If you had to pick a new cast for a Smokey and the Bandit remake

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Posted: 5/25/2017 12:16:36 AM EDT

So if there was a gun to your head and someone told you that you had to pick a new cast for a remake of "Smokey and the Bandit", who would you choose for the new actors? I know that nothing can replace the original.

Burt Reynolds: Matthew McConaughey (on the edge with this one) or maybe Anson Mount from Hell on Wheels

Sally Fields: Reese Witherspoon

Jerry Reed: stuck on this one

Yes, I know that nothing would ever be as good as the original cast/actors, this is just a theoretical situation, look past the blasphemy. The 40th anniversary had me thinking...hopefully someone can come up with better ideas than me. These are very hard acts to follow.

Posted: 5/25/2017 12:17:47 AM EDT

[#1]

Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart.

Posted: 5/25/2017 12:19:29 AM EDT

[#2]

It was perfect, and timeless.

Don't fuck with it.

Posted: 5/25/2017 12:20:09 AM EDT

[#3]

Some guy and Kristen Bell

Posted: 5/25/2017 12:21:07 AM EDT

[#4]

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It was perfect, and timeless.

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I expected this. Don't worry I am not secretly a producer scouring an internet gun forum for casting ideas. I know it was perfect, just an excercise in theoretical situations.

Posted: 5/25/2017 12:22:03 AM EDT

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Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart.

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It is 2017, I guess ya gotta shake things up a bit.

Posted: 5/25/2017 12:22:38 AM EDT

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Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart.

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I laughed way too hard at this. I'm pretty sure Kevin Hart is not the "spinner" you are looking for

Posted: 5/25/2017 12:23:59 AM EDT

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Bandit - Mcconaughey. Or Bradley Cooper if you want to go a little younger

Carrie - Amber Heard or Jennifer Lawrence

Cledus - Billy Bob Thornton

Buford T. Justice - he's irreplaceable, but I guess you could go with John Goodman

Posted: 5/25/2017 12:24:12 AM EDT

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Some guy and Kristen Bell

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HHHNNNNNNNGGGGGG!!!!!

My favorite of her was the Princess Leia gold bikini from Fan Boys.

Posted: 5/25/2017 12:24:13 AM EDT

[#9]

Charlie Sheen and Caitlyn Jenner

Posted: 5/25/2017 12:24:50 AM EDT

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Some guy and Kristen Bell

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Excellent choice!

Posted: 5/25/2017 12:25:11 AM EDT

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Bandit - Mcconaughey. Or Bradley Cooper if you want to go a little younger

Carrie - Amber Heard or Jennifer Lawrence

Cledus - Billy Bob Thornton

Buford T. Justice - he's irreplaceable, but I guess you could go with John Goodman

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John Goodman for the Sherriff is good, I thought about adding him to this but wasn't sure

Posted: 5/25/2017 12:25:27 AM EDT

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Scott H Biram is the man to play Snowman.

Scott is a blues man out of Texas who is great live and very funny. He could do the part and redo the song.

Can someone embed these.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXj2sy3K9Rg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0w_wyaXkqUM

Oh yea, he can use his own dog

Posted: 5/25/2017 12:28:13 AM EDT

[#13]

Bandit: Norm MacDonald
Frog: Jennifer Love Hewitt
Snowman: Doug Stanhope
Buford T Justice: Artie Lange

No that wouldn't work today, all white. They will have to insert a black person and a Hispanic in two of the four roles unless they can come up with a black Hispanic, a twofer.

Posted: 5/25/2017 12:28:27 AM EDT

[#14]

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Scott H Biram is the man to play Snowman.

Scott is a blues man out of Texas who is great live and very funny. He could do the part and redo the song.

Can someone embed these.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXj2sy3K9Rg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0w_wyaXkqUM

Oh yea, he can use his own dog

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/98TnpdECZ98/maxresdefault.jpg

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This is a great original idea actually. Never thought about someone like this.

Posted: 5/25/2017 12:29:23 AM EDT

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I just watched this in a theater today. And it was awesome. No previews. Movie started immediately. Credits lasted about 3 minutes at the beginning and 5 minutes at the end.

Burt Reynolds: I dunno? Maybe Sterling Archer?

Sally Fields: Heather Graham

Jerry Reed: No idea.

Jackie Gleason: Unpossible. Can't be done.

Just leave it be.

Posted: 5/25/2017 12:31:02 AM EDT

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Bandit: Norm MacDonald
Frog: Jennifer Love Hewitt
Snowman: Doug Stanhope
Buford T Justice: Artie Lange

No that wouldn't work today, all white. They will have to insert a black person and a Hispanic in two of the four roles unless they can come up with a black Hispanic, a twofer.

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Someone did mention Vin Diesel and Kevin Hart

I could see Hollywood ruining this the same way they did with Ghostbusters :(

Posted: 5/25/2017 12:31:46 AM EDT

[#17]

Well if casting a wicker basket full of a cobras...to throw the motherfucker who was thinking of remaking Smokey and the Bandit into isn't an option:

Bandit: Clayne Crawford
Carrie: Natalie Zea
Cledus/Snowman: Walton Goggins

Smokey: Jim Beaver
Junior: Timothy Oliphant

Big Enos: Nick Searcy
Little Enos: Damon Herriman

Yes they were all in Justified, and yes it would work.

Posted: 5/25/2017 12:31:58 AM EDT

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I just watched this in a theater today. And it was awesome. No previews. Movie started immediately. Credits lasted about 3 minutes at the beginning and 5 minutes at the end.

Burt Reynolds: I dunno? Maybe Sterling Archer?

Sally Fields: Heather Graham

Jerry Reed: No idea.

Jackie Gleason: Unpossible. Can't be done.

Just leave it be.

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Yup I saw it today as well

Posted: 5/25/2017 12:32:04 AM EDT

[#19]

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It was perfect, and timeless.

Don't fuck with it.

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Posted: 5/25/2017 12:39:34 AM EDT

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It was perfect, and timeless.

Don't fuck with it.

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This right here. I'm tired of Hollywood screwing up my childhood by remaking classics.

Posted: 5/25/2017 12:45:30 AM EDT

[#21]

Norm Macdonald as Bandit

Emily Ratajkowski as Carrie, in a thong and topless for the entire movie

Jackie Chan as Cleedus

And Kevin James as Smokey, but he rides a Segway

All other parts would be played by monkeys dressed in civil war uniforms.

Posted: 5/25/2017 12:46:58 AM EDT

[#22]

That new Wonder Woman chick who was in fast and furious is a good choice.

Posted: 5/25/2017 12:51:07 AM EDT

[#23]

Just saw it tonight, in theaters.
It should never be attempted again, although I'm sure Hollywood would love to fuck it up.

I even drove my TA to the show lol

Posted: 5/25/2017 12:51:53 AM EDT

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So if there was a gun to your head and someone told you that you had to pick a new cast for a remake of "Smokey and the Bandit", who would you choose for the new actors? I know that nothing can replace the original.
Burt Reynolds: Matthew McConaughey (on the edge with this one) or maybe Anson Mount from Hell on Wheels
Sally Fields: Reese Witherspoon
Jerry Reed: stuck on this one
Yes, I know that nothing would ever be as good as the original cast/actors, this is just a theoretical situation, look past the blasphemy. The 40th anniversary had me thinking...hopefully someone can come up with better ideas than me. These are very hard acts to follow.

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Burt: Jason Statham
Sally: Marisa Tomei
Jerry: Don Cheadle

Just kidding. I've never seen the movie.

Posted: 5/25/2017 12:54:29 AM EDT

[#25]

This thread needs more Alexandra Daddario.

Posted: 5/25/2017 12:54:43 AM EDT

[#26]

Bandit - Timothy Olyphant
Snowman - Tim McGraw
Frog - Mila Kunis
Sheriff - John Goodman
Big Enos - Josh Brolin

Posted: 5/25/2017 12:55:36 AM EDT

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Posted: 5/25/2017 12:58:31 AM EDT

[#28]

Would need to be either an all female cast or be very rich and vibrant to be remade today.

Posted: 5/25/2017 12:59:48 AM EDT

[#29]

Bandit: Channing Tatum
Carrie: Emma Stone
Cledus: Danny McBride

Smokey: Samuel L. Jackson
Junior: Dwayne Johnson

Big Enos: Christopher Walken
Little Enos: Steve Buscimi

Posted: 5/25/2017 1:06:43 AM EDT

[#30]

Pull the trigger. I don't want to live to see this ruined!

Posted: 5/25/2017 1:08:08 AM EDT

[#31]

It was a product of its time, you couldn't really make a remake feel the same. What would they be hauling, weed? The CB radios wouldn't really work either, and everyone texting/Snapchatting would be lame. I saw the rerelease this past Sunday and it was just fine how it is.

That said:

Bandit: Bradley Cooper
Frog: Emma Stone
Cletus: Kenny Powers
BTJ: Jeff Bridges

Posted: 5/25/2017 1:11:32 AM EDT

[#32]

Use the cast of 'My Name is Earl'.

Jason Lee as the Bandit
Jaime Pressley as Frog
Eddie Steeples as Snowman
Ethan Suplee as Buford T. Justice
Giovanni Ribisi as Junior

And and a new character, a friendly hooker played by Nadine Velazquez. She shows her tits all thru the movie.

Posted: 5/25/2017 1:11:52 AM EDT

[#33]

Adam Sandler maybe as Cletus?

Posted: 5/25/2017 1:12:47 AM EDT

[#34]

Easy.. Ryan Reynalds as lead

Posted: 5/25/2017 1:20:03 AM EDT

[#35]

Most of my picks have already been mentioned

McConaughy as Bandit
Kunis as frog
McBride as snowman
Goodman as the sheriff
Will Ferrell as Jr

Probably Sam Jackson and Kevin Hart as the Enos(s) as they would need to add some sort of color to get this made and I think they would do a decent job even though I dislike Hart

Posted: 5/25/2017 1:22:15 AM EDT

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So I guess his girlfriend would be:

Posted: 5/25/2017 1:22:48 AM EDT

[#37]

Bandit: Matthew McConaughey
Frog: Kate Hudson
Snowman: Kid Rock
Smokey: ? If Burt Reynolds were younger and in better health I'd say him.
Junior: Rob Riggle

Posted: 5/25/2017 1:31:00 AM EDT

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Huh.

That's...not half bad.

Bandit: Ryan Reynolds
Frog: Kate Hudson
Snowman: Seth Rogan

B. T. Justice: Dwayne Johnson (fucking musclehead continually surprises me with just how good of an actor he is)
Junior: Keegan Michael Key

The idea of Christopher Walken and Steve Buscemi as Big and Little Enos is inspired. I like it! They can "hobbitize" Buscemi a la Peter Jackson for added comic effect.

Posted: 5/25/2017 1:38:10 AM EDT

[#39]

I have an idea!!
Bandit - Melissa McCarthy
Snowman - Kristen Wiig
Frog - Chris Hemsworth
Sheriff - Leslie Jones
Big Enos - Kate McKinnon

Posted: 5/25/2017 1:46:53 AM EDT

[#40]

Bandit: Some black guy. Doesn't matter who as long as he's black.

Frog: Whoever the hottest girl is at the moment.

Snowman: Matthew McConaughey

Buford T Justice: Matthew McConaughey in fat man suit and makeup.

Posted: 5/25/2017 1:49:06 AM EDT

[#41]

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I have an idea!!
Bandit - Melissa McCarthy
Snowman - Kristen Wiig
Frog - Chris Hemsworth
Sheriff - Leslie Jones
Big Enos - Kate McKinnon

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Posted: 5/25/2017 1:51:23 AM EDT

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Scott H Biram is the man to play Snowman.

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Scott H. Biram is awesome live.

Posted: 5/25/2017 1:52:57 AM EDT

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I have an idea!!
Bandit - Melissa McCarthy
Snowman - Kristen Wiig
Frog - Chris Hemsworth
Sheriff - Leslie Jones
Big Enos - Kate McKinnon

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Posted: 5/25/2017 1:52:57 AM EDT

[#44]

Bandit: Andy Samberg

Carrie: Amy Schumer

Cleedus: Aziz Ansari

Buford T Justice: Seth Rogen

Junior: Melissa McCarthy

ETA: Partially beat like a rented redhead