# Straight Dope-The Movie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 8, 2011, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-the-movie/595629 "2011-09-08T17:44:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-the-movie/595629/1 "2011-09-08T17:44:40Z")
Let’s cast the Straight Dope movie! Let me start with: Cecil Adams-Frank Langella Ed Zotti-William Hurt ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-the-movie/595629/2 "2011-09-08T18:16:28Z")
Lobohan will be Jack Black on a skateboard. I don’t skate, but I think that’s just the punch-up the character needs. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-the-movie/595629/3 "2011-09-08T18:44:29Z")
> [@Lobohan](#): > > Lobohan will be Jack Black on a skateboard. I don’t skate, but I think that’s just the punch-up the character needs. I was thinking Andy Dick on an over-sized trike, but o.k. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-the-movie/595629/4 "2011-09-08T18:55:45Z")
XT will be played by a combination of Lou Diamond Phillips and Jackie Chan… -XT ---
**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:** [September 8, 2011, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-the-movie/595629/5 "2011-09-08T19:01:32Z")
Cecil: Rob Reiner, in cut-off shorts, sleeveless sweatshirt and carpet slippers. Ed: Matthew Broderick, with very big glasses, buttondown shirt and gimmicky tie. BoD: John Cusack, in A-2 jacket and grey fedora. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-the-movie/595629/6 "2011-09-08T19:05:00Z")
> [@xtisme](#): > > XT will be played by a combination of Lou Diamond Phillips and Jackie Chan… > > -XT So, [Tony Jaa](http://i.imgur.com/XPNqu.jpg)? ---
**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:** [September 8, 2011, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-the-movie/595629/7 "2011-09-08T19:11:41Z")
Another idea based on [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=623494): Have _several_ people play Cecil, along the lines of the Bob Dylan bio-pic _I’m Not There._ One of them should be Cate Blanchett. None of them should be Richard Gere. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-the-movie/595629/8 "2011-09-08T19:14:47Z")
The role of **DMark** will be played by Ryan Gosling in a jock strap. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-the-movie/595629/9 "2011-09-08T19:15:16Z")
**CalMeacham** will, of course, be played by **Rex Reason** Yes, he’s still alive, although he’s 83. That will add to the verisimilitude. > **[Rex Reason | Actor](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0714155/)** > > Known for: This Island Earth, The Creature Walks Among Us, Band of Angels ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-the-movie/595629/10 "2011-09-08T19:21:33Z")
\*\*WordMan \*\*will be played by \*\*Dan Aykroyd \*\*- probably the Trading Places/Ghostbusters era Dan. I get the comparison from an appearance standpoint anyway…and his eccentric geek/goofiness. ---
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-the-movie/595629/11 "2011-09-08T19:34:31Z")
The role of Caesario (a small cameo, but absolutely essential for plot development) would be ably played by Sir Ben Kingsley… If Sir Ben is not available, I suggest either Janet Reno or the Homeless Guy With The Golden Radio Voice. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-the-movie/595629/12 "2011-09-08T19:41:19Z")
Actually, if you go to Rex’s website, you can see that he _still_ looks and sounds better than I ever will, dammit: [http://www.rexreason.com/](http://www.rexreason.com/) That’s okay, they always glamorize things for the camera. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-the-movie/595629/13 "2011-09-08T19:45:10Z")
**Diogenes the Cynic** will be played by John Goodman. **Autolycus** will be played by Pauly Shore. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-the-movie/595629/14 "2011-09-08T19:51:38Z")
I will be played by Kevin Sorbo. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-the-movie/595629/15 "2011-09-08T20:07:45Z")
Clothahump should be played by the bad-guy from Avatar. Diogenes should be played by Geoffery Rush, portrayed as in Quills. 😃 ---
**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:** [September 8, 2011, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-the-movie/595629/16 "2011-09-08T20:15:31Z")
**Cecil** will be a voice on the telephone and never seen **Ed** will be played by Hugh Laurie (or Bender, if it’s animated) Toni Colette will play **twicks** because Judy Dench and Maggie Smith are both unavailable and a tad too old Karen Allen shall be **Ellen Cherry** …and **Eve** will make a cameo as herself ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-the-movie/595629/17 "2011-09-08T20:35:09Z")
\*\*Fred Astair \*\* will be cast as Slithy Tove. Because Fred Astair has been dead for twenty three years, the digital template of Fred Astair from the 1996 Dirt Devil vacuum cleaner commercial will be used. Due to a miscommunication, Slithy Tove will be portrayed by a **Dirt Devil vacuum cleaner**. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-the-movie/595629/18 "2011-09-08T20:47:11Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I will be played by Kevin Sorbo. I was going to suggest Hugh Laurie, but it looks like **Ed** has dibs on him now. I honestly have no idea who would play me. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-the-movie/595629/19 "2011-09-08T20:53:04Z")
[QUOTE=Lobohan] So, Tony Jaa? [/QUOTE] But older, wiser (and bit fatter)…plus less scary. 😉 -XT ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-the-movie/595629/20 "2011-09-08T20:54:40Z")
'luci would be played by Ellsworth M. Toohey… -XT [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-the-movie/595629.md?page=2)