# 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:** 2
**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, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-bad-casting/375637/21 "2006-10-07T23:24:28Z")
> [@](#): > > Frank N Furter Richard Simmon. Horror movies might never be the same. Hermione Granger? ---
**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, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-bad-casting/375637/22 "2006-10-07T23:29:34Z")
[QUOTE=RikWriter] Julia Roberts. šŸ˜ƒ [/QUOTE] Good answer, but once again the contest grinds to a halt for lack of a second name. **You have to suggest a new character, folks.** Sigh. Okay, Iā€™ll take up the slack: Annie Oakley from _Annie Get Your Gun_ ---
**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, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-bad-casting/375637/23 "2006-10-07T23:30:57Z")
Hermione Granger? **Shirley Temple.** _Austin Powers?_ ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2006, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-bad-casting/375637/24 "2006-10-07T23:35:46Z")
Eddie Deezen as Austin Powers Freddy Krueger ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2006, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-bad-casting/375637/25 "2006-10-07T23:38:44Z")
[QUOTE=MacTech] Eddie Deezen as Austin Powers Freddy Krueger [/QUOTE] Desi Arnaz Mrs. Danvers from _Rebecca_? ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2006, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-bad-casting/375637/26 "2006-10-07T23:38:53Z")
Actually, i change my vote, have the ā€œactorā€ that played Torgo from ā€œManos; Hands of Fateā€ play Austin Powersā€¦ theā€¦ Masā€¦TEr waNTsā€¦ tO ā€¦kNOw iF iā€¦ maKeā€¦ yOu ā€¦hORā€¦nY or RANā€¦dY? ---
**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, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-bad-casting/375637/27 "2006-10-07T23:42:28Z")
[QUOTE=MacTech] Actually, i change my vote, have the ā€œactorā€ that played Torgo from ā€œManos; Hands of Fateā€ play Austin Powersā€¦ theā€¦ Mas..TEr waNTsā€¦ tO ā€¦kNOw iF iā€¦ maKeā€¦ yOu ā€¦hOR..nY or RANā€¦dY? [/QUOTE] _ **gets up off floor with both sides in searing pain** _ I think you win! šŸ˜ƒ ---
**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, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-bad-casting/375637/28 "2006-10-07T23:46:55Z")
[QUOTE=Sonia Montdore] Good answer, but once again the contest grinds to a halt for lack of a second name. **You have to suggest a new character, folks.** Sigh. Okay, Iā€™ll take up the slack: [/QUOTE] What am I, invisible? šŸ˜› Hereā€™s mine again: Joe/Josephine and Jerry/Daphne from Some Like it Hot. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2006, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-bad-casting/375637/29 "2006-10-08T00:02:22Z")
Pauly Shore and Arnold Schwartzenegger The Terminator. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2006, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-bad-casting/375637/30 "2006-10-08T00:03:39Z")
[QUOTE=Chefguy] Pauly Shore and Arnold Schwartzenegger The Terminator. [/QUOTE] Oh! Iā€™ll answer my own: Danny DeVito Jake from Chinatown. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2006, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-bad-casting/375637/31 "2006-10-08T00:14:28Z")
[QUOTE=Chefguy] Jake from Chinatown. [/QUOTE] Adam Sandler. Overlooked from above: Annie Oakley in _Annie Get Your Gun_ ---
**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 8, 2006, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-bad-casting/375637/32 "2006-10-08T00:23:43Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] Adam Sandler. Overlooked from above: Annie Oakley in _Annie Get Your Gun_ [/QUOTE] Capucine. Overlooked from above: Mrs. Danvers in _Rebecca._ ---
**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 8, 2006, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-bad-casting/375637/33 "2006-10-08T00:23:52Z")
[QUOTE=Chefguy] Pauly Shore and Arnold Schwartzenegger [/QUOTE] šŸ˜ƒ Brilliant! Iā€™ll assume that Ah-nuld will be Jerry/Daphne (ā€œIā€™m a girl!ā€) and Pauly will be Joe/Josephine/Junior (ā€œYouā€™re a boy!ā€) But who should play Sugar Kane? ---
**Author:** ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2006, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-bad-casting/375637/34 "2006-10-08T00:45:58Z")
[QUOTE=Sonia Montdore] ā€¦ Overlooked from above: Mrs. Danvers in _Rebecca._ [/QUOTE] Lisa Kudrow. Paul Newman and Robert Redford in _Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid_ Actually I just thought of a sureally awful answer to thisā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2006, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-bad-casting/375637/35 "2006-10-08T00:48:18Z")
[QUOTE=Laughing Lagomorph] Lisa Kudrow. Paul Newman and Robert Redford in _Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid_ Actually I just thought of a sureally awful answer to thisā€¦ [/QUOTE] Chris Kattan and Rob Schneider James Bond ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2006, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-bad-casting/375637/36 "2006-10-08T00:54:22Z")
[QUOTE=want2know] Chris Kattan and Rob Schneider James Bond [/QUOTE] Jerry Lewis Mā€™hey, nice LADY!, the nameā€™s Bond, James Bond, GLAVIN! or; Kane Hodder in his Jason Voorhees setup ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2006, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-bad-casting/375637/37 "2006-10-08T00:56:50Z")
oops, forgot to post the next one, sorry, how aboutā€¦ Dirty Harry ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2006, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-bad-casting/375637/38 "2006-10-08T01:00:43Z")
For the only unanswered one I see, Sugar Kane from _Some Like It Hot_: Patricia Arquette. Sam Spade, in _The Maltese Falcon_ ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2006, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-bad-casting/375637/39 "2006-10-08T01:02:13Z")
Dirty Harry: Gene Kelly. Sam Spade ---
**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 8, 2006, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-bad-casting/375637/40 "2006-10-08T01:04:30Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] For the only unanswered one I see, Sugar Kane from _Some Like It Hot_: Patricia Arquette. Sam Spade, in _The Maltese Falcon_ [/QUOTE] Don Knotts Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in _Amadeus_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-bad-casting/375637.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-bad-casting/375637.md?page=3)