This time you had a bit hard, you had to recast the huge ensemble of P. T. Anderson’s Magnolia and more than a few participants and spectators commented on the difficulty of it (especially a certain role created by Julianne Moore. I received four interesting casting ideas, each with more than a bit of merits. Here they are.

         

CAST A

Susan Sarandon (Narrator); Christian Bale (Frank T. J. Mackey); Dennis Haysbert (Jimmy Gator); Jurnee Smollett (Claudia Wilson Gator); Frank Langella (Earl Partridge); Sandra Oh (Linda Partridge); Frankie McLaren (Stanley Spector); Kal Penn (Phil Parma); Steve Carell (Donnie Smith); Jason Lee (Officer Jim Kurring); Scott Bakula (Rick Spector)

Mark Ruffalo (Narrator); Cillian Murphy (Frank T. J. Mackey); Alan Arkin (Jimmy Gator) ; Jennifer Lawrence (Claudia Wilson Gator); Hal Holbrook (Earl Partridge); Toni Collette (Linda Partridge); Max Records (Stanley Spector); Justin Kirk (Phil Parma); John Hawkes (Donnie Smith); Jason Lee (Officer Jim Kurring); Scott Bakula (Rick Spector)

Vin Diesel (Narrator); Michael Fassbender (Frank T. J. Mackey); Tom Wilkinson (Jimmy Gator) ; Melanie Lynskey (Claudia Wilson Gator); Michael Douglas (Earl Partridge); Samantha Morton (Linda Partridge); Max Records (Stanley Spector); Mark Ruffalo (Phil Parma); Michael Stuhlbarg (Donnie Smith); Seth Rogen (Officer Jim Kurring); Scott Bakula (Rick Spector)

Alec Baldwin (Narrator); Christian Bale (Frank T. J. Mackey); Alan Arkin (Jimmy Gator) ; Winona Ryder (Claudia Wilson Gator); Robert Duvall (Earl Partridge); Laura Dern (Linda Partridge); Chandler Canterbury (Stanley Spector); Edward Norton (Phil Parma); Robin Williams (Donnie Smith); Adam Sandler (Officer Jim Kurring); Scott Bakula (Rick Spector)

   

Now, it’s time for you to vote….