# Who will play you? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 29, 2005, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-play-you/328402 "2005-10-29T02:00:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2005, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-play-you/328402/21 "2005-10-29T06:43:36Z")
Maybe a young Bruce Boxleitner, or a young Peter Strauss. (Though, frankly, I’d probably count myself lucky if it were Noah Taylor in a blonde wig.) ---
**Author:** ![mamboman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@mamboman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mamboman)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2005, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-play-you/328402/22 "2005-10-29T07:03:00Z")
Bill Murray. He’d have to out on some weight, but hes the only actor that could capture the elusive butterfly which is the mambo-psyche mm ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2005, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-play-you/328402/23 "2005-10-29T07:25:20Z")
Alyson Hannigan. I don’t think we look the same (at least not since I got chubbier, dyed my hair brown (as opposed to the flaming red it always was) and I think my nose is bigger and my eyes are a little more spacey looking - I used to get mistaken for her when I was skinny skinny mini, though), she has all of my movements and mannerisms down perfectly. Her voice is similarly dork-ish, like mine. Geek voice. She even speaks in odd rushed breaths like I do. (Hey, she copied me, I was always me, long before she was famous! 😛 ) She’s okay in my book. 😛 Especially since her teeth are straighter. If I had a biographical movie made about me, I’d want to be seen smiling more, since that’s how I feel, and I smile a lot, but am ashamed to smile too big. She can pull it off. I could smile vicariously through her. Although I think I’d make a pretty good Jamie Hewlett drawing. The guy who does Tank Girl and all the Gorillaz art? I could look all f’d up, with all my imperfections, but fit in just fine. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2005, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-play-you/328402/24 "2005-10-29T12:02:42Z")
> [@Walloon](#): > > That brilliant author **Eve** (buy her books now) said I looked like a cross between Dylan McDermott and Ewan McGregor. I’ll buy that. 😉 😃 are you married? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Licentious\_Ectomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5e9695/32.png) [@Licentious\_Ectomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Licentious_Ectomorph)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2005, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-play-you/328402/25 "2005-10-29T12:32:24Z")
Since I’ve been told almost daily for years and years that I’m the spitting image of John Cusack, he’s the obvious choice. I think we’re even about the same age (though I like to think I’m aging better than he is - he’s looking kind of doughy lately :eek: ). ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2005, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-play-you/328402/26 "2005-10-29T13:37:09Z")
I’ve been compared to Goldie Hawn. I think that’s a good thing. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_chao_goes_mu/32/3191_2.png) [@The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Chao_Goes_Mu)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2005, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-play-you/328402/27 "2005-10-29T15:13:53Z")
It would be Jodie Foster. No ifs ands or buts. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_chao_goes_mu/32/3191_2.png) [@The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Chao_Goes_Mu)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2005, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-play-you/328402/28 "2005-10-29T15:16:21Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > Take 2c Harvey Fierstein, lightly breaded > Fold into 2c Don Rickles > Toss lightly with 1c Diamanda Galas, shredded > Sprinkle with a soupcon of Mel Torme > Roast over a Truman Capote fire > Baste lightly with Marilyn Manson > Serve immediately on a steaming bed of Orson Welles. > > Serves _everyone_. My word! My curiousity has been sufficiently piqued! ---
**Author:** ![BMax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bmax/32/4267_2.png) [@BMax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMax)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2005, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-play-you/328402/29 "2005-10-29T16:13:55Z")
Start with Yul Brynner, late 50s. Mix in a little Bono, early 90s. Add a midwest USA accent with a hint of rural twang. [Here’s](http://www.myspace.com/bmax) a link to some pix of me. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2005, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-play-you/328402/30 "2005-10-29T16:48:47Z")
[Kristin Chenoweth](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0155693/photogallery-granitz-0) Mostly because she’s about the same size as I am but she’s a lot cuter and perkier. She’ll have to go strawberry blonde and tone down the perky but I definitely want to be played by someone younger and cuter. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2005, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-play-you/328402/31 "2005-10-29T16:54:43Z")
> [@BMax](#): > > Start with Yul Brynner, late 50s. Mix in a little Bono, early 90s. Add a midwest USA accent with a hint of rural twang. > [Here’s](http://www.myspace.com/bmax) a link to some pix of me. I’d say more Ben Kingsley, actually. ---
**Author:** ![Ultraviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/c77e96/32.png) [@Ultraviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ultraviolet)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2005, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-play-you/328402/32 "2005-10-29T17:57:49Z")
Well, I’d love to say Angelina Jolie, but realistically, probably a cross between Kathy Bates and Helen Hunt, with a dash of Jodie Foster for the dyke factor. Mind you, you’d have to add a few pounds to them! ---
**Author:** ![Ultraviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/c77e96/32.png) [@Ultraviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ultraviolet)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2005, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-play-you/328402/33 "2005-10-29T17:59:44Z")
> [@The Chao Goes Mu](#): > > It would be Jodie Foster. No ifs ands or buts. Hey, **Chao** , are you single 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2005, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-play-you/328402/34 "2005-10-29T18:33:28Z")
Some of my classmates at college called me “Gilligan” because they thought I looked like Bob Denver, but I now resemble him less, and he’s dead anyway. [Paul Giamatti](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0316079/) isn’t exactly my double, but his body type is similar enough, and he could pass for me with a good makeup job. Also, his performance in _Sideways_ suggests he could bring my personality to the screen. ---
**Author:** ![Flipstrip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f6c823/32.png) [@Flipstrip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flipstrip)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2005, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-play-you/328402/35 "2005-10-29T19:14:18Z")
For voice timbre I’d have to go with Christina Ricci or Janeane Garofalo. Plus hubby says they remind him of me. Neither has red hair and blue eyes, but in Hollywood that’s easily taken care of. I would dearly love for it to be Jennifer Connely circa “Career Opportunities” or Salma Hayek…oh, wait, maybe that’s what the hubby dreams of. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2005, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-play-you/328402/36 "2005-10-29T20:37:50Z")
This is a toughie because I can’t think of a single celebrity I look like. A guy once said I looked like Jay Davidson’s character from **Stargate**. (For those who haven’t seen the movie, THIS IS NOT A COMPLIMENT!) But that’s it. Maybe Gloria Ruben, minus about 15 years, with a sprinkling of Sigourney Weaver (don’t ask me why, but I feel it is essential) and a splash of Tracy Ross or Rae Dawn Chong? If the above is impossible, I will settle for Tina Turner, dressed like she was in **Mad Max and the Thunderdome**. Because really, looks don’t matter. It’s all in the personality. ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2005, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-play-you/328402/37 "2005-10-29T21:02:33Z")
I’m a short, muscular Mediterranean guy. When I was younger, people told me I resembled Stallone. More recently, I’m told I look like Pacino or DeNiro (I’ve got Al’s bags-under-the-eyes, and Bobby’s crinkly laugh lines). But everyone says I sound like Johnny Cash when I sing. That’s at least one Oscar my biopic will get: best special effects. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2005, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-play-you/328402/38 "2005-10-29T21:20:59Z")
Why, **Kiera Knightley** naturally. as if. The reality, with the proper level of humor, sarcasm and WTF, (looks not indictative at all.) possibly a Holly Hunter/Joan Cusack Melding with a twist of Susan Sarandon and a bit of Rosalind Russell thrown in. Oh, and a bit of Mae West on the side. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2005, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-play-you/328402/39 "2005-10-29T21:24:36Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > Oh, and a bit of Mae West on the side. The book on just _which_ bits of Mae West **Shirley’s** talking about opens in 5 minutes. Please prepare your bets… ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2005, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-play-you/328402/40 "2005-10-29T21:24:58Z")
Claire Danes, I’d like to think, or maybe Sarah Polley or Kate Winslet. (They’re all too gorgeous, unfortunately… :() [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-play-you/328402.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-play-you/328402.md?page=3)