Recast Untouchable Screen Classics

[gwynplaine]

Midnight Cowboy

Joe Buck: Channing Tatum

Ratso Rizzo: Sam Rockwell

 

[gwynplaine]

Apocalypse Now

Willard: Tom Hardy

Kurtz: Jeff Bridges

Lieutenant Colonel Kilgore: Viggo Mortensen

 

[DawnWarrior]

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

Elliot Knight as Prince Dastan


Freida Pinto as Tamina


Shaun Toub as Nizam


Naveen Andrews as Tus


Riz Ahmed as Garsiv


F Murray Abraham as King Sharaman


and Omid Djalili as Sheik Amar

 

[Jordacar]

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

Spoiler

Elliot Knight as Prince Dastan


Freida Pinto as Tamina


Shaun Toub as Nizam


Naveen Andrews as Tus


Riz Ahmed as Garsiv


F Murray Abraham as King Sharaman


and Omid Djalili as Sheik Amar

Not exactly "untouchable" or "classic", but an ethnically-appropriate PoP cast sure gets my heartstrings all aflutter.

 

[Schlosser85]

Marathon Man

Thomas "Babe" Levy: Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Elsa Opel: Diane Kruger

Doc Levy: Michael Fassbender

Peter "Janey" Janeway: Tom Hardy

and for ****s and giggles, Dustin Hoffman as Professor Biesenthal

The only one I have trouble coming up with is Szell. Olivier would be a tough one to replace.

 

[Eddie Dean]

McKellen would make a great Szell. Or Werner Herzog.

 

[Schlosser85]

I thought of McKellen--he played a Nazi fugitive too, in Apt Pupil--but I don't know if I see him being as menacing as Olivier was.

 

[Eddie Dean]

Lars von Trier's The Exorcist

Charlotte Gainsbourg - Chris MacNeil

Shia LaBeouf - Father Karras

Danny Glover - Lt. Kinderman

Kirsten Dunst - Sharon

Peter Stormare - Burke Dennings

and Stellan Skarsgård as Father Merrin

 

[DawnWarrior]

The Princess Bride

Peter Dinklage as Vizzini

Don't get me wrong; I LOVE Dinklage and would love to see how he'd do a role like this. Still, I would also suggest Paul Giamatti as an alternative, as he's kind of a closer match to what Wallace Shawn did.

I'd also suggest Sophie Turner as a 2nd choice for Buttercup.

 

[Eddie Dean]

I was thinking of a Princess Bride recast with Dan Stevens as Wesley, but that's as far as I got.

 

[Sawyer]

Doing TV and I don't care who knows it...

DALLAS

J.R. Ewing

Bobby Ewing

Jock Ewing

Miss Ellie Ewing

Sue Ellen Ewing

Pamela Barnes Ewing

Lucy Ewing

Ray Krebbs

Cliff Barnes

 

[CaptainWagner]

So, if we can do classic television:

Hogan's Heroes

Paul Rudd/Col. Hogan

Martin Freeman/Newkirk

Don Cheadle/Kench

Sean Astin/Carter

Steve Carrel/Col. Klink

Eric Stonestreet/Sgt. Schultz

Robbie Coltraine/General Bulkhalter

Jude Law/Major Hochsetter

This only leaves LeBeau. He was the only one I couldn't think of a casting for.

 

[The Batman]

SUPERMAN: THE MOVIE

Superman/Clark Kent: Michael Fassbender
Lois Lane: Lizzy Caplan
Lex Luthor : Kevin Spacey
Jor El : Viggo Mortensen
Lara: Naomi Watts
Perry White : Martin Sheen
Jimmy Olsen: Logan Lerman
Jonathan Kent: Jeff Bridges
Martha Kent: Julianne Moore
Ms. Tessmacher: Christina Hendricks
Otis: Jonah Hill
General Zod: Mark Strong
Ursa: Natalie Dormer
Non: Glen Jacobs

 

[Jordacar]

I gotta say, that new Beauty and the Beast movie seems to be pulling up a cast I would expect to see around these parts.

 

[Panthro]

Die Hard today -

John McClane...Chris Evans

Holly McClane...Maggie Gyllenhaal

Hans...Benedict Cumberbatch

Karl...Chris Hemsworth

Tony...Liam Hemsworth

Sgt. Al Powell...Anthony Mackie

Dwayne T. Robinson...no idea

Ellis...Shia Labeouf

Dick Thornburg...Ashton Kutcher

Special Agent "Big" Johnson...Hugh Jackman

Special Agent "Little" Johnson...Michael B. Jordan

 

[MrGrandCanyon]

Escape from New York

Snake Plissken: Norman Reedus

Hauk: John Carpenter

Cabbie: Michael Keaton

President: Anthony Hopkins

The Duke: Rick Ross

Brain: J.K. Simmons

Maggie: Elizabeth Banks

Romero: Timothy Olyphant

 

[Eddie Dean]

LOL! That's a pretty good cast. I'd switch Olyphant and Reedus though.

 

[MrGrandCanyon]

LOL! That's a pretty good cast. I'd switch Olyphant and Reedus though.

Haha thanks. Yeah, I guess you could do that.

 

[Sawyer]

Not necessarily for either of the live action movies (as they're neither "untouchable" nor "classic"), but for the original series itself....

Scooby Doo, Where Are You?

Two different sets of cast, depending on whether you want teens or 20-somethings...

Fred Jones - Alex Pettyfer

Daphne Blake - Emma Roberts

Velma Dinkley - Mae Whitman

Norville "Shaggy" Rogers - Devon Bostick

or...

Fred Jones - Dylan Everett

Daphne Blake - Bella Thorne

Velma Dinkley - Ariel Winter

Norville "Shaggy" Rogers - Zach Mills (Super 8)

 

[Eddie Dean]

The Usual Suspects

Colin Farrell - Dean Keaton

Michael Pitt - Roger "Verbal" Kint

Canning Tatum - Michael McManus

Bobby Cannavale - Fred Fenster

Rob Corddry - Todd Hockney

J.K. Simmons - Mr. Kobayashi

Walton Goggins - Redfoot

Kyle Chandler - Special Agent Dave Kujan

 

[MadVillainy]

Die Hard today -

John McClane...Chris Evans


Hans...Benedict Cumberbatch

I like those a lot. The other ones not so much especially Anthony Mackie as Al...just no. Cedric the Entertainer maybe or at least someone who fits the role.

 

[The Batman]

Beverly Hills Cop

Axel Foley: Anthony Mackie

Billy Rosewood: Jason Segel

John Taggart: Zach Galifianakis

Jenny Summers: Alison Brie

Andrew Bogomil: Michael Keaton

Victor Maitland: Christoph Waltz

Zack: Bobby Cannavale

Inspector Douglas Todd: Wesley Snipes

 

[CaptainWagner]

The Bridge on the River Kwai


Ewan McGregor: Col. Nicholson

Ken Watanabe: Col. Saito

Karl Urban: Shears

Martin Freeman: Major Clipton

Kyle Machlachlan: Major Warden

Logan Lerman: Lt. Joyce

 

[Eddie Dean]

Raising Arizona

Ryan Gosling - H.I. McDunnough

Emma Stone - Edwina "Ed" McDunnough

Ben Mendelsohn - Gale Snoats

Scoot McNairy - Evelle Snoats

Andy Daly - Glen

Katy Mixon - Dot

Chris Cooper - Nathan Arizona Sr.

Rusty Coones - Leonard Smalls

 

[aNarcHy2day]

Remake: Back to the Future


Taron Egerton as Marty McFly

Ralph Fiennes as Doc. Emmerich Brown

Ben Whinshaw as George McFly

Elizabeth Olsen as Lorraine Baines-McFly

Alfie Allen as Biff Tannen

Amber Stevens as Jennifer Parker