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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Oooooh, this is a tough one ... 
Jack Black for the Rick role (
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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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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.Orwellian wrote:Jack Black for Rick? But, he's such a non-serious actor. I didn't see that one coming, but o.k....
Of course, it will die at the box office, but still.
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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.
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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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.
Nope. Can't be done. Bogey was Bogey, and there will never be another like him.
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What about a Ratz version?
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Johnny Depp can only do Johnny Depp.
I say Liam Neeson for Bogart's role.
I say Liam Neeson for Bogart's role.
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James Earl Jones for Sam
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Which character would you see me playing, Bella?Bella Fortuna wrote:What about a Ratz version?
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Sam should be played by Chris Rock 
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Ilsa: Play it once, Sam, for old times' sake, play 'As Time Goes By'
Sam: Fuck you. Fuck your hopes, fuck your dreams, fuck your plans … fuck everything you thought this life was going to bring to you. Now let's go out there and try to make this bitch happy.
:Ilsa: Play it once, Sam, for old times' sake, play 'As Time Goes By'
Sam: Fuck you. Fuck your hopes, fuck your dreams, fuck your plans … fuck everything you thought this life was going to bring to you. Now let's go out there and try to make this bitch happy.
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I think we need a white guy for same. The racial undertones, and overtones, are too great with the Sam character...Azathoth wrote:James Earl Jones for Sam
...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...
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Bastard. I was just about to say Chris Rock.
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You Bloody serious?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.
a) can you really picture a nonentity like the scarlett bird saying "Play it Sam"? Dude, you need somebody with personality and charisma as well as looks to pull that off, though I dare say I don't know who could pull that part off today... Why not Dunst, Jessica Alba or Angelina Jolie while you're there?
b) Brad is not right for Victor Lazlo. He should be close to Henreid, short, brunet, and nondescript in a MittelEuropa way, not a hunk. Or if you insist on making him a tall Blond, try an aging one, like Dolf Lundgren
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Isn't Liam getting a bit old for the part... a guy in his 40s is ok, but he's pushing 60Animavore wrote:Johnny Depp can only do Johnny Depp.
I say Liam Neeson for Bogart's role.
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