Dream Cast Thursday! Fried Green Tomatoes

This week's Dream Cast Thursday is Fried Green Tomatoes.

This was a really hard film for me to recast. The original actors are SO present in my mind. It is really hard to see any other people in the roles. The first character that I recast was Ruth Jamison. She was originally played by Mary-Louise Parker. For my adaptation, I cast Kate Beckinsale. The next character that I cast was Idgie Threadgoode. She was originally played by Mary Stuart Masterson. For my adaptation, I cast Natalie Portman. The third character that I recast was Ninny Threadgoode. She was originally played by Jessica Tandy. For my adaptation, I cast Vanessa Redgrave. The last major character is Evelyn Couch. She was originally played by Kathy Bates. I considered this for a long while. For a little while, I considered Mary Kay Place, but I ended up just not being able to recast her. There was no one that I could think of that would do this character justice.

So what do you all think? Have you seen the original? Who would be in your remake?