# Who plays you in the movie: "You!" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 19, 2013, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-plays-you-in-the-movie-you/656140 "2013-04-19T15:53:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![shiftless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@shiftless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shiftless)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-plays-you-in-the-movie-you/656140/41 "2013-04-22T20:13:54Z")
We had this conversation at work a few years ago. When my name came up, three people simultaneously said “Bill Murray.” There wasn’t even a discussion. Was kind of hoping for Brad Pit. I can live with Bill. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-plays-you-in-the-movie-you/656140/42 "2013-04-22T20:22:38Z")
Since we’re not restricted to living actors, I’m going with the late Roy Scheider. ---
**Author:** ![LC\_Strawhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@LC\_Strawhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LC_Strawhouse)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-plays-you-in-the-movie-you/656140/43 "2013-04-22T20:45:30Z")
I’d love for someone who is my complete opposite to play me - say, a Polynesian female with tribal tattoos. Genre: daytime soap opera ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-plays-you-in-the-movie-you/656140/44 "2013-04-22T22:36:41Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > A shaved-headed Kevin Smith, sadly. Dude! We should have one movie about both of us, and Kevin Smith can play both roles at the same time! Kind of like a tubby Jean Claude van Damme. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-plays-you-in-the-movie-you/656140/45 "2013-04-22T23:08:36Z")
A stage actor would have to play me, because it’s an ordeal to get even a still photo to look remotely normal, and video is right out of the question. Though, when my hair was super-short and orange a couple years ago, I think I kinda looked like Lucille Ball…Her depracating sense of humour would certainly serve to punctuate my clumsy life, hehe. ---
**Author:** ![Pops\_Negro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/779978/32.png) [@Pops\_Negro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pops_Negro)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-plays-you-in-the-movie-you/656140/46 "2013-04-22T23:20:25Z")
The real-life me? John Wilkes Booth would be good. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2013, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-plays-you-in-the-movie-you/656140/47 "2013-04-23T00:01:55Z")
Judy Greer. Only a couple of years older than me, same coloring, judging by Archer she also has an odd sense of humor…perfect 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2013, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-plays-you-in-the-movie-you/656140/48 "2013-04-23T00:22:49Z")
I’m going to go with Marlo Thomas, although I’ve been told I resemble Sarah Palin when my hair is up. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2013, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-plays-you-in-the-movie-you/656140/49 "2013-04-23T00:24:14Z")
I’m played by [Philip Seymour Hoffman](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Seymour_Hoffman). We’re almost the same age and look a lot alike. The film is directed by David Lynch in his L.A. surreal mode. Lots of ominous shots of palm trees silhouetted against perfect blue skies. I spend a lot of time in coffee shops typing on my laptop and muttering to myself. ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2013, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-plays-you-in-the-movie-you/656140/50 "2013-04-23T00:48:25Z")
Stephen Root. If he’d take a role in “The Most Boring Movie Ever. We’re Serious; Go Watch Some Paint Dry.” ---
**Author:** ![Pops\_Negro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/779978/32.png) [@Pops\_Negro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pops_Negro)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2013, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-plays-you-in-the-movie-you/656140/51 "2013-04-23T03:57:03Z")
I thought that Andy Warhol made the most boring movies ever. He filmed some dude sleeping for hours and then showed it as a movie, for christsakes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-plays-you-in-the-movie-you/656140.md?page=2)