This isn't really following the protocol of an "untouchable screen classic", but one of my pipe dreams for the past few years has been to direct a production of the Henriad (on stage or screen) starring Mo'Nique as Falstaff. CAN. YOU. IMAGINE.
Taxi Driver
Tom Hardy- Travis Bickle
Chloe Moretz- Iris
Mark Ruffalo- Sport
Scarlett Johansson- Betsy
The Wizard of Oz
Wicked Witch of the West -- Melissa Leo
Dorothy Gale -- Hailee "That Little Thing From True Grit" Steinfeld
The Good Witch -- Amy Adams
Tin Man -- Cate Blanchett
Scarecrow -- Jim Carrey
Cowardly Lion -- Kathy Bates
Metropolitan
Michael Cera as Tom Townsend
Armie Hammer as Nick Smith
Christopher Mintz-Plasse as Charlie Black
Dan Byrd as Fred Neff
Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Rick von Sloneker
Shailene Woodley as Audrey Rouget
Emma Roberts as Jane Clark
Candica Accola as Sally Fowler
Emma Stone as Cynthia McLean
Brie Larson as Serena Slocumb
Rear Window.
Directed by David Fincher.
L.B. 'Jeff' Jefferies - Brad Pitt
Lisa Carol Fremont - Marion Cotillard
Det. Lt. Thomas J. Doyle - Matt Damon
Stella - Jackie Weaver
It's ambitious but I'll try casting my favourite film:
Nashville (2013)
Barbara Jean - Daveigh Chase
Linnea Reese - Rosemarie DeWitt
Delbert 'Del' Reese - John C Reilly
Haven Hamilton - John Hawkes
Lady Pearl - Holly Hunter
Bud Hamilton - Patrick Fugit
Connie White - Nina Arianda (I'm assuming she can sing...)
Barnett - Cory Stoll
Kenny Frasier - Paul Dano
Pfc. Glenn Kelly - Dane DeHaan
Mr Green - Ed Harris
Martha (L.A. Joan) - Dree Hemmingway
Opal - Sienna Miller
Winifred - Juliette Lewis
Tom Frank - Garrett Hedlund
Mary - Brie Larson
Bill - Lucas Neff
Sueleen Gay - Lindsay Lohan
Wade Cooley - Don Cheadle
Michael Murphy - Ethan Hawke
Tricycle Man - Miles Teller
I tried to pick actors who could sing when necessary which was an absolute ordeal.
Stanley Kubrick's Amour (1983)
James Stewart as Georges
Katharine Hepburn as Anne
Eva Marie Saint as Eva
You have to check out www.fillthepart.com. It's an interactive site that allows users to recast many of the movies that we're talking on this thread.
With that said, here's my recast of The Wizard of Oz:
Here's my picks for The Wizard of Oz (1939):
*Dorothy Gale - Abigail Breslin
*The Wizard of Oz - Jack Nicholson
*Scarecrow - Jim Parsons
*Tin Woodman - Steve Carell
*The Cowardly Lion - Zach Galifianakis
*Good Witch of the North - Michelle Williams
*The Wicked Witch of the West - Mila Kunis
*Aunt Em - Kathy Bates
*Uncle Henry - Tommy Lee Jones
http://fillthepart.com/movies/thewizardofoz
That Wizard of Oz cast, minus Williams and Kunis who are already in a new Oz movie, is pretty great.
Boogie Nights
Shia LaBoeuf as Eddie Adams/Dirk Diggler
Seth Rogen as Reed Rothchild
George Clooney as Jack Horner
Judy Greer as Amber Waves
Amanda Seyfried as Roller Girl
Mos Def as Buck Swope
James Franco as Todd Parker
Steve Buscemi as Little Bill Thompson
Jesse Plemons as Scotty J
Giovanni Ribisi as Rahad Jackson
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? with Tilda Swinton as Joan Crawford and Kathleen Turner as Bette Davis![]()
Once Upon A Time in America
Adrien Brody as Noodles Aronson
Jeremy Renner as Max Bercowicz
Elizabeth Olsen as Deborah Gelly
Chloe Sevigny as Carol
Jack Huston as Patsy Goldberg
Michael Pitt as Cockeye Stein
Jonah Hill as Moe Gelly
Stephen Graham as Frankie Manoldi
Matt Damon as Jimmy Conway O'Donnell