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Who would you cast in a remake?


Ryan Gosling - Bruce Pearson
Jake Gyllenhaal - Henry 'Author' Wiggen
Robert De Niro - Dutch Schnell
Danny Aiello - Joe Jaros
Zac Efron - Piney Woods
Michael Moriarty - Male Owner

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I thought of Tobey Maguire as Bruce Pearson while I was watching this.

I suppose he's getting a little too old for the part now tho.



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Excellent choices! Very shrewdly thought out!

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Gyllenhaal is a little old, now, for the part.

Robert Pattinson (Twilight) as Bruce Pearson. Turns out from post-Twilight films that Pattison is an excellent actor. Who knew?

Gosling has the physical appearance to play Wiggen, the athleticism, and would do an excellent acting job of it.

Zac Efron might be good as Bruce Pearson. He turned in an excellent performance in The Paperboy.

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cannot get beyond Pattinson's eyebrows. would not be my pick, but Zac is good.

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No one....you can't improve the original-it's one of those films that can't be re made

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