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...I think Owen Wilson would make a good Wash. For Book I like Morgan Freeman in the role.

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Originally posted by Static:
... Seth Green as Wash

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Originally posted by Spookyjesus:
Hang on - are we hearing that Alan and Ron are playing the maybe game? 'cause what happened to Alan's gesture of giving Joss the big button and saying "when you get your miricel hit it and we'll come running" or whatever the correctly spelled line was.

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Originally posted by Noocyte:
Recasting the parts has an air of finality, in that re-re-casting for subsequent ventures would make the Darren Stevens/Roseanne's daughter debacles pale by comparison.

In short, Ron and Alan's absence --while it would be very keenly felt-- would not be a show-stopper, and recasting the roles would not be necessary, IMHO. They can just come back for the next BDM (/series!!).

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Originally posted by Kugelblitz:
Ed Begley Jr. as Wash. B]

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Originally posted by AJ:
Who's the guy that played Chaucer in "A Knight's Tale" alongside Alan (he was also in "A beautiful Mind", but I have no idea of his name)?

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Originally posted by Kugelblitz:
Ed Begley Jr. as Wash. Can't really improve on Morgan Freeeman as Book, unless someone throws Mr. Amazing in as a suggestion-by that I mean James Earl Jones. Who makes a very scary and cool Book character.

Can you imagine JEJ as Book?

I like Ron Glass though, and would prefer him.

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Originally posted by sasja:
I don't think they'll be recast. I'm sure Tudyk and Glass will be in the movie, but in the unlikely event that one or both can't make it, I think the movie might be made without that character.

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Originally posted by Kugelblitz:
Cast your mind back to Transylvania 6-5000.

EB Jr was great in that movie. THAT is the Wash I see him hypothetically playing. Note the he would be cheap, cheaper than Owen Wilson say, or any other Stars in that look and feel class of people. Of course Alan would be superior, the man can act. All the dreck the Ed got into after T-6-5000 was so terrible my neurons took those memories and sacrificed them to the alcohol poisoning which inetivably followed.

Oh and James Earl Jones over Morgan Freeman any day. Now there is another fellow in that range though, who would be Joe Morton, who is a bit younger than JEJ or Freeman or Glass but still could pull it off. He played Miles Dyson in T2, remember?

edit-nah, ED Jr is too old for Gina.

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I think Owen Wilson would make a good Wash. For Book I like Morgan Freeman in the role.

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Originally posted by sasja:I don't think they'll be recast. I'm sure Tudyk and Glass will be in the movie, but in the unlikely event that one or both can't make it, I think the movie might be made without that character.

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I agree - Joss is not one to recast roles with different actors. Wasn't Doyle supposed to originally be the character from the Buffy episode that picks Angel up out of the sewers and teaches him to help the slayer? Is the reason that they chose the character Doyle because they couldn't get the original actor?

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Originally posted by zeke023:
Although - that being said, how could you get rid of Wash? He's Zoe's husband!

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Originally posted by ManiacNumberOne:
If Ron Glass can't play Book, I'm not going to watch the movie.

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Originally posted by kingofkoins:
Wash is Zoe's husband, but more importantly, he's the pilot...you can't just have the pilot not be there.

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Originally posted by Static:
And Tudyk and Glass cannot or do not sign for reasons that may or may not make any kind of sense. . .

Who would YOU like to see in those roles? Who would 'ease the pain' so to speak?

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Seth Green as Wash and Morgan Freeman as Book.

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Originally posted by Noocyte:
My notion is that if, horror of horrors, neither of them can be in the flick, the story should just work around their temporary absence.

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Keanu Reaves as Wash.

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Keanu Reaves can act. He isn't funny. I would be VERY angry if this happened.

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Originally posted by ShepherdScott:
People,

I think we are totally united in our desire to see Alan and Ron back in their respective roles. But let's be realistic: this movie is meant to reinvent the premise as a new franchise, so Joss & Co. will not write around two main characters in order to re-introduce them (rather confusingly) in a second film (that may or may not ever come). If Ron and Alan are unable to resign, the parts *will* be recast. No use moping about it.

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Originally posted by mrgreen:
I think that Ron Livingston would pull of a Wash that would rival Alan's. He's tall to, so Gina wouldn't have to look down on him. Just might need to change his hair color, as an homage to Alan!

For Book, it's a toughy, if we count out Morgan Freeman (who would do an excellent job, I am sure). Delroy Lindo comes to mind, but not sure if he would be up to par... Maybe get Samuel L Jackson to grow some hair, and make Book even more of a bad mofo?

As just a thought, if Ron Glass was unavailable, and Morgan Freeman showed interest in the part, I am willing to bet that Universal would up the budget to get him in the movie, and also a little extra, as it would probably be a huge draw at the boc office. Adding a little star power isn't ALWAYS a bad thing... :)

Rob

If you can't run, you crawl, and if you can't crawl, well, if you can't do that, you find someone to carry you.

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