For this week's Dream Cast Thursday, I will be recasting Casablanca(1942). This movie was pretty hard to cast (although not nearly as hard as Gone With the Wind), because it was cast so well to begin with. There are so many reasons that this film is a classic (casting being one of them).
The first and most important character that I recast was Rick. He was originally played by Humphrey Bogart. I recast Robert Downey Jr.
Ilsa was originally played by Ingrid Bergman. I went back and forth between several actresses (mostly Diane Kruger). I finally settled on Saffron Burrows.
Captain Renault is another important character. He was originally played by Claude Rains. I recast Daniel Auteuil.
Victor was originally played by Paul Henreid. I recast Thomas Kretschmann.
Sam was originally played by Dooley Wilson. I recast Taye Diggs.
So what do you all think? Who would you recast?
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2 comments:
I have not seen this movie but again really really love all the choices
You've never seen Casablanca???? We must remedy this!
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