Every other Wednesday on BuzzSugar, I post a Recast challenge, where I ask you to choose new actors for a classic TV show or movie. The reader who submits the best cast wins a BuzzSugar t-shirt!
I'm glad to see everyone shared in my enthusiasm for one of my favorite movies out of the '90s, Empire Records! These are really fun characters to recast and I'm sure young actors in Hollywood would die for a part in a movie like this.
I liked that both daisydidi and lookwhatimade suggested Mandy Moore for the character Liv Tyler played, Corey. Mandy is someone I could see in an independent record store, yet she gives off a "once I'm done here I'm off to the Ivy league" vibe.
I was also totally thrilled to see Olivia Thirlby's name pop up many times; I think she'd be right at home in a movie like this.
For the boys, I liked Whip's idea for Joseph Gordon-Levitt to play A.J. (he's another one of those actors whose name makes me smile), and my friend Citizen's pick for A.J., Michael Rady (a.k.a. the cutie from The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and now Swingtown), is great too.
In the end, I went with the cast that's hard to argue with: Congrats to Mary_Sofi!
To see who she chose, along with a new cast photo, read more.
Mary_Sofi's cast list:
Corey — Nikki Reed
A.J. — Adam Brody
Gina — Blake Lively
Debra — Ellen Page
Lucas - Josh Gad
Mark - Andy Samberg
Mavi Jeans
Goldmajor
Princesse Tam-Tam
Andy Samberg's head is on the wrong body if he's supposed to be Lucas...
1I just cannot see Blake Lively playing a highly sexual character like that. I can actually see Nikki Reed more in that role.
2Blake Lively was highly sexual (as sexual as you can get haha) in the sisterhood of the traveling pants movie
3dansgirl - thanks! I had the heads right, the casting list was turned around. All fixed!
4awesome choices!!
5ha yeah there's a difference between traveling pants-sexual and gina-sexual. I pretty much just saw her as a flirt in that movie.
6i can def see blake in that role and love everyone else except i dont know who nikki reed is--and i think someone else could have played it better but i dont knoww whooo!!
7I think Adam Brody is a pretty good choice but I think he's a little too old to be playing a teenager still.
8I don't like Nikki Reed at all, and Blake Lively doesn't seem to fit the part of Gina but I like the rest of the cast. I think Mandy Moore would be a great Corey and I like the idea of Joseph Gordon-Levitt as AJ too.
9i kind of hate ellen page as debra...and nikki reed...no.
10but blake lively is a good choice i think.
Wow, I can't believe I won! Thanks!!!!
11Ummm...I feel old because I don't know who Josh Gad is.
Now I feel like watching
this movie, even though I pretty much destroyed my VHS version of it when I was in 8th grade...
12You do realize that your pick for Mark (Andy Samberg)is just as old as the original Mark (Ethan Embry), right?
13I totally missed this recast!! Empire Records is my favorite movie! (okay, tied with Annie). I have the poster in my office!!
Love Ellen Page as Debra.
14When is the new recast coming?!?
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