# Let's play Bad Casting **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 7, 2006, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-bad-casting/375637 "2006-10-07T20:10:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sonia\_Montdore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@Sonia\_Montdore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sonia_Montdore)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2006, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-bad-casting/375637/1 "2006-10-07T20:10:40Z")
Let’s play bad casting decisions. I’ll name a movie character from a classic film that’s being remade. You suggest the worst actor or actress to play that role. Then you give a character name for the next player to cast. The person you cast should be of the same sex and general age as the character. You may cast any actor or actress, living or dead. We’ll digitize the dead ones in our remake. I’ll start: Rick from _Casablanca_. Worst choice to play him: Shemp Howard. Marie Curie from _Madame Curie._ ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2006, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-bad-casting/375637/2 "2006-10-07T20:19:23Z")
Marie Curie from _Madame Curie_. Worst choice to play her: Paris Hilton. Booger from _Revenge of the Nerds_. ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2006, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-bad-casting/375637/3 "2006-10-07T20:31:46Z")
[QUOTE=pinkfreud] Booger from _Revenge of the Nerds_. [/QUOTE] Elijah Wood. The Monster from _Frankenstein_ . ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2006, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-bad-casting/375637/4 "2006-10-07T20:36:33Z")
> [@](#): > > The Monster from Frankenstein . The baby from the Luvs diaper commercial. (heh heh…you did say the “same age”, yes?) Cary Grant in _Arsenic & Old Lace_ ---
**Author:** ![Tierce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@Tierce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tierce)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2006, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-bad-casting/375637/5 "2006-10-07T20:38:59Z")
[QUOTE=want2know] The Monster from _Frankenstein_ . [/QUOTE] Herve Villechaize. Dorothy from _The Wizard of Oz_. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2006, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-bad-casting/375637/6 "2006-10-07T20:41:42Z")
Hugh Grant, I think Katie Scarlett O’Hara Hamilton Kennedy Butler(and if you don’t know the movie there’s no hope) ---
**Author:** ![Tierce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@Tierce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tierce)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2006, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-bad-casting/375637/7 "2006-10-07T20:54:19Z")
(dratted simulpost) [QUOTE=Baker] Katie Scarlett O’Hara Hamilton Kennedy Butler(and if you don’t know the movie there’s no hope) [/QUOTE] I’m torn between Rosie O’Donnell and Suzanne Somers. How about the lead in _It’s a Wonderful Life_? ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2006, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-bad-casting/375637/8 "2006-10-07T21:00:41Z")
[QUOTE=Baker] Katie Scarlett O’Hara Hamilton Kennedy Butler(and if you don’t know the movie there’s no hope) [/QUOTE] This isn’t a game entry, just a comment: I saw an interview in which Jennifer Lopez expressed an interest in playing Scarlett. She wanted Ben Affleck to play Rhett. Now that Ben is out of her life, one hopes that J.Lo will have rethought this. ---
**Author:** ![Menocchio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Menocchio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Menocchio)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2006, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-bad-casting/375637/9 "2006-10-07T21:03:32Z")
[QUOTE=Tierce] How about the lead in _It’s a Wonderful Life_? [/QUOTE] Wil Farrel. The Hillbilly Rapists from Deliverance. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2006, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-bad-casting/375637/10 "2006-10-07T21:08:54Z")
[QUOTE=Menocchio] The Hillbilly Rapists from Deliverance. [/QUOTE] Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2006, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-bad-casting/375637/11 "2006-10-07T21:24:36Z")
We need another classic character, **Alessan**. ---
**Author:** ![Sonia\_Montdore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@Sonia\_Montdore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sonia_Montdore)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2006, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-bad-casting/375637/12 "2006-10-07T21:24:40Z")
[QUOTE=Alessan] Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick. [/QUOTE] Hilarious, **Alessan**! Best answer so far. You forgot to state another role for the next player to cast, so let’s go back to **Tierce** ’s suggestion, which got overlooked above: Dorothy from _The Wizard of Oz._ ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2006, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-bad-casting/375637/13 "2006-10-07T22:25:59Z")
Olympia Dukakis. Willy Wonka. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2006, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-bad-casting/375637/14 "2006-10-07T22:38:22Z")
[QUOTE=Beware of Doug] Willy Wonka. [/QUOTE] Michael Jackson. Indiana Jones ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2006, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-bad-casting/375637/15 "2006-10-07T22:42:06Z")
[QUOTE=Tierce] Herve Villechaize. Dorothy from _The Wizard of Oz_. [/QUOTE] I’m thinking Sigourney Weaver. ---
**Author:** ![Sonia\_Montdore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@Sonia\_Montdore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sonia_Montdore)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2006, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-bad-casting/375637/16 "2006-10-07T22:48:00Z")
[QUOTE=GorillaMan] I’m thinking Sigourney Weaver. [/QUOTE] **GorillaMan** didn’t give us a classic role to miscast, so let’s go to **Larry Borgia’s** suggestion: Indiana Jones ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2006, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-bad-casting/375637/17 "2006-10-07T23:09:40Z")
[QUOTE=Sonia Montdore] Indiana Jones [/QUOTE] Andy Dick. Joe/Josephine and Jerry/Daphne from _Some Like it Hot_. ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2006, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-bad-casting/375637/18 "2006-10-07T23:10:46Z")
[QUOTE=Sonia Montdore] **GorillaMan** didn’t give us a classic role to miscast, so let’s go to **Larry Borgia’s** suggestion: Indiana Jones [/QUOTE] Chris Tucker Frank N Furter ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2006, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-bad-casting/375637/19 "2006-10-07T23:19:45Z")
**Frank N Furter** William Shatner (“Don’t… DREAM it… BE it”) _Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman_ ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2006, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-bad-casting/375637/20 "2006-10-07T23:21:44Z")
[QUOTE=Shoshana] **Frank N Furter** William Shatner (“Don’t… DREAM it… BE it”) _Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman_ [/QUOTE] Julia Roberts. 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-bad-casting/375637.md?page=2)