If you could remake the movie Casablanca today...

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If you could remake the movie Casablanca today...

Post by Orwellian » Wed Jun 15, 2011 6:40 pm

Who would be the actors and actresses involved:

Rick Blaine -- Humphrey Bogart - ?
Ilsa Lunde -- Ingrid Bergman - ?
Victor Laszlo - Paul Heinreid - ?
Sam the Piano Player - Dooley Wilson - ?
Cpt. Renault - Claude Rains - ?
Major Strasser - Conrad Veidt - ?
Signor Ferrari - Sydney Greenstreet - ?
Ugarte - Peter Lorre - ?
Yvonne - Madelaine LeBeau


The other characters are probably too obscure. So, who would you have playing these more or less main characters if the movie was to be made in 2011?
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Post by devogue » Wed Jun 15, 2011 6:56 pm

Oooooh, this is a tough one ... :ask:

Jack Black for the Rick role ( :{D ) I think.
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Post by Orwellian » Wed Jun 15, 2011 7:03 pm

Jack Black for Rick? But, he's such a non-serious actor. I didn't see that one coming, but o.k....
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Post by devogue » Wed Jun 15, 2011 7:06 pm

Orwellian wrote:Jack Black for Rick? But, he's such a non-serious actor. I didn't see that one coming, but o.k....
The thing is - no serious actoe today could hold a light to Bogey, so it has to be someone completely off the chart, someone who can re-enact the part completely and approach it from a new angle.

Of course, it will die at the box office, but still.
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Post by Orwellian » Wed Jun 15, 2011 7:17 pm

I would go with Johnny Depp as Rick Blaine. He can morph himself into almost any role and be convincing - he also already has an air of a disaffected American about him....

For Ilsa, I wold go with Scarlett Johannsen.

For Capt Renault, I would go with Harvey Keitel.

For Ugarte, I would go with Steve Buscemi, for sure.

For Ferrari, I would love to go with Tom Sizemore for that one, if he can stay off the Meth.

I'd go with Brad Pitt for Victor Laszlo.

Yvonne could be played by Megan Fox.
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Post by laklak » Wed Jun 15, 2011 7:19 pm

Remake Casablanca????!!!! Jesus. You can't improve on perfection. Imagine someone like Keanu Reeves saying "here's looking at you, kid" or "I remember every detail. The Germans wore gray, you wore blue". or "Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine". It simply doesn't bear thinking about. It would be fucking sacrilege. Oh jeez - we'll always have Paris - Oh? I thought it was because I let you win at roulette - Oh, he's just like any other man, only more so - Well there are certain sections of New York, Major, that I wouldn't advise you to try to invade.

Nope. Can't be done. Bogey was Bogey, and there will never be another like him.
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Post by Bella Fortuna » Wed Jun 15, 2011 7:19 pm

What about a Ratz version? :ask:
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Re: If you could remake the movie Casablanca today...

Post by Animavore » Wed Jun 15, 2011 7:20 pm

Johnny Depp can only do Johnny Depp.

I say Liam Neeson for Bogart's role.
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Re: If you could remake the movie Casablanca today...

Post by Azathoth » Wed Jun 15, 2011 7:20 pm

James Earl Jones for Sam
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Post by Coito ergo sum » Wed Jun 15, 2011 7:22 pm

Bella Fortuna wrote:What about a Ratz version? :ask:
Which character would you see me playing, Bella?
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Post by devogue » Wed Jun 15, 2011 7:23 pm

Sam should be played by Chris Rock :hehe: :

Ilsa: Play it once, Sam, for old times' sake, play 'As Time Goes By'

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Re: If you could remake the movie Casablanca today...

Post by Coito ergo sum » Wed Jun 15, 2011 7:24 pm

Azathoth wrote:James Earl Jones for Sam
I think we need a white guy for same. The racial undertones, and overtones, are too great with the Sam character...

...like...the line where Ilsa asks Capt. Renault about Sam and refers to him, an apparently 40+ year old man, as "the boy at the piano..." and the tap-dancing dialect... :lol:
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Post by Animavore » Wed Jun 15, 2011 7:24 pm

Bastard. I was just about to say Chris Rock.
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Re: If you could remake the movie Casablanca today...

Post by Svartalf » Wed Jun 15, 2011 7:34 pm

Orwellian wrote:I would go with Johnny Depp as Rick Blaine. He can morph himself into almost any role and be convincing - he also already has an air of a disaffected American about him....

For Ilsa, I wold go with Scarlett Johannsen.

For Capt Renault, I would go with Harvey Keitel.

For Ugarte, I would go with Steve Buscemi, for sure.

For Ferrari, I would love to go with Tom Sizemore for that one, if he can stay off the Meth.

I'd go with Brad Pitt for Victor Laszlo.

Yvonne could be played by Megan Fox.
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Re: If you could remake the movie Casablanca today...

Post by Svartalf » Wed Jun 15, 2011 7:37 pm

Animavore wrote:Johnny Depp can only do Johnny Depp.

I say Liam Neeson for Bogart's role.
Isn't Liam getting a bit old for the part... a guy in his 40s is ok, but he's pushing 60
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