiliarity with modern celebrities, I just can't match most of the names with the faces.

In the case of my casting of a 1965 Justice League of America fantasy film - it's casting a film that was never made. It's like: what if they made a Justice League film during the Silver Age of comics, at the height of the comic's popularity using stars around at that time? (in this case c. 1965).
Same with my casting of the Golden Age Justice Society of America circa 1944.

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I did make a casting of a film that was never made, The Catcher in the Rye.

Reservoir Dogs if directed by Akira Kurosawa

Mr. White: Takashi Shimura

Mr. Orange: Isao Kimura

Mr. Pink: Toshiro Mifune

Mr. Blonde: Seiji Miyaguchi

Mr. Brown: Yoshio Inaba

Mr. Blue: Bokuzen Hidari

Nice Guy Eddie: Yoshio Tsuchiya

Joe: Kokuten Kodo

Ian McKellen does have that quality in some roles of being aloof but I'm not sure about him as Darcy. Colin Baker would have been great and in fact his Sixth Doctor took Darcy as inspiration by being inaccessible but misunderstood (and Peter Capaldi started along the same lines). I recently saw the TV Pride and Prejudice with David Rintoul as Darcy and he's excellent, one behind the definitive Colin Firth.

Susannah York seems a bit severe for Jane; Charlotte Rampling also I think would be more like one of the sterner female characters outside the Bennett sisters, or possibly Darcy's sister.

I can see Malcolm McDowell as Wickham because like Ian McKellen and David Warner there's something about them where you believe their characters could go bad – like a seam of corruption under the surface that each actor is able to project, especially I think in their voices. For that reason I'm struggling to picture Warner as the innocuous Bingley.

I can definitely see Jon Pertwee as Mr Bennett as he'd have exactly the right sense of humour; and Sylvester McCoy as Mr Collins would be priceless. I saw the trailer for Pride and Prejudice and Zombies a few weeks ago and had no idea Matt Smith was in the film. As soon as I saw his costume I smiled because it was obvious who he was playing! Apparently his performance has gone down really well and I've seen it compared to the Carry On films. I think he's an excellent actor and my favourite new series Doctor as well. My favourite Mr Collins though is David Bamber – one of the funniest characterizations of any role ever:p.

Coincidentally my favourite episode of Sherlock Holmes with Jeremy Brett is The Last Vampyre:).

Your casting of Robert Shaw as Dracula is interesting – I haven't read the book but what I know about it suggests that Shaw would be closer to the original character.

I can see Michael Caine playing the tortured Seward – Richard E. Grant was great in Bram Stoker's Dracula.

I had to think about it but I can also see Peter Ustinov as Renfield:). The best Renfield I've seen – I think astonishingly brilliant – was Jack Shepherd in the TV version with Louis Jourdan. I'm fairly sure that Sylvester McCoy played him on stage but perhaps not in the stage version with Frank Langella; he's in the Langella film but sadly not as that character, which is made for him.

And Luciana Paluzzi as a bride? I'm in;). God, that would be like Monica Bellucci all over again…:dizzy:.

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I also included about ten or eleven actors as the gypsies. Is it too much? What did you think of my choices for Mina, Holmwood, Quincy and Van Helsing?

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I had chosen Warner as Bingley after watching him in 1968's A Midsummer's Night Dream, where he played Lysander alongside Helen Mirren as Hermia, Diana Rigg as Helena, Judi Dench as Titania, and Ian Holm as Puck.

Yes:devil:.

I'd think about it just as in-depth as this too. It's fascinating but really difficult. I don't know any of the gypsy actors listed actually, so I wouldn't be able to comment!

Diana Rigg seems okay; Holmwood I can't remember so again it's hard to judge the actor; Clint Eastwood seems about right for Quincey as I think Coburn would come over too mature even then.

I wonder whether Alec Guinness would be too low key for Van Helsing – Frank Finlay was a bit like that but at the same time the matter-of-fact way his Van Helsing had of operating was scary in itself. I really liked him in the role.

Yes, I haven't seen that but I've seen clips – who played Demetrius?

I like Adrian Noble's Midsummer Night's Dream, which fortunately was made into a film. It would have been great to see that production.

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William Bramley is well known for his work as Officer Krupke in West Side Story, Alf Joint, Michael Mellinger, Bob Simmons and Yuri Borienko appeared in James Bond films, and Benito Stefanelli, Aldo Sambrell, Antonio Molino Rojo, and Frank Brana appeared throughout the Dollars Trilogy starring Clint Eastwood. That's where I found Gian Maria Volonte as well. Aldo Berti appeared in Once Upon a Time in the West as a henchman.

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I don't remember who played Demitrius.

I see – I watched Nosferatu the Vampyre not so long ago and it's the locals I remember most, and their reaction when Harker tells them where he's going. It's a beautiful film.

Found it, it was Michael Jayston. And Darth Vader played Quince:).

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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (2016)

Lieutenant Zachary Garber: Robert Downey Jr.
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Mr. Blue/Bernard Ryder: Daniel Craig
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Mr. Green/Harold Longman: James Spader
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Mr. Grey/Giuseppe Benvenuto: Oscar Isaac
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Mr. Brown/George Steever: Matthew Lewis
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Snow white and the huntsmen movie recast.

Huntsmen. Viggo mortensen

Snow white. Daisy ridley.

The wicked queen. Famke janssen.

The prince character liam hemsworth.

The evil brother. Crispin glover.

The prince father. Sean bean.

The seven dwarfs
Doc. David Ogden stires
Grumpy. Peter dinklage
Sleppy. Tyler perry
Happy. Robbie Coltrane.
Sneezy. Seth rogen.
Doppy. Billy Zane.
Bashful. Hugh Laurie

The king. Thomas Hayden church.
The queen. Ashley Judd.

Eragon (1990):

Directed by Steven Spielberg
Produced by Ian Bryce
Cinematography: Janusz Kaminski
Music: John Williams
Budget: $50 million

Eragon: Christian Bale

Brom: Ian McKellen

Arya: Cate Blanchett


Saphira: Jennifer Ehle


Murtaugh: Richard Armitage

Roran: Josh Brolin

Durza: Alan Rickman

Ajihad: Morgan Freeman

Orik: Warwick Davis (voice of John Rhys-Davies)

Garrow: Michael Gambon

Sloan: Bob Hoskins

Katrina: Gwyneth Paltrow

Jeod: Ian McDiarmid

The Twins: David Warner

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Blade Runner

Deckard: Christian Bale
Rachael: Rooney Mara
Roy Batty: Micheal Fassbender
Pris: Kristen Stewart
Zhora: Jennifer Lawrence
Leon: Tom Hardy
Gaff: Benicio Del Toro
Dr Tyrell: Ian Mckellen
J.F. Sebastian: Kevin Spacey

Blade Runner (2016)

Rick Deckard: Daniel Craig

Rachael: Alicia Vikander

Roy Batty: Nico Evers-Swindell

Pris: Leven Rambin

Zhora: Thora Birch

Leon Kowalski: Derek Mears

Gaff: Sasha Roiz

Sebastian: Eddie Redmayne

Tyrell: Colin Firth

Well that made good reading, because as I mentioned I attempted to recast Blade Runner but never completed it – there was a thread a while ago on that very subject. Benicio Del Toro as Gaff sounds great – I can't believe I didn't think of him but maybe it's just that I've not seen him in anything basically since Licence to Kill:)!

I was wary of Rooney Mara because she has such an otherworldly look – Cate Blanchett referred to this recently. Alicia Vikander would similarly put me off because of Ex Machina. Eddie Redmayne sounds good for JF Sebastian.

If I can finish my take on the cast I'll post it here. I was very conscious of trying to keep the ages of the people the same so I'd want to double check that before I went with the list.

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Once Upon a Time in the West (2016)

Harmonica: Tom Hardy

Cheyenne: Woody Harrelson

Jill McBain: Hayley Atwell

Frank: Liam Neeson

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Let Me In (1994)

Owen: Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Abby: Natalie Portman

Thomas: Gene Hackman

The Policeman: Tony Shaloub

Kenny: Jonathan Taylor Thomas

Jimmy: Jason Biggs

Virginia: Olivia Williams

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens (1987)

Han Solo: Paul Newman

General Leia Organa: Shirley Maclaine

Kylo Ren: Gary Oldman

Rey: Helena Bonham-Carter

Finn: Don Cheadle

Poe Dameron: Andy Garcia

General Hux: Sean Bean

Supreme Leader Snoke: Ian McKellen

Maz Kanata: Whoopi Goldberg

and Sean Connery as Luke Skywalker

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Terence Young's Road to Perdition (1963):
Michael Sullivan Sr: Lee Van Cleef

Michael Sullivan Jr: Kurt Russell

Connor Rooney: Steve McQueen

Harlen Maguire: Leonard Nimoy

Annie Sullivan: Rosemary Harris

Peter Sullivan: Ron Howard

Frank Nitti: Jack Klugman


I'm having trouble with John Rooney.

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Lethal Weapon (1967)

Martin Riggs: Jack Nicholson

Roger Murtaugh: Sidney Poitier

Mr. Joshua: Steve McQueen

General McAllister: William Holden

Riggs' sidearm: Browning Hi-Power

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Heat (1967)

Neil McCauley: Paul Newman

Lt. Vincent Hanna: Marlon Brando

Chris Shiherlis: Robert Redford

Michael Cheritto: Robert Vaughn

Detective Sammy Casals: Lee Van Cleef

Sgt. Drucker: James Earl Jones

Det. Mike Bosko: Jerry Stiller

Trejo: Charles Bronson

Justine Hanna: Jean Simmons

Nate: James Stewart

Waingro: Sieghardt Rupp (he's the guy who's giggling while Clint Eastwood is being beaten to a pulp in A Fistful of Dollars, for reference)

Roger Van Zant: Roger Moore

Shane (1992)

Shane: James Remar

Marian Starrett: Melanie Griffith

Joe Starrett: Bruce Willis

Joey Starrett: Elijah Wood

Jack Wilson: Michael Madsen

Rufus Ryker: Harry Dean Stanton

Chris Calloway: Bruce Greenwood

Good suggestions – James Remar I could see just as easily as Jack Wilson but something about his performance in Dexter makes me think he could have played Shane very well.

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I had Michael Madsen's performance as Mr. Blonde in mind when I cast him as Jack Wilson.

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Mad Max (2000)

Max Rockatansky: Tom Hardy

Jessie Rockatansky: Liv Tyler

Toecutter: Jason Clarke

Goose: Ewen Bremner

Captain Fifi: Brandon Gleeson

Bubba: Joel Edgerton

Nightrider: Robert Carlyle

Johnny: Matthew Goode

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Casino Royale (1972):

James Bond: Timothy Dalton

Vesper Lynd: Charlotte Rampling

Le Chiffre: Gian Maria Volonte

Rene Mathis: Vincent Price

Mr. White: Christopher Lee

M: Bernard Lee

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Skyfall (1978):

James Bond: Timothy Dalton

Raoul Silva: Malcolm McDowell

Severine: Caroline Munro

M: Bernard Lee

Gareth Mallory: Sean Connery

Kincade: Jon Pertwee

Patrice: Vic Armstrong



Spectre (1981):

James Bond: Timothy Dalton

Dr. Madeline Swann: Isabelle Huppert

Franz Oberhauser: Peter O'Toole

Mr. Hinx: Pat Roach

Lucia Sciarra: Claudia Cardinale

M: Sean Connery

and Christopher Lee as Mr. White

Those last few are very thought-provoking, especially as a Timothy Dalton fan. Claudia Cardinale in the Monica Bellucci Spectre role is good (well she wouldn't have been out of place in a Bond film would she?:)). Bit of an ethnic discrepancy with Malcolm McDowell as Silva;):p? I would have thought someone like Ricardo Montalban or Anthony Quinn. Peter O'Toole as Oberhauser is another really good choice, as is Charlotte Rampling as Vesper Lynd.

The Mad Max list is good as well, the way you've kept Tom Hardy but recast the others.

Yeah, I could definitely visualize him in that role, especially with his eyes. Jack Palace was fantastic.

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For Montalban and Quinn, I felt they were not in the age range I had in mind for Silva, somewhere around Bond's age. I had a version of Tom Hardy in a film version of Mad Max ever since I saw Fury Road and I had ideas for making a cast for Craig's Bond films with Dalton since Craig reminded a lot of people of Dalton. What did you think of my Road to Perdition, Let Me In, Heat, The Force Awakens and Lethal Weapon casts?

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And speaking of Mr. Blonde...

British Reservoir Dogs (2002):

Mr. White: Liam Neeson

Mr. Orange: Christian Bale

Mr. Pink: Ewan McGregor

Mr. Blonde: Daniel Craig

Mr. Brown: Andrew Lincoln

Mr. Blue: Bernard Hill

Nice Guy Eddie: Nick Frost

Joe Cabot: Ian Holm

Holdaway: Adewale Akinnouye-Agbaje

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Die Hard 2 (1965):

John McClane: James Coburn

Holly Gennaro: Jean Simmons

Sgt. Al Powell: James Earl Jones

Colonel Stuart: Paul Newman

Major Grant: Woody Strode

Captain Carmine Lorenzo: Eli Wallach

Dick Thornburg: Jerry Stiller

Garber: Robert Vaughn

Trudeau: Lorne Greene

Yeah, although Javier Bardem's not far off 50 himself.

He reminded me a lot of Dalton in Casino Royale, particularly the bit before the parkour scenes where Bond's getting annoyed with his contact.

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A Fistful of Dollars

Joe: Tom Hardy

Marisol: Eva Green

Ramon Rojo: Oscar Isaac

Don Miguel Rojo: Edgar Ramirez

Silvanito: Danny Trejo

Esteban Rojo: Wilmer Valderrama

Chico: Dave Bautista

For A Few Dollars More (2016)

Manco: Tom Hardy

Colonel Douglas Mortimer: Jim Cavaziel

El Indio: Oscar Isaac

Nino: Dave Bautista

Groggy: Enver Gjokaj

Juan Wild: Corey Stoll

Young Woman: Emilia Clarke



The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (2016)

Blondie: Tom Hardy

Tuco Ramirez: Benicio del Toro

Angel Eyes: Jim Cavaziel

Corporal Wallace: Dave Bautista

Father Pablo Ramirez: Enver Gjokaj

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Leon: The Professional (2010)

Leon: Tom Hardy

Mathilda: Chloe Grace Moretz

Norman Stansfield: Christian Bale

Tony: James Gandolfini

Malky: Will Estes

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Jessica Jones (1998)

Jessica Jones: Neve Campbell

Luke Cage: Ving Rhames

Patricia "Trish" Walker: Reese Witherspoon

Will Simpson: Daniel Craig

Hope Schlottman: Claire Danes

Jeri Hogarth: Frances McDormand

with Viola Davis as Claire Temple

and Sean Bean as Kilgrave

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Legend (1993)

Reginald Kray/Ronald Kray: Gary Oldman

Francis Shea: Emily Watson

Leonard "Nipper" Read: Alan Rickman (R.I.P.)

Leslie Payne: John Hurt

Edward "Mad Teddy" Smith: David Tennant

Angelo Bruno: Robert de Niro

Charlie Richardson: Anthony Andrews

Frankie Shea: David Thewlis

Mrs. Shea: Lynn Redgrave

Albert Donoghue: Hugh Laurie

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The Hunchback of Notre Dame (2016)

Quasimodo: Rupert Grint

Esmeralda: Chloe Bennett

Judge Claude Frollo: Mark Strong

Phoebus: Chris Hemsworth

Clopin: Sasha Baron Cohen

Archdeacon: Geoffrey Rush

Hugo: Seth Rogen

Victor: Jeremy Irons

Laverne: Julie Walters

I'm going to do each Harry Potter one post at a time in order for a laugh.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone:

Harry Potter - Logan Lerman
Ron Weasley - Tom Holland with his hair dyed ginger
Hermione Granger - Julia Joyce with her hair made curly as opposed to straight
Albus Dumbledore - Michael Gambon (technically cheating but he wasn't Dumbledore in PS)
Hagrid - David Schofield
Severus Snape - Benedict Cumberbatch
Professor McGonnagal - Diana Rigg
Professor Quirrell - David Warner
Vernon Dursley - Albert Weller
Pertunia Dursley - Helena Bonham Carter
Dudley Dursley - Tom Felton

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Frozen (1984):

Princess Anna: Jennifer Jason Leigh

Queen Elsa: Daryl Hannah

Kristoff: Michael Biehn

Olaf: Warwick Davis, Dan Akroyd(voice)

Prince Hans: Kenneth Branaugh

Duke of Weselton: Ronald Lacey

Grand Pabbie: Christopher Lee

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Big Hero 6: (1985):

Hiro: Jonathan ke Quan

Baymax: Anthony Daniels

Gogo: Michelle Yeoh

Wasabi: Laurence Fishbourne

Fred: Rob Lowe

Honey Lemon: Kelly Preston

Callaghan: Paul Newman

Alastair Krei: Robert Redford

Heathcliff: Jeremy Brett

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White House Down (1984):

John Cale: Tom Berenger

President James Sawyer: Morgan Freeman

Special Agent Carol Finerty: Meryl Streep

Emil Stenz: Harrison Ford

Special Agent Martin Walker: James Coburn

Emily Cale: Jennifer Connelly

Skip Tyler: James Woods

Carl Killick: Randy Savage

Motts: Colm Meaney

Vice President Alvin Hammond: Mitchell Ryan

Speaker of the House Eli Raphaelson: Leonard Nimoy

Donnie: Kevin Spacey

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Grosse Pointe Blank (2011):

Martin Q. Blank: Joseph Gordon Levitt

Debi Newberry: Anna Paquin

Grocer: Jason Lee

Paul: Topher Grace

Marcella: Evangeline Lilly

Felix LaPoubelle: Georges St. Pierre

with J.K. Simmons as Dr. Oatman

and Bryan Cranston as Mr. Newberry

Blank's sidearms: Beretta 92FS

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Lethal Weapon 2 (1969)

Martin Riggs: Jack Nicholson

Roger Murtaugh: Sidney Poitier

Rika: Hayley Mills

Leo Getz: Ian Holm

Arjen Rudd: Bernard Lee

Pieter Vorstedt: Robert Shaw

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Dracula (2006)

Jonathan Harker: Tom Hardy
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Mina Murray: Emily Blunt
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Dr. John Seward: Cillian Murphy
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Count Dracula: Richard Armitage
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Lord Arthur Holmwood: Orlando Bloom
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Quincey Morris: Bradley Cooper
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Lucy Westenra: Charity Wakefield
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Renfield: Alfred Molina
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And Jeremy Irons as Professor Abraham Van Helsing
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The Lost World: Jurassic Park (2016)

Dr. Ian Malcolm: James Franco

Dr. Sarah Harding: Abbie Cornish

Roland Tembo: Daniel Craig

Peter Ludlow: Burn Gorman

Nick Van Owen: Chris Pine

Eddie Carr: Giovanni Ribisi

Ajay Sidhu: Anupam Kher

Kelly Curtis-Malcolm: Quvenzhane Wallis

Dieter Stark: Alexander Skarsgard

Dr. Robert Burke: T.J. Miller

Carter: Diego Luna

And Harrison Ford as John Hammond

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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets:

Arthur Weasley: Damian Lewis
Molly Weasley: Reba McEntire
Tom Riddle: Thomas Law
Gilderoy Lockhart: Simon Pegg
Lucius Malfoy: Alan Rickman
Moaning Myrtle: Catlin Blackwood
Ginny: Lucy Carless

All good choices I think. I don't know Charity Wakefield. Alfred Molina as Renfield is very astute:).

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Dracula (2016)

Jonathan Harker: Nicholas Hoult
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Mina Murray: Daisy Ridley
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Dr. John Seward: Ben Whishaw
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Count Dracula: Tom Hardy
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Lord Arthur Holmwood: Tom Felton
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Quincey Morris: Armie Hammer
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Lucy Westenra: Lily James
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Renfield: Tim Roth
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And David Thewlis as Professor Abraham Van Helsing
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Kingsman: The Secret Service (1997)

Gary "Eggsy" Unwin: Christian Bale

Harry Hart/Galahad: Jeremy Irons

Richmond Valentine: Morgan Freeman

Roxy/Lancelot: Kelly MacDonald

Chester King/Arthur: Christopher Lee

Merlin: Alan Rickman (will shave head for role)

Charlie: Jonny Lee Miller

James/Lancelot: Sean Bean

Dean: Ray Winstone

Professor James Arnold: Jack Nicholson

I don't know who to cast as Gazelle.