Just out of curiosity (and boredom), if you could do a version of 12 Angry Men, and you could pick any man you wanted to be in the cast, who would you pick? The only caveats being 1.) they're all male (no disrespecting the female actors, but to stay true to the title), and 2.) the actors are still living.
With that, here's my cast if I ever did 12 Angry Men:
Dylan Baker Benjamin Bratt Steve Buscemi Don Cheadle George Clooney Terrence Howard James Earl Jones Paul Newman James Spader Eric Stoltz David Strathairn Ken Watanabe
Hmmn. I think Ken Watanabe would be kind of weird, but maybe not.
Steve Buscemi, Don Cheadle, and George Clooney would all be really good though. I don't really know most of the others that well.
Some possibles: (I don't know which characters; too lazy to think about it)
Eric Bana Liam Neeson Edward James Olmos, except playing a different character hehehe Tom Hanks (okay, maybe not. he's too big a name.) David Wenham or Karl Urban (maximum of 2 actors from LotR per movie...) Cillian Murphy Jeremy Irons
and... I give up. someone else think of some more.
Gary Oldman Daniel Day Lewis Bob De Niro Ryan Gosling Christian Bale Josh Brolin James Earl Jones Jeremy Irons Steve Buscemi Jackie Earle Hailey Adrien Brody Dustin Hoffman
1. James Gandolfini 2. Roy Scheider 3. Tom Sizemore 4. Gene Hackman 5. John Mahoney 6. Charles Durning 7. Colm Fiore 8. Jeremy Sumpter 9. Gene Hackman 10. Paul Newman 11. John Finn 12. David Duchovny
1. Sharon Stone 2. Bruce Dern 3. Tom Sizemore 4. James Woods 5. Clint Eastwood 6. Lucy Liu 7. Ed Begly Jr 8. Harvey Keitel 9. Ray Liotta 10. Bruce Campbell 11. Tim Allen 12. Jake Busey
Foreman: Joe Morton (or Oliver Platt) Juror 2: Shane West " 3: Danny Glover " 4: Benito Martinez " 5: Tony Goldwin " 6: Henry Simmons (or D.B. Woodside) " 7: Michael Keaton " 8: Jim Caviziel " 9: Harold Gould " 10: Robert Loggia (or Tom Berenger) " 11: Art Malik " 12: Hank Azaria
Patrick Stewart (for Jack Lemmon) Jack Nicholson (for George C. Scott) Andy Garcia Joaquin Pheonix (pre-crazy days) Edward Norton William H. Macey Collin Ferrell Morgan Freeman John Goodman R. Lee Ermey Forest Whitaker Liev Schreiber
Michael Douglas .... Foreman Christopher Lloyd .... Juror #2 Samuel Jackson .... Juror #3 Robin Williams .... Juror #4 Denzel Washington .... Juror #5 John Goodman .... Juror #6 Lillo Brancato .... Juror #7 Morgan Freeman .... Juror #8 Robert Duvall .... Juror #9 Gary Oldman .... Juror #10 Adrien Brody .... Juror #11 Vincent D'Onofrio .... Juror #12 Kathy Bates .... Judge Danny DeVito .... Guard Ed Norton .... The Accused
Ok, so it's not really an all-star cast, but I did my best, and tried to be as realistic as well as matching the actors with the personalities as best as I could.
John Goodman....Foreman Zach Braff....Juror #2 Alec Baldwin....Juror #3 Alan Alda....Juror #4 Andy Garcia....Juror #5 Liev Schriber...Juror #6 Eric Bogosian....Juror #7 Ed Norton....Juror #8 A Very Old Gene Wilder....Juror #9 Jack Nicholson....Juror #10 Michael Caine....Juror #11 Brad Pitt....Juror #12
I just saw the original movie and it was amazing, ive yet to see this one, but my dream cast isnt really in any particular part just as long as theyre in it somewhere: Daniel Day-Lewis Gary Oldman Sean Penn Johnny Depp Dustin Hoffman Cillian Murphy Tom Hanks David Carradine Kevin Spacey Ed Harris Al Pacino Adrien Brody
that takes up the twelve but also ive just thought of a few more, Russel Crowe, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Patrick Stewart, Guy Pearce, Mel Gibson, Benicio Del Toro, Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Liam Neeson, Anthony Hopkins, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Willam Dafoe, Paul Bettany, Robert Downey Jr., Alec Baldwin i think that should do it
Nicholas Cage John Travolta Kevin Spacey Robert Downey JR. Steve Bushemi Kevin Costner Ewan Mcgreggor Edward Norton Juror #8 Matt Damon Chris Tucker Christia Bale James Spader
There are so many people that would be Great in this movie!!
THAT is a great cast. A++. I'd pull Guy Pearce, Hugh Jackman, Paul Bettany and Liam Neeson from the runners up list and switch them with Johnny Depp, David Carradine, Kevin Spacey (yeah, I know... but you've got Hoffman AND Pacino) and Adrien Brody, BUT I'd use Brody as the accused (in flashbacks). I might pull Penn and put in Benicio Del Toro or use Ewan McGregor.
tom hanks harrison ford clint eastwood al pacino morgan freeman jack nicholson robert deniro brad pitt kevin spacey peter o'toole martin sheen dustin hoffman