# Re-cast The Magnificent Seven with today's actors **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 24, 2009, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-cast-the-magnificent-seven-with-todays-actors/490605 "2009-03-24T17:32:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-cast-the-magnificent-seven-with-todays-actors/490605/1 "2009-03-24T17:32:07Z")
Yul Brynner = Steve McQueen = Charles Bronson = James Coburn = Robert Vaughn = Brad Dexter = Horst Buchholz = And, of course, [Eli Wallach](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0908919/)= Movie’s about to be 50 years old, and [Robert Vaughn](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001816/)is the only one of The Seven still with us. Guy’s got over 200 credits on IMDB! ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-cast-the-magnificent-seven-with-todays-actors/490605/2 "2009-03-24T17:55:14Z")
Yul Brynner = Christopher Eccelston Steve McQueen = Clive Owen Charles Bronson = Rutger Hauer James Coburn = Sam L. Jackson Robert Vaughn = Stellan Skarsgård Brad Dexter = Sean Bean Horst Buchholz = Orlando Bloom Eli Wallach = Danny Trejo I havn’t watched the movie in a while, and just kind of went with my first face that popped in my head. Apparently I just don’t buy many of current American actors as tough guys 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-cast-the-magnificent-seven-with-todays-actors/490605/3 "2009-03-24T18:08:39Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > Apparently I just don’t buy many of current American actors as tough guys 😉 Believe it or not, that’s exactly why I thought of this thread! BTW: Your list looks convincing enough. I’d pay to see them try it. ---
**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-cast-the-magnificent-seven-with-todays-actors/490605/4 "2009-03-24T18:15:53Z")
Wolfman - I love some of your choices. Danny Trejo = inspired! and Sean Bean, yes. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-cast-the-magnificent-seven-with-todays-actors/490605/5 "2009-03-24T18:36:56Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > Horst Buchholz = Orlando Bloom Sheer genius! ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-cast-the-magnificent-seven-with-todays-actors/490605/6 "2009-03-24T18:46:53Z")
Help me think of movies built on similar premises. A group of specialists tackle some particularly risky, dangerous or at least tricky task. More than just two or three, but a decent sized group. Ocean’s 11, 12, 13 … The Italian Job Ronin Heat Goodfellas (at least the heist portion) The Great Escape (some of the same guys as TM7, in fact) Sneakers (just saw it on TV this week!) In any of the more recent efforts, it’s more about technology than gunplay, even when gunplay is in evidence. But from that crop of movies, which actors could move into the Western shoot-em-up convincingly? Also, let’s list some decent Westerns of the past few years: Unforgiven Appaloosa Lonesome Dove Broken Trail Open Range (see who’s starring here, right? Too old for TM7?) Tombstone ---
**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-cast-the-magnificent-seven-with-todays-actors/490605/7 "2009-03-24T18:58:52Z")
seeing the mention of Appaloosa reminds me - Viggo Mortensen could definitely fit with the TM7. Maybe even in Brynner’s role if Eccleston’s not available. and how about Matt Damon in the McQueen role (not that anyone ever comes close to McQueen) and I vote for Johnny Depp in the Robert Vaughn role. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-cast-the-magnificent-seven-with-todays-actors/490605/8 "2009-03-24T19:13:06Z")
And we don’t have to be MCP’s about it all. Think of the all-girl casts of a Western like [Bad Girls (1994/I)](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109198/) and a not-Western like [Beyond Rangoon (1995)](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112495/) and surely we could get seven tough females into a remake of TM7. Angelina? Patricia? Charlize? Salma? Penelope? Jessica? (your pick) Daryl? Uma? Give that wrinkle a shot. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-cast-the-magnificent-seven-with-todays-actors/490605/9 "2009-03-24T19:27:42Z")
Yul Brynner = Bruce Willis Steve McQueen = Daniel Craig (One of the reasons I don’t like him as Bond is he reminds me too much of Steve.) Charles Bronson = Antonio Banderas James Coburn = _(I need a lanky tough guy. Someone that unfolds himself)_ Robert Vaughn = George Clooney Brad Dexter = Adam Baldwin Horst Buchholz = Matt Damon Eli Wallach = Gary Oldman