Recast your favorite movies

Arg, you're right. Okay. I'll switch PHS' ghost to Koons and DDL as maximum method acting overdrive to Buddy Holly.

Fight Club (2014)

Directed by David Fincher
Colin Farrell as The Narrator
Christian Bale as Tyler Durden
Rooney Mara as Marla Singer
Jake Gyllenhaal as Angel Face
John Goodman as Bob

I'd go with Gyllenhaal as The Narrator.

Mara is pretty perfect. Michael Pitt as Tyler.

Pulp Fiction (2017) (UK Version)
Directed by
Martin McDonagh


Colin Farrell as Vincent Vega


Idris Elba as Jules Winnfield


Emily Blunt as Mia Wallace


Sam Worthington as Butch Coolidge (As an Australian)


Ian McShane as Winston Wolfe


Ralph Fiennes as Marsellus Wallace


Ricky Gervias as Jimmie


Russell Brand as Lance


Liam Neeson as Captain Koons

I think Christian Slater would of been Dirk Diggler in Quentin Tarentino's version.

In Chicago (2008) (US Version of In Bruges)
Directed by Shane Black

Edward Norton as Ray


John Goodman as Ken Daley


Sam L. Jackson as Harry Waters


Uma Thurman as Chloe Villette


Peter Dinklage as Jimmy

Black Mass (2002)
Directed by
Ridley Scott


Based on the 2001 book Black Mass


Edward Norton as James "Whitey" Bulgar


Russell Crowe as John Connolly


Nicolas Cage as William "Billy" Bulgar


Tom Cruise as Charles McGuire


Mark Wahlberg as Kevin Weeks


Giovanni Ribisi as Robert Fitzpatrick

I liked the symmetry of Leo actually turning down the role while also being a Tarantino alum.

Right, I forgot he worked with Quinton in Django Unchained.

why would you make Childs white

Anyway, I already tried doing the all-female Thing remake but for 1982. Observe:

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Birdman (2014)


Bill Murray as Riggan Thompson


Topher Grace as Mike Shiner


Patton Oswalt as Jake

Well it was color blind casting but...

Because Childs is a hot head and it's time to move away from the "angry black man" to the "angry black woman".

I'd much rather have Starbuck vs The Girl with the Dragon Tattooo

Black iconic females from horror films is fairly scant and I choose actresses that are a.) alive b.) realistically working

I was thinking that initially but because Bale was my first choice as Tyler I wanted someone closer in age to him to play The Narrator

So your colour-blind casting results in you picking less non-white people than were in the original film and your idea of moving from "angry black man" to "angry black woman" leads to casting a non-black woman? As for your criteria being "alive" and "realistically working", there are still plenty of black actresses working today who could fit the bill (Samira Wiley would be my first pick). It's not like Keith David had ever been in a horror movie before The Thing either, so it's not like you can really claim that there aren't enough iconic black women in horror - it can only take one appearance to make an iconic character.

Still, it's your list. I just figure these considerations are worthwhile - I know I had to do a little research for that list I made (mainly for the older characters), but that was worth it. Now I can't help but imagine that if one person could be a better Childs than Keith David, it'd be Pam Grier.

Uhuh....question when you say "non-white" you really mean black correct. That's why you decided to strip two of the biracial actresses I cast of their ethnicity. When I put together my list I focused on quality actresses which is why seven of them have Oscar nominations. Now could I have picked some random actress from a Netflix series...sure but that would sell out my ideals of taking actresses who've done fantastic work in the horror genre and putting them together for one.

Pam Grier is 67 years old, way to old to play a physical rival of Macready.

Batman & Robin

Director: George Clooney

Batman: George Clooney
Robin: Jim Carrey
Poison Ivy: Sasha Grey
Batgirl: Asa Akira
Mr. Freeze: Sylvester Stallone
Alfred Pennyworth: Jack Skellington

That wasn't a deliberate decision so much as an honest mistake that would be easy to make when I don't happen to know the exact ethnic background of every single white-passing person on your list. I mean, you could have just told me who exactly you were talking about when you mentioned biracial actresses but this way I have to be the one who checks every single one to confirm that. If I'm "stripping" them of their ethnicities, then you're stripping them of their identities as individuals just to prove me wrong on a technicality.

Also, no kidding that Pam Grier is too old to play Childs now. I thought this was clear from a) the fact that my list was a 1982 one and b) the fact that I suggested the considerably younger Samira Wiley for the part instead.

I was gonna say Danai Gurira as Childs but I guess Wiley fits better (I've only ever glanced at OitNB).

David Fincher's "My Dinner With Andre"

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