Firefly- Poll: The Movie by Succatash

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Firefly- Poll: The Movie

POSTED BY: SUCCATASH
UPDATED: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 02:49
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Monday, May 26, 2003 12:47 PM

Hi All,

I stumbled across this Firefly poll. It's interesting to think about. I had such a hard time trying to replace the cast with famous movie stars.

"If Firefly was turned into a movie who would you cast (other than the current players)?"

[EDIT: Old link was deleted. Too many scary pop ups]

Here are some results so far:

Almost Human's Casting
Malcolm 'Mal' Reynolds - Rob Lowe
River Tam - Winona Ryder
Simon Tam - Jared Leto
Book, 'The Shepherd' - Samuel L. Jackson
Inara - Salma Hayek
Jayne - Kurt Russell
Kaylee - Majandra Delfino
Wash - Ethan Hawke
Zoë - Michelle Rodriguez

Leigh Guyette's Casting (Boonton, NJ USA)
Malcolm 'Mal' Reynolds - Brendan Fraser
River Tam - Michelle Trachectenburg (Dawn from Buffy)
Simon Tam - Tobey McGuire
Book, 'The Shepherd' - Morgan Freeman
Inara - Lucy Liu
Jayne - Hugh Jackman
Kaylee - Allison Hannigan
Wash - Phillip Seymour Hoffman
Zoë - Jennifer Garner

You can vote here: http://members.fortunecity.com/firefly2002/ffpollmovie.html
There is an annoying pop up that tries to get you to install a browser, but I just clicked CANCEL.

ENJOY

I picked:

Mal= Will Smith
River = Michelle Trachtenburg
Simon = Matt Damon
Book = Tommmy Lee Jones
Inara = Salma Hayek
Jayne = Mr. T
Kaylee = Britany Spears
Wash = Owen Wilson
Zoe = Jennifer Garner

I'm way off, I know it. The truth is, the original cast members really can't be replaced.

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Monday, May 26, 2003 1:09 PM

CHRISTHECYNIC

It would be sacrilege to talk of replacing the current people.

The only thing I can think of would be the crazy seeming girl from that “I’ll never tell” movie, I think it was called “Don’t say a word” Is a good fit for River, so whoever played her could likely do River well.

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Monday, May 26, 2003 1:12 PM

MANIACNUMBERONE

It's not sacrilege, it's speculation Chris.

I picked:
Denzel Washington for Mal
I forget for Inara... could have been Gwyneth Paltrow
John Cleese for Book
I forget for River and I forget for Simon
Christopher Reeve for Jayne ha ha ha
Mike Meyers for Wash
Neve Campbell for Zoe

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Monday, May 26, 2003 1:14 PM

SUCCATASH

Quote:
Originally posted by christhecynic:
It would be sacrilege to talk of replacing the current people.

Have a beer and relax, bub. Consider this an excercise in futility.

We ALL know the current actors are PERFECT.

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Monday, May 26, 2003 2:08 PM

CHRISTHECYNIC

Quote:
Originally posted by ManiacNumberOne:
It's not sacrilege, it's speculation Chris.

No, it's an exercise in futility, listen to SUCCATASH.

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Monday, May 26, 2003 2:24 PM

SUCCATASH

It's so hard to do, I find it a challenge. The cast of Firefly have defined their characters so absolutely. Still, it's kind of fun to try.

What if Queen Latifa played Zoe?

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Monday, May 26, 2003 2:32 PM

MANIACNUMBERONE

Quote:
Originally posted by christhecynic:
Quote:
Originally posted by ManiacNumberOne:
It's not sacrilege, it's speculation Chris.

No, it's an exercise in futility, listen to SUCCATASH.

Regardless, have some fun with us.
Who is your pick for Book?

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Monday, May 26, 2003 2:33 PM

LERXST

Mal -- Harrison Ford. Nobody else can do the pissed-off look as well as Nathan.

Queen Latifah? Granted, she is very talented and funny, but would not look quite as good in those painted-on jeans that Zoe prefers.

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Monday, May 26, 2003 2:56 PM

SUCCATASH

I agree with you completely. What if Harrison Ford played Mal and Madonna played Inara? That's better, age wise.

Can Madonna act?

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Monday, May 26, 2003 4:19 PM

CORPRUGA

Quote:
Can Madonna act?

Eh...not so much. She's a bit whiny for my tastes, and she's not as...I dunno, classy as I generally like my Inaras to be. Harrison Ford would make a good Mal, though. Somewhere in another thread it was said that Mal and Han Solo would, if they fought, find out they were long-lost brothers or something; I agree whole-heartedly with that theory.

"It's a thingie! A fiendish thingie!"--George Harrison, Help!

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Monday, May 26, 2003 4:28 PM

SUCCATASH

I think they would be perfect Father-Son characters. I mean, we're talking about a 30-year age difference. Nathan was born in March, 1971. Harrison was born July, 1942.

Could they even be considered as equal replacements?

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Monday, May 26, 2003 4:40 PM

SUCCATASH

Here's a Succatash Prediction:
May 23, 2003 -- Memorial Day.

Nathon Fillion will one day star as Harrison Ford in the autobiography entitled, "He was a Replicant After All."

Oh, it's coming, trust me.

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Monday, May 26, 2003 5:24 PM

SIRENKAIN

I spent way to much time on this, but here is my list possibles:

Jayne -Ice Tea/Russell Crowe/ Vin Diesel
MAl- James Morrison/Sean Bean/Christian Bale
Inara- Catherine Zeta Jones/ Elizabeth Hurley Lara Flynn Boyle

River-Natlie Portman-- maybe..not so much
simon-Orlando bloom/Joaquin Phoenix
Book-Ben Kingsley/Ed Harris
Wash - Brendon Fraser/ Owen Wilson
Zoe- Carrie-ann Moss/Michell Yeoh
Kaylee- Alysson Hannigan/Heather Graham

Hugh Jackman fits as Mal,Jayne and Wash and a few more ways that I will not mention.

River: The human body can be drained of blood in 8.6 seconds, given adequate vacuuming systems.
Mal: See, morbid and creep-ifying I got no problem with, long as she does it quiet-like.

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Monday, May 26, 2003 6:58 PM

RANDOM

Quote:
Originally posted by christhecynic:
It would be sacrilege to talk of replacing the current people.

I agree entirely. But more than that I really doubt it's going to be an "all-star cast". In fact, I don't think it will be an "any star cast". I wouldn't be surprised if none of the current cast were replaced at all.

Why? Because Joss has been burned by the industry far too many times. And I really doubt he'll do the movie unless he gets cast approval. Since Joss will choose the cast, he'll pick the existing cast. If one or two members can't make it, I suspect he won't even re-cast them. He'll just write the character out and replace them with a new character. In addition, I've read interviews with the Mutant Enemy staff concerning re-casting. They laughed at the thought, I suspect it's sacrilege to them and I don't see it happening. Further, doing the movie without any "big stars" will drop the budget significantly.

My prediction: If there are going to be any "Stars" in the Firefly movie, they'll be cast as Big Bad's that haven't been previously introduced. Big stars often love a chance to play the bad guy.

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Illusions? Against a burninator?

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Monday, May 26, 2003 8:47 PM

JAMIE

Oh that was fun, but incredibly hard to do!

My picks are:

Mal - Ray Liotta
River - Tina Majorino (girl from Waterworld)
Simon - Joaquin Phoenix
Book - Sidney Poitier
Inara - Angelina Jolie
Jayne - Vin Diesel
Kaylee - Kate Hudson
Wash - Seth Green
Zoe - Halle Berry (I don't like this pick I made at all. Gina Torres just IS Zoe and I couldn't think of anyone comparable, or at least near enough in age to Seth Green. Hehe)

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Monday, May 26, 2003 9:15 PM

SERGEANTX

Okay,,, here goes

Mal = Richard Simmons (nods to Succatash for casting genius)
River = Cher
Simon = Neil Patrick Harris
Book = Abe Vigoda
Inara = Rhea Perlman
Jayne = Wallace Shawn
Kaylee = Fran Drescher
Wash = Richard Dreyfus
Zoe = Bret Butler

I think this would make for a very interesting cast.

SergeantX

"..and here's to all the dreamers, may our open hearts find rest." -- Nanci Griffith

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Monday, May 26, 2003 9:28 PM

KOFFEE

It is hard to think of someone else playing those characters.....I'll have to ponder on it for a while before I answer.

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Tuesday, May 27, 2003 6:28 AM

XENARC

Nope. Sorry guys, I tried. I really did. But I just can't see anyone but the original actors doing those characters. Just by being different people they would change the parts too much.

The speculation can be fun, but when it come down to picking the people for each part none of them could do our characters. All I get is 'so and so could come close to Mal, whozits might be okay for Kaylee, that guy could play a Jayne-ish character.' But that's as close as I come and it's just not good enough. I'm spoiled and stubborn and only our actors can do our characters right. And they so deserve to be right. I'll just have to have fun reading all your choices. :)

XenArc

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Tuesday, May 27, 2003 7:07 AM

HJERMSTED

This is fun!

Perhaps after Enterprise flops over at Star Trek, Inc. they can remake the original series into a new weekly series. Berman and Co. can blend actual episode remakes with original scripts and recast Kirk, Spock, McCoy, et al with hot young Hollywood up and comers.

Can't wait for all of the old Klingons of the '60s to finally look like the Klingons of the '80s & '90s!

mattro

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Wednesday, May 28, 2003 4:59 PM

SUCCATASH

This is a fun game that proves the cast cannot be replaced.

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Friday, February 6, 2004 5:15 AM

SERENITYSSON

Being the Jayne fan that I am the only other actor gifted enough to possibly fit into the roll would be none other than multi talented:

Paul Ruebens

Ducks flying fruit

The Hero of Canton, the man they call... Meeeeee!

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Friday, February 6, 2004 5:36 AM

GEEZER

Keep the Shiny side up

Since this is fantasy, I picked a fantasy cast without regard to current age or plane of existence. Assume these folks were available at the appropriate ages.

Malcolm 'Mal' Reynolds – Gregory Peck (age 35)
River Tam – Mia Farrow (age 17)
Simon Tam – James Dean (age 23)
Book, 'The Shepherd' - Spencer Tracy (age 50)
Inara – Audrey Hepburn (age 25)
Jayne – Jack Palance (age 35)
Kaylee – Meg Ryan (age 20)
Wash – Cary Grant (age 30)
Zoë - Raquel Welch (age 30)

"Keep the Shiny side up"

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Friday, February 6, 2004 6:02 AM

KALATHENA

Geezer, that was pretty cool. Why didn't I think of that? I stuck with how I'd cast them today. It was pretty fun.

Okay, I have to edit this. My choices weren't quite right. Chow Yun Fat isn't young enough to play Simon, but he MUST be in my film! lol.

Captain Mal Reynolds: Chow Yun Fat
River Tam: Clea Duvall
Dr. Simon Tam: Edward Norton
Shepherd Book: Mandy Patinkin
Inarra Serra: Salma Hayek
Jayne Cobb: Johnny Depp
Kaylee Frye: Joan Cusak
Wash Warren: Matthew Perry
Zoe Warren: Sigourney Weaver

I'm still not happy with my choice of Zoe, but I like this River choice much better. I still like the idea of an older woman paired with a much younger man. You so rarely see that in the movies.

--Kala

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Friday, February 6, 2004 6:05 AM

SPACEANGLER

Well...

Mal- Kiefer Sutherland
River- Rose McGowan
Simon- Toby Macguire
Book- Bill Cosby
Inara- Selma Hayek
Jayne- Viggo Mortenson
Kaylee- Laura Prepon
Wash- Dave Foley
Zoe- Whoopi Goldberg, lol.

..And the supporting cast...

Early - Wesley Snipes
Niska - Anthony Hopkins

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Friday, February 6, 2004 6:07 AM

KALATHENA

Yay! I ALMOST picked Kiefer for Mal. I do absolutely adore him.

--Kala

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Friday, February 6, 2004 10:06 PM

KAYLEESBOY

Mal - Kurt Russell
Zoe - Catherine Bell
Wash - Owen Wilson
Jayne - Jason Statham
Kaylee - Kirsten Dunst
Inara - Salma Hayek
Simon - Edward Norton
River - Winona Ryder
Book - Morgan Freeman

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Saturday, February 7, 2004 4:13 AM

KALATHENA

And strangely enough, Jason Statham was my back-up choice for Jayne. heh heh.

Or I could dump Depp and just have Kieffer play Jayne. He could do it and do it well.

"I like you reg'lar Navy boys jes' fine. Any time we gotta fight, y'all give us a ride..."

--Kala

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Saturday, February 7, 2004 4:53 AM

PALADIN

2 lists. One, the normal one. Two, the alternate "biZaRrO WoRld" Firefly list.

Mal - Kiefer Sutherland
Zoe - Vivica Fox
Wash - Owen Wilson
Book - James Earl Jones
Kaylee - Kirsten Dunst
Simon - Tobey MacGuire
River - Kristen Kreuk
Inara - Caterine Zeta-Jones
Jayne - the Rock
Jubel Early - Wesley Snipes
Niska - Anthony Hopkins
Badger - Bob Hoskins

biZaRro MaL - Ashton Kutcher
biZaRro z0e - Whoopi Goldberg
biZaRr0 Wa5h - Warwick Davis
bIzaRro bO0k - Dave Chapelle
biZaRr0 kAylEe - Judi Dench
BizArRo 5iM0n - Will Farrel
biZarRo R1vEr - Angenlina Jolie
bIzArr0 1nAra - Mimi (from Drew Carey Show)
B1zaRRo jAynE - Rodny Dangerfield(gets no respect)
biZarr0 EarLy - Vaere Troyer
bIzarRo n15kA - Robin Williams
BizArr0 b4dGer - Joss Whedon

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Saturday, February 7, 2004 5:43 AM

LITWOLF689

I would be really really pissed off in they replaced the original crew with new people.

Quote:
Originally posted by Succatash:

River Tam - Michelle Trachectenburg (Dawn from Buffy)

However, I do think that Michelle Trachtenburg would be a good person to play River. I just dont like her as Dawn on 'Buffy' because she is really whiny. I have lost track of all the times I just wanted to smack her or throw her off a cliff. Lol!

Quote:
Originally posted by Succatash:

Kaylee = Britany Spears

I personally HATE Brittany Spears and think it would be an insult to Kaylee’s character. Brittany Spears has that whole not innocent act going for her so she would be the exact opposite of Kaylee.

Quote:
Originally posted by Succatash:

Kaylee - Allison Hannigan

Because I'm a big fan of her and Willow, I think that this would be an okay idea.

Quote:
Originally posted by Lerxst:

Mal -- Harrison Ford. Nobody else can do the pissed-off look as well as Nathan.

I like Harrison Ford and think he would look really good playing Mal. He looked really hot playing Han Solo, so he would be almost perfect to play Mal.

Quote:
Originally posted by Sirenkain:

River-Natlie Portman-- maybe..not so much
simon-Orlando bloom

Natlie Portman maybe (can she act insane and crazy), but I cant really see Orlando Bloo *drools* playing Simon. He is too tall and I dont think he could play Simon's brotherly role towards River that well.

Quote:
Originally posted by Jamie:

Wash - Seth Green
Zoe - Halle Berry (I don't like this pick I made at all. Gina Torres just IS Zoe and I couldn't think of anyone comparable, or at least near enough in age to Seth Green. Hehe)

I could see Seth Green playing Wash, but he would not be my main choice. And I cant really see Halle Berry and Seth Green together in a married couple role.

Quote:
Originally posted by Spaceangler:

Zoe- Whoopi Goldberg, lol

I think she is too much of a comediean to play Zoe.

Quote:
Originally posted by Paladin:

Kaylee - Kirsten Dunst
Simon - Tobey MacGuire

A big possibility but maybe. I could see it happening.

I think they should just keep the original cast though. I could kinda see Anna Paquin as River though... maybe, but you stil cant replace the Firefly crew!!!

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Saturday, February 7, 2004 5:49 AM

STEVE580

Paladin, that's funny stuff. Ashton Kutcher? And Whoopi? I particullarly like Mimi and Rodney Dangerfield.

Fo BizArRo 5iM0n, though..I'd pick someone like Schwarzenegger. It'd just be funny to see him act weak, and shy around the ladies...

Can you imagine Arnold studdering?
-Steve

*edit - LOL! I just found out who Warwick Davis is. Him and Whoopi - strange couple...."

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Saturday, February 7, 2004 7:41 AM

GWEILO

Ok... now there are two active topics dealing with the same thing. ~LOL~
Oh well, here´s my list again:

Mal - Ewan McGregor (Mischief incarnate! He could have pulled it off. Think less Obi Wan and more "Down with love")
Zoe - Angelina Jolie (Queen of kick ass-ed-ness, need I say more?)
Wash - Tobey Maguire (Can be both funny and wimpy at the same time. Great underdog.)
Book - Alan Rickman (If I ever cast a movie/TV show I’d cast him as something based on his sheriff of Nottingham alone. Brilliant actor.)
Kaylee - Sandra Bullock (Had the hardest time with this casting. Picked Sandra for her charm and warmth.)
Inara - Julia Ormond (A younger Julia... Vulnerable and classy at the same time.)
Simon - Alexis Denisof / Colin Firth (Can’t think of any better snobs at the moment.)
River - Milla Jovovich (Fifth Element... she’s got that jabberwocky part down REAL good.)
Jayne - Hugh Jackman (Has the strength and sarcasm to be a runner up.) / Dennis Leary (Just for the attitude.)

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Saturday, February 7, 2004 3:02 PM

LUNATIKAT

Quote:
Originally posted by Paladin:
2 lists. One, the normal one. Two, the alternate "biZaRrO WoRld" Firefly list.

Mal - Kiefer Sutherland
Zoe - Vivica Fox
Wash - Owen Wilson
Book - James Earl Jones
Kaylee - Kirsten Dunst
Simon - Tobey MacGuire
River - Kristen Kreuk
Inara - Caterine Zeta-Jones
Jayne - the Rock
Jubel Early - Wesley Snipes
Niska - Anthony Hopkins
Badger - Bob Hoskins

biZaRro MaL - Ashton Kutcher
biZaRro z0e - Whoopi Goldberg
biZaRr0 Wa5h - Warwick Davis
bIzaRro bO0k - Dave Chapelle
biZaRr0 kAylEe - Judi Dench
BizArRo 5iM0n - Will Farrel
biZarRo R1vEr - Angenlina Jolie
bIzArr0 1nAra - Mimi (from Drew Carey Show)
B1zaRRo jAynE - Rodny Dangerfield(gets no respect)
biZarr0 EarLy - Vaere Troyer
bIzarRo n15kA - Robin Williams
BizArr0 b4dGer - Joss Whedon

Paladin,
I laughed. Etc. Did the new revived Superman keep the Bi9z.ros?

How 'bout these guys:
Mal - Brendan Fraser (say goodbye to Dark Mal though)
Zoe - Roselyn Sanchez (from Basic)
Wash - Bill Campbell (the Rocketeer)
Kaylee - Allison Mack (Smallville)
Jayne - Bruce Campbell
Inara - Jay-lo
Book - Samuel L. Jackson
Simon - Michael Rosenbaum (Smallville)
River - Avril Levigne or Alexis Bleded (Gilmore Girls)
Niska - Terence Stamp
Badger - Robert Carlyle

bIzaRRo list:
Mal - Mike Myers
Zoe - Beyonce Knowles
Wash - Jim Carrey
Kaylee - Mila Kunis
Jayne - Gary Busey
Inara - Lauren Graham
Book - Chris Rock
River - Michael Jackson -Whoops, sorry, no, too weird even for biZArrO River, try again
River - Fran Drescher too old?

lunatikat - open Suns and hols

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Saturday, February 7, 2004 3:26 PM

LUNATIKAT

Exactly. It's a GAME. For grins and giggles and thoughts. Mostly I think, nah, still wouldn't be as good as the cast we have.

lunatikat - just a little something we call "aspirin" on my home planet

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Tuesday, August 17, 2004 2:49 AM

ZOMBIECRAN

I couldn't picture anyone replacing the actors that are already chosen! They just make those characters and i have seen them in the roles too much to let them go to big stars!

No power in the verse can stop me. - River

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