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If the OUTSIDERS was to be remade today who should be in it??


I have a few ideas .... what are you ideas??
What young actors should be in Outsiders??

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This has always been a dream of mine. I would love for this movie to be remade! I would make it gritty and realistic. I would also make the focus of the story more centered on the idea of trouble youths without guidance. My pony boy would Emile hirsch and Johnny would be Joseph golden levitt

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They're a little old now, aren't they? You need real teen actors for this.

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No one old enough to be reading this board is young enough to know any suitable actors for a remake.

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I would also make it a more faithful adaptation of the book

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Well Logan Lerman would be good and maybe Asa Buterfield. Not sure who else. I do think Joseph G Lovett would be good for one of the older roles. But honestly I think Hollywood would screw it up now because of the teen craze for Twilight

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True they are getting too old for the part

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Clearly Dally would HAVE to be played by Justin Beiber- Rebel bad boy!


Alright alright I'm just kidding and that's probably the only JB comment I'll ever make.

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Haha, you had me going for a second, "Justin Beiber a rebel?! Is that how lame the youth of today have become?"

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Emma Stone as Cherry??

"Sometimes it's hell trying to get to heaven"

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Evan Peters as Ponyboy.
Ansel Elgort as Sodapop.

I'm not sure about the others.

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Evan Peters is way too old for Ponyboy. He's 27!

Ansel Elgort as Sodapop?? Mehhhh that's a major miscast.

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I'm 27 and people still think I'm in high school. I don't think he'd necessarily be too old at all.




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Ponyboy is meant to be 14 and whilst they could make him 17 or 18 I suppose, getting a 27 year old to play what should be a 14 year old is a little stretching really.

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Ah...I guess I'd forgotten how young he was actually supposed to be. Yeah, unless they aged him up, then the 27-year-old really wouldn't work.

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Evan looks younger than his age, in my opinion.
What's wrong with Ansel as Sodapop? Sodapop is described as the "heartthrob", and Ansel is one of the most attractive youngish actors of today. And he is a good actor.

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No.

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This actually NEEDS to be remade. But naturally, only if it is done properly. Without even seeing it, the upcoming movie The Giver is already trash because of how old the actor is playing Jonas...sighs...
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"This actually NEEDS to be remade."


NO, no it does not.












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Thomas Mann? Too old for Ponyboy - he's 23! C. Thomas Howell was just 15 when filming for The Outsiders took place. (it filmed in 1982)

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