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The Results Are In: Recast Wings

Aug 5 2008 - 3:30pm

Every other Wednesday on BuzzSugar, I post a Recast challenge [1], 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 so relieved to know I wasn't alone in my nerd-love for Wings and you all came up with some great new casts for this show I secretly loved for years. I could tell you guys were having fun thinking up which actors could look like brothers. alynn [2] went the logical route and cast real-life brothers Luke and Owen Wilson. I also thought leeluvfashion [3] was right on with her casting of Michael Vartan and Paul Walker as brothers — they totally look like they could have the same DNA.

As for Helen, I liked fatatiecat07 [4]'s idea for Reese Witherspoon, as she completely embodies the spunky spirit of that character. daisydidi [5]'s idea for Michael Imperioli to play Antonio Scarpacci is awesome, though after so many years on the Sopranos [6] I still see him as more scary than snuggly.

In the end, I just had to choose the recast with the most adorable combo of two small-screen actors as the main brothers. Congrats to Chibbie [7]!

To see who Chibbie chose, along with a new cast photo, .

Chibbie's cast list:
Joe Hackett — Lee Pace
Brian Hackett — John Krasinski
Helen Chappel — Kristen Bell
Antonio Scarpacci — Naveen Andrews
Lowell Mather — TJ Miller


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