If you could recast a movie to make it better, which one would you recast?

[blakninja]

I know The Departed was good and won an Oscar, but I would have recasted it like this:

Billy: Leonardo DiCaprio
Colin: Brad Pitt
Costello: Jack Nicholson
Dignam: Mark Wahlberg
Queenan: Robert DeNiro
Madolyn: Margot Robbie
Ellerby: Alec Baldwin

In the original Infernal Affairs, it was not only a duel between Billy and Colin, but it was also a duel between their bosses, Costello and Queenan. In The Departed, I felt that Queenan was pretty much overshadowed by Costello and he was like a second rate character. I would have preferred someone who could have as much screen presence as Nicolson, and I think DeNiro could have pulled it off. I would be curious to see Nicolson and DeNiro playing off each other.

As for Billy and Colin, I think Leo nailed the role, but Matt looks too much like Leo (and also Dignam), which could be confusing to people unfamiliar with these actors. I also find that Matt's Colin is like a jerk and not too smart.. while I think Pitt could have played Colin as more of a smart badass bad guy, more in line with the way Andy Lau played Colin. You always felt that Andy's Colin was a threat to Billy because he could outsmart Billy. Never felt that way with Matt's Collin.

Margot as Madolyn to complete the hotness trifecta (Leo, Pitt, Robbie). I just couldn't buy Leo falling in love with Vera. We know he would b*ng Margot. We saw their chemistry in TWOWS.

[Mikezilla3k]

Blade (1998) is awesome, but man having Patrick MacGoohan as Whistler would have made it more badass.

[jeangreyforever]

Anything with Leonardo DiCaprio. Can't stand him outside of Titanic and The Departed. It's bizarre to see him in The Aviator and J. Edgar because it feels like a little boy playing dress up.

[Jaybob]

Batman 1989

Batman/Bruce Wayne - Mel Gibson or Denzel Washington
Joker - Michael Keaton

[Atomic Salad]

Originally Posted by blakninja

The Departed

Madolyn: Margot Robbie

Margot as Madolyn to complete the hotness trifecta (Leo, Pitt, Robbie). I just couldn't buy Leo falling in love with Vera. We know he would b*ng Margot. We saw their chemistry in TWOWS.

Margot Robbie was 15 years old when The Departed was shot.

You might want to rethink this.

[Rzzzz]

[Mikezilla3k]

Originally Posted by Atomic Salad

Margot Robbie was 15 years old when The Departed was shot.

You might want to rethink this.

Since we're on the topic of Margot Robbie's age, I still can't wrap my head around the fact she was only 2 years older than I am in Wolf Of Wall Street.....

Just insane.

[slumcat]

300: Rise of an empire. Would have cast it differently except for Eva Green.

[filmbuffTX]

Anybodys from Spielberg's West Side Story remake. The actor/actress seemed a bit too old at around 30. Especially compared to Susan Oakes in the original who was only 15 or 16 at the time of filming. The entire characterization of Anybodys in the remake version is a bit off to me. Maybe I won't care as much with subsequent viewings. Otherwise I think the film is flawless and it was my favorite of that year.

[Justin2000]

Dave- I'd swap Kevin Kline's character with Michael Douglas


Suicide Squad- I'd cast Jesse Eisnenberg as Luther Jr. to play the Joker


Vacation 2015- Replace Ed Helms and Christina Applegate with Chris Hemsworth and Leslie Mann


Scoob- Replace Will Forte with Matthew Lillard

[spanky87]

Carol - Mia Wasikowska (who was the original choice to play Therese). I don’t think Rooney Mara held her own working with Cate Blanchett, and the chemistry between them wasn’t what it should’ve been.

[Dunemoon]

No Time To Die

No Phoebe & Cary

Bond: Aidan Turner
Nomi: Remove character
MoneyPenny: Claire Goose
Leiter: Jonathan Banks
Madelaine: Remove character
Q: Sylvester McCoy
Safin: Remove character

[Eldrethor]

As much as I like Keanu Reeves in The Matrix, I sometimes wonder how different things would have been, had Will Smith taken that role.

[Star Lord]

Originally Posted by blakninja

I know The Departed was good and won an Oscar, but I would have recasted it like this:

Billy: Leonardo DiCaprio
Colin: Brad Pitt
Costello: Jack Nicholson
Dignam: Mark Wahlberg
Queenan: Robert DeNiro
Madolyn: Margot Robbie
Ellerby: Alec Baldwin

In the original Infernal Affairs, it was not only a duel between Billy and Colin, but it was also a duel between their bosses, Costello and Queenan. In The Departed, I felt that Queenan was pretty much overshadowed by Costello and he was like a second rate character. I would have preferred someone who could have as much screen presence as Nicolson, and I think DeNiro could have pulled it off. I would be curious to see Nicolson and DeNiro playing off each other.

As for Billy and Colin, I think Leo nailed the role, but Matt looks too much like Leo (and also Dignam), which could be confusing to people unfamiliar with these actors. I also find that Matt's Colin is like a jerk and not too smart.. while I think Pitt could have played Colin as more of a smart badass bad guy, more in line with the way Andy Lau played Colin. You always felt that Andy's Colin was a threat to Billy because he could outsmart Billy. Never felt that way with Matt's Collin.

Margot as Madolyn to complete the hotness trifecta (Leo, Pitt, Robbie). I just couldn't buy Leo falling in love with Vera. We know he would b*ng Margot. We saw their chemistry in TWOWS.

Disagree, Vera Farmiga was great as Madolyn. As much as I like Margot, she's getting typecast into playing similar type of roles lately.

[spider-neil]

I would recast Nicholson in The Shining and Arnold in Total Recall. When you read the book the book version of those characters are far more low key and mundane which makes their turn so startling. When we watch The Shining, of course Nicholson is going to go mad. When you watch Total Recall of course Arnold is more than an ordinary worker.

[Jaymole]

The Irishman. I would have cast younger actors as the de-aging really took me out of the film. Having Pesci call De Niro "kid", who looks like he was in his 50's even with the de-aging, made me laugh at loud.

[kylor]

I would recast Henry Thomas with Jack Nicholson in Doctor Sleep and use deepfake for Shelley Duvall and the kid.

[drush9999]

Surprised no-one's mentioned the Star Wars prequels and both iterations of Anakin in particular. Most of the rest of the cast can stay though.

[Mikezilla3k]

Originally Posted by drush9999

Surprised no-one's mentioned the Star Wars prequels and both iterations of Anakin in particular. Most of the rest of the cast can stay though.

Probably because most people nowadays got over bashing it saying he wasn't "badass" enough LOL

[Rzzzz]

Originally Posted by Eldrethor

As much as I like Keanu Reeves in The Matrix, I sometimes wonder how different things would have been, had Will Smith taken that role.

I am so glad that didn't happen....