# Gilligan's Island flick with Michael Cera? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 3, 2010, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island-flick-with-michael-cera/531196 "2010-03-03T22:42:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quercus\_alba](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quercus_alba/32/4061_2.png) [@Quercus\_alba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus_alba)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island-flick-with-michael-cera/531196/1 "2010-03-03T22:42:51Z")
[Here](http://movies.msn.com/movies/article.aspx?news=486021>1=28101) So–how to cast the rest of the S.S. Minnow survivors…? The Skipper too: James Gandolfini The Millionaire: Elliot Gould and his Wife: Betty White The Movie Star: Scarlett Johansson The Professor: Jude Law and Mary Ann: Amy Adams? Maybe Ellen Page? I’m sure you all can do better. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island-flick-with-michael-cera/531196/2 "2010-03-03T23:19:36Z")
Well, Russell Johnson, who played the Professor on TV, was a veteran of several cheesy sci-fi-B movies, where he often played a scientist, so I’d like to suggest Jeff Goldblum. And I like Amanda Bynes for Mary Ann. How about Melanie Griffith for Lovey Howell? Kate Hudson as Ginger Grant. Cedric the Entertainer as the Skipper Beau Bridges as Thurston Howell III. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island-flick-with-michael-cera/531196/3 "2010-03-03T23:43:06Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > And I like Amanda Bynes for Mary Ann. Not hot enough. > [@](#): > > Kate Hudson as Ginger Grant. Hot in the wrong way. > [@](#): > > Cedric the Entertainer as the Skipper You are a genius. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island-flick-with-michael-cera/531196/4 "2010-03-04T00:27:28Z")
Well just on appearance alone, [Simon Baker](http://nicegirlstv.com/gallery/albums/The%20Mentalist/cast-season1/normal_sbaker_season1_004.jpg) should play the Professor. The likeness is uncanny. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island-flick-with-michael-cera/531196/5 "2010-03-04T00:34:27Z")
No, this guy for Gilligan: [Jay Baruchel](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0059431/) For the skipper - Seth Rogan (we’re trying to keep it skewed younger) And for me Amanda Bynes is plenty hot enough. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island-flick-with-michael-cera/531196/6 "2010-03-04T01:26:46Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > Not hot enough. I don’t find Mary Ann “hot”, she’s supposed to be super-cute, and the ultimate girl next door. In other words the Movie star is the girl you date, Mary-Ann is the girl you marry (i_n your dreams)_. Thurston Howell III- Chevy Chase. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island-flick-with-michael-cera/531196/7 "2010-03-04T01:38:25Z")
Randy Quaid as The Skipper Billy Bob Thornton as Thurston Howell Madonna as Lovey Howell Courtney Love as Ginger Michael Richards as The Professor Lindsey Lohan as Mary Ann ---
**Author:** ![Quercus\_alba](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quercus_alba/32/4061_2.png) [@Quercus\_alba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus_alba)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island-flick-with-michael-cera/531196/8 "2010-03-04T01:47:56Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Thurston Howell III- Chevy Chase. And maybe get Beverly D’Angelo as Lovey, then? > [@The\_Hamster\_King](#): > > Randy Quaid as The Skipper Brian Doyle Murray as the Professor? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island-flick-with-michael-cera/531196/9 "2010-03-04T01:48:13Z")
I’ll believe it when it’s in a theater. IMDb listed a Gilligan’s Island movie back in 2000, to hit theaters around 1/1/01, but that turned out to be a hoax. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island-flick-with-michael-cera/531196/10 "2010-03-04T02:42:17Z")
> [@The\_Hamster\_King](#): > > Randy Quaid as The Skipper > Billy Bob Thornton as Thurston Howell > Madonna as Lovey Howell > Courtney Love as Ginger > Michael Richards as The Professor > Lindsey Lohan as Mary Ann I love it. But that would require Johnny Depp to play Gilligan. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island-flick-with-michael-cera/531196/11 "2010-03-04T03:22:12Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Well, Russell Johnson, who played the Professor on TV, was a veteran of several cheesy sci-fi-B movies, where he often played a scientist, so I’d like to suggest Jeff Goldblum. > > And I like Amanda Bynes for Mary Ann. > > How about Melanie Griffith for Lovey Howell? > > Kate Hudson as Ginger Grant. > > Cedric the Entertainer as the Skipper > > Beau Bridges as Thurston Howell III. I think this is brilliant casting, although I bet Lindsay Lohan is just dying to play Ginger. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island-flick-with-michael-cera/531196/12 "2010-03-04T03:38:36Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > I love it. But that would require Johnny Depp to play Gilligan. But if you’ve got Depp as Gilligan, you’ve got to get Tim Burton to direct, and that means Helena Bonham Carter as Mrs. Howell. Okay, here’s what lets do: Let’s make it like _The Aristocrats_. Take one twenty-two minute script, and hand it over to seven different directors/casts. String 'em all together, and you’ve got _Gilligan’s Island: The Motion Picture_. Suggested script: the one where Gilligan finds the sunflower seeds that give everyone psychic powers. Or the one where they have the Miss Castaway Beauty Pageant. Suggested directors: Tim Burton Terry Gilliam Chris Columbus Martin Scorsese Clint Eastwood Ron Howard Pedro Almodóvar ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island-flick-with-michael-cera/531196/13 "2010-03-04T08:09:33Z")
The Professor should be played by Alton Brown. He’s just got the vibe, man…TRM ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island-flick-with-michael-cera/531196/14 "2010-03-04T08:13:31Z")
> [@Quercus\_alba](#): > > and Mary Ann: Amy Adams? :eek: I’ll be in muh bunk. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island-flick-with-michael-cera/531196/15 "2010-03-04T09:41:55Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > [Amanda Bynes]Not hot enough. > > [Kate Hudson]Hot in the wrong way. > > [Cedric the Entertainer]You are a genius. I’m thinking you just haven’t seen Bynes in her Farmgirl gettup (and I can’t seem to find any pictures online.). But you’re right about Cedric and Hudson. Cedric just has the same type of humor, and adds the “required” diversity to an otherwise all-white cast, without making him a throwaway character like is so common nowadays. I’ll get to Hudson in my next quote. > [@BlankSlate](#): > > I think this is brilliant casting, although I bet Lindsay Lohan is just dying to play Ginger. I don’t know about hotness, but she’s much closer to the appropriate character. Hudson is just too girl-next-door. She can take [racy photoshoots](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1224665/Kate-Hudson-casts-girl-door-image-raunchy-new-shoot.html) all she wants, but that can’t change the public’s perception of her that easily. Ginger is supposed to be seductive, somewhat manipulative, willing to use her sexuality and attractiveness to get what she wants, but unwilling to actually go so far as use sex itself. She’s somewhat haughty, but oddly classy. We also can’t focus on just that last part, or we’ll run into Mr. Howell’s or even Mary Ann’s character. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island-flick-with-michael-cera/531196/16 "2010-03-04T13:41:48Z")
That red-haired woman from _Mad Men_ for Ginger. I don’t watch Mad Men, so I don’t know her name. I agree with Amanda Bynes for Mary Ann. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island-flick-with-michael-cera/531196/17 "2010-03-04T15:38:20Z")
Flagrantly stealing a number of excellent suggestions, I’ve come up with the perfect cast: The Skipper too: Kevin James or Andy Richter The Millionaire: Eliot Gould - a great call and his Wife: Betty White - perfect The Movie Star: Amy Adams - I’m switching her to here, because I think she can do slinky very well The Professor: Alton Brown - he definitely has the vibe and Mary Ann: [Jordana Spiro](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0819079/) ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island-flick-with-michael-cera/531196/18 "2010-03-04T16:16:39Z")
How about: Gilligan: [D.J. Qualls](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0702809/) Skipper: John Goodman Professor: Morgan Freeman Ginger: Eliza Dushku Mary Ann: Got nothing - I’ll go with Amanda Bynes, too Thurston Howell III: Bill Cosby Mrs. Howell: Alfre Woodard ---
**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island-flick-with-michael-cera/531196/19 "2010-03-04T16:32:25Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > I think this is brilliant casting, although I bet Lindsay Lohan is just dying to play Ginger. She’d dye first. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island-flick-with-michael-cera/531196/20 "2010-03-04T16:48:57Z")
I was thinking this morning about Lohan, and how good she would look as Ginger, but I have my doubts about her temperamental suitability to work on a project of such cultural importance. Although I never heard any horror stories about her behavior on the set of _A Prairie Home Companion_. Maybe Meryl Streep is a good influence on her. So, I could see her as Ginger as long as Meryl is Mrs. Howell. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligans-island-flick-with-michael-cera/531196.md?page=2)