# Recast a classic movie to make it terrible **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 20, 2009, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-a-classic-movie-to-make-it-terrible/518266 "2009-11-20T07:46:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-a-classic-movie-to-make-it-terrible/518266/1 "2009-11-20T07:46:15Z")
If you could recast a classic movie using any actors past or present in order to ruin it as completely as possible, who would you choose? Example: _Star Wars_, with… Matthew McConaughey as Han Solo Mel Gibson as Darth Vader Wanda Sykes as Princess Leia Ronald Reagan as Obi-Wan and Joe Pesci as Luke Skywalker. Go! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-a-classic-movie-to-make-it-terrible/518266/2 "2009-11-20T07:56:57Z")
**Casablanca** Keanu Reeves as Rick Kate Capshaw as Ilsa Chris tucker as Sam Rob Schneider as Louis Vincent D’Onofrio as Victor ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-a-classic-movie-to-make-it-terrible/518266/3 "2009-11-20T08:33:55Z")
**Predator** , starring… Jon Heder as Dutch Steve Buscemi as Dillon Robert Downey Jr. as Blain Billy Dee Williams as Mac Bob Saget as Hawkins Richard Dreyfuss as Ramirez Marisa Tomei as Anna The Crying Indian as Billy Danny DeVito as The Predator ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-a-classic-movie-to-make-it-terrible/518266/4 "2009-11-20T09:22:31Z")
**Psycho** : Vince Vaughn … Norman Bates ``` Anne Heche ... Marion Crane Julianne Moore ... Lila Crane Viggo Mortensen ... Samuel 'Sam' Loomis William H. Macy ... Milton Arbogast Robert Forster ... Dr. Fred Simon Philip Baker Hall ... Sheriff Al Chambers ``` ---
**Author:** ![wedgehed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8edcca/32.png) [@wedgehed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wedgehed)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-a-classic-movie-to-make-it-terrible/518266/5 "2009-11-20T12:58:24Z")
Star Wars (1939 version) Luke Skywalker - Mickey Rooney Princess Leia - Judy Garland Han Solo - Buster Crabbe Obi Wan - Wallace Beery Chewbacca - Lon Chaney Jr C3PO - Jack Haley R2D2 - Billy Barty Darth Vader - Bela Lugosi ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-a-classic-movie-to-make-it-terrible/518266/6 "2009-11-20T14:06:19Z")
**Gone with the Wind** Rhett Butler – Jim Carrey Scarlett O’Hara – Drew Barrymore ---
**Author:** ![LiveOnAPlane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@LiveOnAPlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LiveOnAPlane)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-a-classic-movie-to-make-it-terrible/518266/7 "2009-11-20T14:10:40Z")
**Gone With The Wind:** Pee Wee Herman – Rhett Butler Paris Hilton – Scarlett O’Hara Hmm, I think the above will suffice. \<\\> ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-a-classic-movie-to-make-it-terrible/518266/8 "2009-11-20T14:19:11Z")
**Gone with the Wind** Scarlett O’Hara --Jennifer Lopez Ashley Wilkes – Johnny Depp Rhett Butler – Tom Cruise ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-a-classic-movie-to-make-it-terrible/518266/9 "2009-11-20T14:38:36Z")
\*\*Gone with the Wind \*\*(This really needs its own thread.) Scarlett O’Hara: Roseanne Rhett Butler: Gary Coleman Ashley Wilkes: Carrot Top Melanie: Fran Drescher Mammy: Wanda Sykes ---
**Author:** ![Mahna\_Mahna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@Mahna\_Mahna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahna_Mahna)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-a-classic-movie-to-make-it-terrible/518266/10 "2009-11-20T14:40:31Z")
**Titanic** : Danny DeVito as Jack Rosie Perez as Rose Steven Seagal as Cal > [@DMark](#): > > **Psycho** : > > ``` > Vince Vaughn ... Norman Bates > Anne Heche ... Marion Crane > Julianne Moore ... Lila Crane > Viggo Mortensen ... Samuel 'Sam' Loomis > William H. Macy ... Milton Arbogast > Robert Forster ... Dr. Fred Simon > Philip Baker Hall ... Sheriff Al Chambers > > ``` I see what you did there. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-a-classic-movie-to-make-it-terrible/518266/11 "2009-11-20T14:57:24Z")
**The African Queen** starring Paris Hilton **Annie Hall** starring Paris Hilton **The Big Sleep** starring Paris Hilton **Bonnie and Clyde** starring Paris Hilton **Casablanca** starring Paris Hilton **It’s a Wonderful Life** starring Paris Hilton \*\*Notorious \*\*starring Paris Hilton **Rear Window** starring Paris Hilton **The Searchers** starring Paris Hilton **To Kill A Mockingbird** starring Paris Hilton Need I go on? ---
**Author:** ![enomaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-a-classic-movie-to-make-it-terrible/518266/12 "2009-11-20T16:21:37Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > If you could recast a classic movie using any actors past or present in order to ruin it as completely as possible, who would you choose? > > Example: _Star Wars_, with… > > Matthew McConaughey as Han Solo > Mel Gibson as Darth Vader > Wanda Sykes as Princess Leia > Ronald Reagan as Obi-Wan > and Joe Pesci as Luke Skywalker. > Go! Gilbert Gottfried as the VOICE of Darth Vader ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-a-classic-movie-to-make-it-terrible/518266/13 "2009-11-20T16:21:53Z")
> [@wedgehed](#): > > Star Wars (1939 version) > > Luke Skywalker - Mickey Rooney > > Princess Leia - Judy Garland > > Han Solo - Buster Crabbe > > Obi Wan - Wallace Beery > > Chewbacca - Lon Chaney Jr > > C3PO - Jack Haley > > R2D2 - Billy Barty > > Darth Vader - Bela Lugosi ya know, this might not be too bad… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Redwing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dfb087/32.png) [@Redwing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redwing)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-a-classic-movie-to-make-it-terrible/518266/14 "2009-11-20T17:13:30Z")
**Arsenic and Old Lace** Eddie Murphy as …Mortimer Brewster Britteny Spears as …Elaine Harper William H. Macy as …Jonathan Brewster Lucy Lawless as …O’Hara Steve Buscemi as …Mr. Witherspoon Chris Rock as …Dr. Einstein Carrot Top as …Lt. Rooney Candice Bergen as …Abby Brewster Julia Roberts as …Martha Brewster Nicholas Cage as …‘Teddy Roosevelt’ Brewster ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-a-classic-movie-to-make-it-terrible/518266/15 "2009-11-20T17:51:12Z")
**The Thin Man** Nick Charles … Vincent D’Onofrio Nora Charles … Amanda Plummer ---
**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:** [November 20, 2009, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-a-classic-movie-to-make-it-terrible/518266/16 "2009-11-20T17:51:16Z")
**Annie Hall** , starring Vin Diesel and Renee Zellweger. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-a-classic-movie-to-make-it-terrible/518266/17 "2009-11-20T17:51:24Z")
_The Godfather_ Don Vito Corleone - Danny DeVito Michael - Matt LeBlanc Sonny - Ben Stiller Fredo - Jack Black Tom - Will Ferrell ---
**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:** [November 20, 2009, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-a-classic-movie-to-make-it-terrible/518266/18 "2009-11-20T18:08:22Z")
_Harvey_ Elwood P. Dowd: Al Pacino ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-a-classic-movie-to-make-it-terrible/518266/19 "2009-11-20T18:09:09Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > _The Godfather_ > > Don Vito Corleone - Danny DeVito > Michael - Matt LeBlanc > Sonny - Ben Stiller > Fredo - Jack Black > Tom - Will Ferrell That wouldn’t be all bad. The tollbooth scene would be a real crowd-pleaser. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-a-classic-movie-to-make-it-terrible/518266/20 "2009-11-20T18:10:15Z")
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Khan - Hank Azaria (as he was in The Birdcage) Joachim - Peter MacNicol Saavik - Carol Burnett Carol - Shelley Winters David - Jack Black [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recast-a-classic-movie-to-make-it-terrible/518266.md?page=2)