if they did a remake......
My choice would be........
Sir Alfred De Carter: Liev Schreiber
Daphne De Carter: Kate Beckinsale
Anthony "Tony": Christian Bale
I don't think Schreiber's old enough. Here's my version:
Sir Alfred: Bill Nighy
Daphne: Cate Blanchett
Tony: Jonathan Rhys-Myers
I would love to have seen Peter O'Toole as Sir Alfred some years ago, but I'm afraid he's a bit *too* old now...
ChoirBoyOC: Well done, you! You should be a casting director! Bill Nighy is a treasure! And you're right; O'Toole would have been wonderful! He was still young enough when they made the Dudley Moore abomination!
Although, do you think maybe Kate Blanchett projects a little too much intelligence and sophistication? Not that Daphne was dumb; she was just an uncomplicated, very all-American girl (who we can infer had nothing more than a middle-class background) who happened to marry a nobleman who was also a classical conductor. Maybe if Kate Hudson were ten years older...
Rudy Vallee would be hard to replace, though. Any ideas? That ability to be pompous and a boob at the same time is hard to pull off. His (August's) relationship with Barbara is beautifully encapsulated in their brief exchange in the box at the concert hall:
August: Give me the simple viewpoint!
Barbara: You've got it, boy! You don't have to yearn for it.
Poe! You are...avenged!
I would go with Natasha Kinski in the Linda Darnell part, definitely. Not sure who could play the Rex Harrison part. It is a shame Dudley Moore passed away. He would have been perfect.
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