# Time to...Recast Rocky Horror Picture Show ! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 6, 2018, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-recast-rocky-horror-picture-show/825646 "2018-12-06T01:18:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2018, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-recast-rocky-horror-picture-show/825646/1 "2018-12-06T01:18:57Z")
I’m sure it’s been done before, but I just can’t be bothered tonight. I’ll take the low-hanging fruit Marilyn Manson :: Dr. Frankenfurter Macaulay Culkin :: Riff Raff ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2018, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-recast-rocky-horror-picture-show/825646/2 "2018-12-06T01:20:33Z")
Bonus game: Recast, reversing the role types of the squares & wild things ---
**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:** [December 6, 2018, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-recast-rocky-horror-picture-show/825646/3 "2018-12-06T01:38:17Z")
Christopher Walken:: The Criminologist ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2018, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-recast-rocky-horror-picture-show/825646/4 "2018-12-06T01:46:58Z")
> [@Johnny\_Q](#): > > Christopher Walken:: The Criminologist Genius. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2018, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-recast-rocky-horror-picture-show/825646/5 "2018-12-06T01:54:26Z")
I’m not a big Rocky Horror fan, but I think Eddie Izzard should be considered for a part somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2018, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-recast-rocky-horror-picture-show/825646/6 "2018-12-06T02:28:44Z")
Katherine McNamara :: Columbia. 5’5" (per IMDb), can sing & tap, and is about as old as Little Nell was in '75. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2018, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-recast-rocky-horror-picture-show/825646/7 "2018-12-06T02:46:47Z")
[Basil Masters](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5154195/mediaviewer/rm1604440832) :: Rocky with a tae kwon do upgrade. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2018, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-recast-rocky-horror-picture-show/825646/8 "2018-12-06T03:22:14Z")
Jim Parsons: Brad ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2018, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-recast-rocky-horror-picture-show/825646/9 "2018-12-06T03:50:23Z")
Any of the Franco brothers :: Eddie ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2018, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-recast-rocky-horror-picture-show/825646/10 "2018-12-06T04:22:41Z")
> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > Marilyn Manson :: Dr. Frankenfurter Can he act? I nominate [Tom Hiddleston](https://weheartit.com/entry/84380117) to the role Amy Acker as Janet ---
**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:** [December 6, 2018, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-recast-rocky-horror-picture-show/825646/11 "2018-12-06T06:52:48Z")
> [@Aspidistra](#): > > I nominate [Tom Hiddleston](https://weheartit.com/entry/84380117) to the role But that will make it weird when we cast Chris Hemsworth as Rocky. ---
**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:** [December 6, 2018, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-recast-rocky-horror-picture-show/825646/12 "2018-12-06T06:55:39Z")
> [@Johnny\_Q](#): > > Christopher Walken:: The Criminologist He’d be good. But give the role to Richard O’Brien so there’s a connection with the original. (That said, it was a sad mistake to cast Tim Curry in the remake.) ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2018, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-recast-rocky-horror-picture-show/825646/13 "2018-12-06T06:59:13Z")
> [@Johnny\_Q](#): > > Christopher Walken:: The Criminologist I would pay good money for that. ---
**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:** [December 6, 2018, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-recast-rocky-horror-picture-show/825646/14 "2018-12-06T07:09:09Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > But that will make it weird when we cast Chris Hemsworth as Rocky. That would make it _perfect_. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2018, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-recast-rocky-horror-picture-show/825646/15 "2018-12-06T08:08:42Z")
I nominate William Shatner to play the Criminologist. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2018, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-recast-rocky-horror-picture-show/825646/16 "2018-12-06T10:32:59Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > I nominate William Shatner to play the Criminologist. And therefore Christopher Walken as Dr Everett V. Scott. Mackenzie Crook as Riff Raff. ---
**Author:** ![SykoSkotty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SykoSkotty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SykoSkotty)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2018, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-recast-rocky-horror-picture-show/825646/17 "2018-12-06T13:00:03Z")
Christina Hendricks : Magenta ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2018, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-recast-rocky-horror-picture-show/825646/18 "2018-12-06T13:03:44Z")
Bill Skarsgard as Riff Raff. Or he can just be my date when I go see it. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2018, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-recast-rocky-horror-picture-show/825646/19 "2018-12-06T16:02:00Z")
> [@SykoSkotty](#): > > Christina Hendricks : Magenta Oh. My. 🙂 ---
**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:** [December 6, 2018, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-recast-rocky-horror-picture-show/825646/20 "2018-12-06T17:18:42Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > That would make it _perfect_. Totally agree. Amy Adams as Janet, Peter Capaldi as Dr. Scott. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-recast-rocky-horror-picture-show/825646.md?page=2)