2012 Remake Cast

i disagree but i respect your opinion to speculate. Its an excellent film with a top shelf cast back in the 50's. There is nobody alive that would be able to fill the shoes of Burl Ives, Liz Taylor, and most of all Paul Newman. This film is a figment of the times. Southern plantation with stars and bars waving children, subtle and ambiguous homosexual undertones with Brick (too smart for today's writers), backtalking women with real animosity, Tennessee williams was a gigantic figure then and it impacted the film greatly, and most of all the family in crisis-a crucial topic then that isnt reproduced as strongly today. But if i did pick a cast I would choose:

Brick- Daniel Day Lewis or Christian Bale (method)
Big Daddy- Jeff Bridges
Maggie- Anne Hathaway or Scar Jo
Big Mamma- Judi Dench
Gooper- Tim Robbins
Sister Woman- Frances McDormand

Don't hate me but I think Brangelina would make a great Maggie and Brick. They were so steamy together in Mr and Mrs Smith. Scarlett Johansson is too Madonna like and soft-edged for me.
I can see Philip Seymour Hoffman as Gooper and Frances McDormand as Mae. Maybe Robert Duvall as Big Daddy and Ellen Burstyn as Big Mama.





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My remake dream cast>>>>

Brick: Leonardo Dicaprio

Come on now, he's the only actor in Hollywood today with the acting talent and skill to pull this off. He would rip this up.

http://www.imdb.com/media/rm4170944000/nm0000138

Maggie: Ashley Judd

she has the seductive, dark, and slightly exotic beauty perfect for "the Cat". She has the talent, too, and is not just a pretty face like 'Scar-Jo'. Plus she's proven she is excellent with Southern accents.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000171/


Big Daddy: John Goodman

Yes, he would be superb. He's the only contemporary actor I can think of who can even BEGIN to come close to Burl Ives' larger-than-life characterization of the Southern patriarch. He's also a terrific dramatic actor.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000422/


Big Momma: I'd go in a somewhat unexpected direction and cast Sally Field.

Think about it. She'd knock it out of the park!


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000398/


Gooper: Mark Ruffalo!

I could totally see him as the opportunistic older brother!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0749263/



Mae: No contest--Bryce Dallas Howard.

Perfect blend of saccharine and bitchy!


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0397171/



Oooh, I should be a casting director. This cast gives me goosebumps, it's so damn good.


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Garrett Hedlund as Brick
Harrison Ford as Big Daddy
Penelope Cruz as Maggie

Brick - Ryan Gosling
Maggie - Jessica Chastain
Big Daddy - Jack Nicholson, Albert Finney, or maybe Tom Wilkinson
Big Mama - Sally Field or Dianne Wiest

"I'm tryin' real hard to be the shepherd."

Just have Tyler Perry play the entire cast since he seems to have no reservations of playing dress up and little to no shame about the excrement he dumps on the viewing public.

Maggie... Jennifer Lawrence
Brick... Ryan Gosling
Big Daddy... Ray Winstone

No one, absolutely no one, could out perform in a remake of this movie. Any remake will be a disaster