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My ideal cast for a film version


Liam Neeson as Colt
Bradley cooper as Howie
Amanda Seyfried as Jody

What's yours?

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Certainly good choices all.

At last report (and this goes back to 2013) Dwayne Johnson was all set to star as Colt, but since then it's been pretty quiet. I like Johnson, think he'd be good in an updated sort of way. But what made Colt work in the series is that he had that sort of Cowboy thing which worked well juxtaposed against the glamour of the biz. Also Johnson is so cartoonishly big that he starts off any scenario as the favorite where Colt should be more human.

For Colt I'd go with Matthew McConaughey, who has that Southern thing and a natural disposition similar to the character as Majors portrayed him. For Jody maybe former WWE Diva Kelly Kelly, who has the look and would be believable as a stuntwoman (and it's not like the role requires Academy Award-caliber acting). For Howie no one really comes to mind.

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Please Stop with Remakes and even worse fantasising about them.
Previous generations are tired of being raped by Hollywood losers of today.
Thank you.

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Thank you so much I feel the same way. The thought of anybody replacing Lee and the rest of the castt makes me sick to my stomach

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I think it would be hilarious if Lee Majors played Colt again, and they expected us to believe he's still doing all of those insane stunts for actors half his age or less. They could dress him up as a Hogwarts student and have him do some insane Quidditch stunts. :D

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I love Majors, but if he were to play Colt today you'd have to rename it The Guy Falls... and he can't get up .

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Sounds perfect. Will Ferrell can be Howie.

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Yes both of his knees are totally shot and he recently said he wished he had allowed the stunt men to do more of his stunts.

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I think there should a be a recreation of Jody coming through the swing doors in her bikini in one scene, just like the opening credits of the show

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Trouble is in this PC Nightmare we live in they would never allow it to be shown in the credits every episode for fear of offending someone. Maybe one and done in the pilot just for nostalgia.

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I doubt people would be offended by just one scene.

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If it was a big fat woman, the PC police would love it and consider it "empowering" but they wouldn't get away with showing a fit woman in that scene.

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They should stop remaking everything and come up with original ideas and leave these original works alone.

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