Ok, this is my first attempt at starting my own thread, so I hope this pans out…
Ok, lets think about this. A few days ago, I was asked what celebrity did I think most looked like/embodied the sort of essence that was me. And I thought…hm.
What a question. The perhaps sadder resulting answer was all that I could come up with was Rowan Atkinson, of Mr. Bean fame.
I’m a girl.
And I thought about it…if you had to cast yourself and the major players in your life for a movie, who would you cast?
Myself - as yet uncasted, sadly. My witty, every poignant roommate would be played by the ineffable Janeane Garofalo. My father - often a loveable, opinionated, insufferable curmugeon, would be played by the late Carroll O’Connor. My mother - definitely Debbie Reynolds - read: mother hell-bent on destroying her daughter’s life…but that’s another movie altogether.
How about you? Who would be cast as the players in your life? Actors/famous people living or dead?
Me-Edward Norton–I actually do kind of look like him in terms of my profile. Plus I liked Fight Club.
Mom-Dixie Carter with shorter hair and no Southern accent would be pretty accurate
Dad-Tough, but I’d go with Tony Danza. He’s the boss, but he never boxed to the best of my knowledge.
Sisters-I don’t plan on having them in the movie about my life, it’s s’posed to be positive.
My barber, Ray-OK, not the biggest part of my life, but he looks EXACTLY like Anthony Edwards of ER fame.
Then there are all my friends and stuff, none of whom really look like anyone. Oh, and my last love interest was such an exotic beauty that no Hollywood hack could capture her essence (just in case she’s reading this and wants to take me back).
oops. Forgot about boyfriend…
He says the guy who mosts captures him is Dave Foley. But when he asked me who most ‘looked’ like him - I said william H. Macy.
I think I’d rather make out with Dave Foley though. In an ideal world.
I am portraying MYSELF in my life story, but nobody is bothering to film it. Oh well, having fun. Just wish I could get paid.
I’d say Val Kilmer but he’s been a bit snooty in his recent roles and that might detract from the flick. And he’s not quite tall enough. We’ll give him some boots and it’ll work.
The heroin - Takashima Reiko. I don’t have a link right now for those of you who don’t know this lady, but she plays a Matriarch Yakuza in a serial (not far off the mark!)
Buddies - Michael Madsen, Liv Tyler, Dennis Quaid, Jonathan Frakes, Anthony Edwards
John Cusack, I’d say. He’s a bit older than me, but I could pass for his age. He doesn’t really resemble me in terms of looks, but his role in High Fidelity resembled me quite a bit.
I still will, though. You can have him from High Fidelity, I’ll take him from … um … oh, I’ve always wanted to be an assassin. Dibs on Grosse Point Blank. I suppose I still have time to be a hitman before the story of my life is complete.
Me- If you could cross Salma Hayek and Ashley Judd, that’s me
Bing- Russell Crowe (Bing’s a total hottie!)
Brothers- McCauley Culkin (early years) and Jonathan Lipnicki
Mom- Gena Rowlands
Stepdad- Hank Hill (I know he’s a cartoon, but an uncanny resemblance.)
Dad- Cheech Marin
(Note: Dad and I aren’t hispanic, but we look like the stereotypical image of what the media tends to cast of people of that origin. We’ve actually been asked where we’re “originally” from.)
Cherry Blossom, if Bing if your love interest…well, I’m available for auditions, and did I mention I look like a cross between Salma Hayek and Ashely Judd? er…not really, but plastic surgery is not out of the question…
