Okay... this question was originally asked in incontango's LiveJournal... but is buried amongst a number of other responses. I felt like this needs it's own thread. The question was
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Thus far on the other thread... suggestions have included:
Col. Mustard: Andy Richter, Craig T. Nelson Miss Scarlett: Jenna Fischer, Tina Fey, Rebecca Romaijn, Sigorney Weaver, Courtney Cox, Mira Sorvino Prof. Plum: John C. McGinley Mrs. Peacock: Rachel Dratch Mr. Green: Tony Hale Mrs. White: Parker Posey
Miss Peach: Jenna Fischer Mr. Boddy: Will Arnett, Robert DiNiro, Robert Loggia
knowthyself contributed what I think is a brilliant bit of inspired casting. Neil Patrick Harris as Mr. Green. I LOVE that idea!
He is a great comedic actor, he has the gay/straight eniga thing going... and he can play the uptight, straight-laced, accident prone State Department kind of guy.
Are we assuming the same script from last time? Set in the 40's and everything? I'd love to get at least one person in the cast who wasn't white
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I'd like to get at least one black guy in there too, but I couldn't think of something good. Chris Rock isn't calm enough to be a real butler, or I'd put him right in the middle. Maybe Louis Gosset Jr. as Colonel Mustard? Hmm.
Maybe somebody deadly as Mr. Body? You could definitely have a non-white actor there. Last time it was played by what looked like an Italian or Latvian or something, which is the white man's "ethnic."
Alright, if you truly want to keep with the feel of the original cast, you need actors with certain career elements. They need to be people that were never huge stars but who had serviceable careers. Said career needs to be on the downswing, as most of that cast didn't do much of note after the film (with McKean and Curry the lone exceptions). You gotta have some representation from the SNL/Second City type crowd. And you can't have anybody that's currently a bankable draw, either in film or TV. So all of the previous suggestions of people from current, hip shows are out. It's got to be a list of names where no one actor makes you go "WOW!" but when you look at the whole you go, "damn, that's a kickass ensemble
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I suppose so, but the way I looked at it, Clue was a pretty popular movie, and people would actually want to get in on the remake. Bruce Willis started out in comedy, has that great chunk of action movies in the middle, and now does whatever the hell he wants. That sort of thing.
Yeah, but where's the challenge if you have access to A-level stars? The fun part is coming up with fringe people whose careers are flagging.
I will give it up for the brilliant David Hyde Pierce suggestion. And I'd actually toss Jamie Lee Curtis into the Miss Scarlet argument, because most guys I know agree that even today she's hot.
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Col. Mustard: Andy Richter, Craig T. Nelson
Miss Scarlett: Jenna Fischer, Tina Fey, Rebecca Romaijn, Sigorney Weaver, Courtney Cox, Mira Sorvino
Prof. Plum: John C. McGinley
Mrs. Peacock: Rachel Dratch
Mr. Green: Tony Hale
Mrs. White: Parker Posey
Miss Peach: Jenna Fischer
Mr. Boddy: Will Arnett, Robert DiNiro, Robert Loggia
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He is a great comedic actor, he has the gay/straight eniga thing going... and he can play the uptight, straight-laced, accident prone State Department kind of guy.
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Maybe somebody deadly as Mr. Body? You could definitely have a non-white actor there. Last time it was played by what looked like an Italian or Latvian or something, which is the white man's "ethnic."
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Okay, Lucy Liu is Mrs. White. Sorry Sigorney, Sorry Joan. Gina Torres would still make a good Ms. Scarlet, though.
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And also, Jennifer coolidge is brilliant. Although I think it'd be neat to see her as the maid.
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I will give it up for the brilliant David Hyde Pierce suggestion. And I'd actually toss Jamie Lee Curtis into the Miss Scarlet argument, because most guys I know agree that even today she's hot.
How about Carrie Fisher as Ms. White?
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