cast your own adventure
So, let’s say your life was a movie. Who would play you, and who would play your friends and family? Here are my answers - submit yours here. Also, please envision appropriate hair and wardrobe for these people. Some are picked for appearance, some for mannerisms, some for character “type”. That’s for you to figure out. Any suggestions?
Freesia: Angelina Jolie, obviously. A close second would be Fairuza Balk.
Freesia’s little brother: Max Kasch
Ernie: Patrick Renna
Nate: Jack Black
Ida: Parker Posey
Molly: Elizabeth Anne Allen
Sjet: Azura Skye
Ryan: Paulo Costanzo
Julia: Clare Kramer
Casie: Robin Tunney
Patti: Janeane Garofalo
Amandalee: Busy Phillips
D.D.: Danny Masterson
I don’t know about you, but I would pay money to see this movie.
Ms. Pratt: Pauley Perrette
Jaye Rhea: Rachael Leigh Cook
Comte: Jason Alexander
Joel: Shaobo Qin
Eli: Samm Levine
Bill: Topher Grace
Mitch: Tom Green
Josh: Henry Rollins
Kater: Lauren Ambrose
And finally - drumroll, please - I figured it out!
Benlau: Charlie Korsmo
Zachypants: Liev Schreiber
Mikey Rollins: Breckin Meyer
Dude! I’m not in your movie?
Puh.
Dude. I LOVE that guy. And didja check out the pictures of him now? When I was looking for someone to play you, I had to check out the eyes. Anybody that would even TRY to take on the Nenie role would have to have those suck-you-into-them eyes. The guy’s got ‘em. Granted, he’s a bit … pastier … than you. You just can’t have it all. ;)
As for you, Benlau, these are only the people that I could even think of casting for. I pondered you for quite some time and came up empty. I’m still thinking.
The Hollywood suits would probably insist that Jason Alexander play me, but I want Dan Castellenata…
HAH! Done and done.
When I was in high school I got “Judd Nelson in the Breakfast Club” a lot. I wasn’t that cool, but I was exactly that antisocial.
Now that I’m 30 I guess it’d be bitter angry asshole of choice.
this is a fun game.
Sjet, I have to tell you - when I first saw Azura Skye on Buffy, I flipped out because she reminded me of you so much. It’s nice to finally be able to get this out in the open.
(You remember her? She was the poetry girl everyone thought was suicidal, but she really wasn’t. Then she came back as The First later.)
As for you, Josh, I’m still working on it. You’re definitely not the Judd Nelson of TODAY.
Aaaaand we have a Benlau breakthrough. Thank you, thank you.
Also, I would like to point out how proud I am of my Tasty Poison Cake casting. He’d have to lose some weight and cut and straighten his hair, but I think it would be pretty close.
That’s me? The kid from What About Bob?
Oh well, at least it wasn’t Corey Feldman.
d00d
in my version of the movie
i’d be played by a young alfred molina
you’re right, though
he does have the right eyes
I’ve always kind of idolized Debra Messing, not that I’m like her, but I’d like to be. Ooo, or maybe Nicole Kidman. Yeah, I don’t look like her at all, but she’s got that kind of innocent thing going on.
I can see elements of Grace’s character in my personality, especially the spoiled part, and the affection for food…
I can totally see you as Angelina Jolie, but without the nasty drug habit.
Nenie: Yeah, it’s kind of a pity that I can’t just cast people from various points in history. Like a young Molina for you, or a young Judd Nelson for Josh. In my brain, it just doesn’t work that way.
As for you, Mr. Lau, I personally know this actor from “Can’t Hardly Wait”, in which I thought he was bloody hilarious. He can play the dork if pressed, but in actuality he’s pretty foxy. I thought it was a perfect match. ;)
Hey, that was exciting. Casie’s post wasn’t there when I was writing that last comment, and then suddenly there it was.
Casie - I think Robin Tunney, with the appropriate Casie Hair (tm), would be able to pull off your mannerisms better than just about anyone. Plus, like you, she’s hot. ;) As for Angelina Jolie, she’s apparently clean now. (I guess adopting adorable alien orphans can do that to you.)
Henry Rollins?
I freaking wish.
Well, darling, it IS my movie. I can cast whoever the hell I want. And frankly, I would love to see him in standard Josh-wear, including the tattoo and glasses and boots. Then, we would teach him to throw knives. ;)
Hrrrmph.
Check out the Friday additions. One of those is the most brilliant thing that has ever come out of my brain. (The other one will do.)
yay Lauren Ambrose. You know who would play YOU in my movie? Rachel Griffiths. Whattya think? She’d have to lose the Aussie accent, though. And you’re hotter. But even so. SCHMACK!
DUDE. All KINDS of people keep telling me that I remind them of her. I haven’t ever even seen Six Feet Under, but I guess now I probably should.
Mike Rollins and Breckin Meyer. EXCELLENT match.
I don’t think there’s a celebrity on the planet that looks like me. So sad.
Crap. That was me. Forgot to sign it.
Should also add that I’m now sobbing in the corner of the room, because looking like a celebrity is my #1 goal in life. Of course.
Thank you! I was really excited about that one. I was kind of shocked that the resemblance had never occurred to me before.
And don’t cry, baby. I don’t look like a celebrity either. I just happen to be obsessed with a couple of ‘em.
On the escalator ride up to the El platform after work yesterday, I was pondering the concept of a “What Celebrity Do I Resemble?” website. Wherein you upload a pic and computer algorithms crunchcrunchcrunch and match your pic to celebrity pics that match in certain ways, like “thick eyebrows” or “oval jaw” or “overly obvious lip dimple”. If I ever get hit by a truck and spend several years in bed on disability pay, I’ll try to code it for us. :)
I dont look like her, but I’d love to be played by Sarah Rue.
she rocks.
I dont look like her, but I’d love to be played by Sarah Rue.
she rocks.
Who’s gonna play sgnp? Huh?
Forget Sarah Rue, baby. Think Sarah Rudinoff.
As for Paul, I am open to suggestions. I can’t seem to figure him out.
A digitally remastered 26-year-old James Spader.
who’s sarah rudinoff??
That guy? I’d be played by “the fat kid.” The guy made a career out of playing the loveable rotund kid in children’s movies…oh yeah, OK, he’s perfect. Nevermind.