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---Cast Your Own Adaptation of Dracula!---


Just for fun, let's try to come up with a decent cast and crew for a (hypothetical) new adaptation of Dracula! I'll set up a list to fill, and you guys can fill in the blanks, one slot each. When all of the slots are finally filled, you may change one slot, if you'd like. Here we go!


---~The Crew~---
DIRECTOR:
WRITER:
PRODUCER:
SOUNDTRACK COMPOSER:

---~The Cast~---

COUNT DRACULA:
JONATHAN HARKER:
MINA MURRAY-HARKER:
LUCY WESTENRA:
ABRAHAM VAN HELSING:
QUINCY MORRIS:
LORD ARTHUR HOLMWOOD:
DR. SEWARD:
RENFIELD:
BRIDE #1:
BRIDE #2:
BRIDE #3:

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---~The Crew~---
DIRECTOR:
WRITER:
PRODUCER:
SOUNDTRACK COMPOSER:

---~The Cast~---

COUNT DRACULA:
JONATHAN HARKER:
MINA MURRAY-HARKER:
LUCY WESTENRA:
ABRAHAM VAN HELSING:
QUINCY MORRIS:
LORD ARTHUR HOLMWOOD: Bob Peck
DR. SEWARD:
RENFIELD:
BRIDE #1:
BRIDE #2:
BRIDE #3:

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---~The Crew~---
DIRECTOR:
WRITER:
PRODUCER:
SOUNDTRACK COMPOSER:

---~The Cast~---

COUNT DRACULA: Daniel De Vito
JONATHAN HARKER:
MINA MURRAY-HARKER:
LUCY WESTENRA:
ABRAHAM VAN HELSING:
QUINCY MORRIS:
LORD ARTHUR HOLMWOOD: Bob Peck
DR. SEWARD:
RENFIELD:
BRIDE #1:
BRIDE #2:
BRIDE #3:

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---~The Crew~---
DIRECTOR:
WRITER:
PRODUCER:
SOUNDTRACK COMPOSER:

---~The Cast~---

COUNT DRACULA: Daniel De Vito
JONATHAN HARKER:
MINA MURRAY-HARKER:
LUCY WESTENRA:
ABRAHAM VAN HELSING: Rupert Everett
QUINCY MORRIS:
LORD ARTHUR HOLMWOOD: Bob Peck
DR. SEWARD:
RENFIELD:
BRIDE #1:
BRIDE #2:
BRIDE #3:

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---~The Crew~---
DIRECTOR:
WRITER:
PRODUCER:
SOUNDTRACK COMPOSER:

---~The Cast~---

COUNT DRACULA: Daniel De Vito
JONATHAN HARKER:
MINA MURRAY-HARKER: Lord Lucan
LUCY WESTENRA:
ABRAHAM VAN HELSING: Rupert Everett
QUINCY MORRIS:
LORD ARTHUR HOLMWOOD: Bob Peck
DR. SEWARD:
RENFIELD:
BRIDE #1:
BRIDE #2:
BRIDE #3:

"Nothings gonna change my world!"

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---~The Crew~---
DIRECTOR:
WRITER:
PRODUCER:
SOUNDTRACK COMPOSER:

---~The Cast~---

COUNT DRACULA: Daniel De Vito
JONATHAN HARKER:
MINA MURRAY-HARKER: Lord Lucan
LUCY WESTENRA:
ABRAHAM VAN HELSING: Rupert Everett
QUINCY MORRIS: Julia Roberts
LORD ARTHUR HOLMWOOD: Bob Peck
DR. SEWARD:
RENFIELD:
BRIDE #1:
BRIDE #2:
BRIDE #3:






"The Beamer Xperience: 9 feet wide home cinema bliss."

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---~The Crew~---
DIRECTOR:
WRITER:
PRODUCER:
SOUNDTRACK COMPOSER:

---~The Cast~---

COUNT DRACULA: Daniel De Vito
JONATHAN HARKER:
MINA MURRAY-HARKER: Lord Lucan
LUCY WESTENRA:
ABRAHAM VAN HELSING: Rupert Everett
QUINCY MORRIS: Julia Roberts
LORD ARTHUR HOLMWOOD: Bob Peck
DR. SEWARD:
RENFIELD:
BRIDE #1:
BRIDE #2:
BRIDE #3: Morgan Freeman

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---~The Crew~---
DIRECTOR:
WRITER:
PRODUCER:
SOUNDTRACK COMPOSER:

---~The Cast~---

COUNT DRACULA: Daniel De Vito
JONATHAN HARKER:
MINA MURRAY-HARKER: Lord Lucan
LUCY WESTENRA: Phillip Seymour-Hoffman
ABRAHAM VAN HELSING: Rupert Everett
QUINCY MORRIS: Julia Roberts
LORD ARTHUR HOLMWOOD: Bob Peck
DR. SEWARD:
RENFIELD:
BRIDE #1:
BRIDE #2: Phillip Seymour-Hoffman
BRIDE #3: Morgan Freeman

"Jai Guru Deva, Om"

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Director: Alfonso Cuaron, Guillermo del Toro, Ridley Scott, or Tim Burton

Count Dracula: Ralph Fiennes, Alan Rickman, Jason Isaacs, or Hugo Weaving
Mina Murray: Gemma Arterton
Jonathan Harker: James McAvoy, Jude Law, or Ewan McGregor
Abraham Van Helsing: Ian McKellen, Michael Gambon, Ben Kingsley, John Hurt, Gary Oldman, Jeremy Irons, or Patrick Stewart
Dr. Seward: David Thewlis or Michael Fassbender
Lucy Westenra: Felicity Jones or Karen Gillan
Renfield: Brad Dourif or David Tennant
Lord Arthur Holmwood: Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Quincy Morris: John Barrowman, Viggo Mortensen, or Josh Brolin

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Count Dracula: Mads Mikkelsen
Professor Abraham Van Helsing: Gary Oldman or Stellan Scarsgard
Jonathan Harker: James McAvoy
Dr. Jack Seward: Hugh Dancy
Arthur Holmwood: Michael Fassbender
Quency Morris: Giovanni Ribisi
Lucy Westrena: Rooney Mara
Mina: Natalie Portman

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Director: Francis Ford Coppola or Terence Fisher
Writer: Peter Bryan or me
Director of Photography: Jack Asher in Technicolor circa 1958
Production design: Bernard Robinson
Music: David Whitaker
Costumes: Molly Arbuthnot
Dracula Christopher Lee as old man who turns younger by blood
Mina: Hazel Court circa 1957
Lucy: Winona Ryder circa 1992 (I want to see her as a vampire)
Abraham Van Helsing: Peter Cushing
Brides: Sadie Frost circa 1992, Barbara Shelley circa 1958, Elena Anaya

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---~The Cast~---

COUNT DRACULA:Ben Affleck
JONATHAN HARKER:Jesse Ventura
MINA MURRAY-HARKER:Missy Elliott
LUCY WESTENRA:Betty White
ABRAHAM VAN HELSING:D.J. Qualls
QUINCY MORRIS:Chris Rock
LORD ARTHUR HOLMWOOD:Willie Nelson
DR. SEWARD:Jerry Stiller
RENFIELD:Rosie O'Donnell
BRIDE #1:Oprah Winfrey
BRIDE #2:Arnold Schwarzenegger
BRIDE #3:Kathie Lee Gifford



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