MovieChat Forums > The Shopworn Angel (1938) Discussion > 1 reason only to recast + remake this:

1 reason only to recast + remake this:


So Alec Baldwin can play Sam. Honestly, Walter Pidgeon's channeling Alec here.

Not as certain about the rest of the cast. Reese W'spoon? John Krasinski? The floor's open.

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I don't know; this is one of those films that's era specific. The sacrifice and all that just wouldn't play as well now. It works well as something from the past. I find this often.
Alec would be good though.

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My first instinct was to agree. I didn't think this story could be updated either. I felt whatever tweaks would be necessary would also change the story significantly. However, the more I thought about it, the more I realized it could work.

Daisy Heath - Kate Beckinsale
Bill Pettigrew - Josh Hartnett
Sam Bailey - Ben Affleck

The movie's already been made; it's called Pearl Harbor. Clearly, there are differences between the two movies but the subplot in Pearl Harbor is nearly identical to the main plot in The Shopworn Angel. Think about or watch and compare!

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If anyone is "channeling" anyone, it would be the other way around since Baldwin wasn't even born when this terrible movie was made.





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