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!
Since the air is still crackling with exciting presidential news, I thought it would be fun to recast one of the most presidential TV shows ever: The West Wing! And the timing is kind of perfect because as president-elect Barack Obama chooses his own White House staff, we'll be casting our own.
As fans of the show know, the cast was large, diverse, and ever-changing so for the purposes of this challenge I thought we'd stick to the president's long-standing inner circle. Who do you think could play President Bartlet with Martin Sheen's same level of integrity and intelligence, and his physician wife Abbey Bartlet? What about tough-as-nails press secretary turned chief of staff, C. J. Cregg (Allison Janney)? Then there are the guys: Deputy White House Communications Director Sam Seaborn (Rob Lowe), Communications Director Toby Ziegler (Richard Schiff), and Deputy White House Chief of Staff Josh Lyman (Bradley Whitford).
Finally, who would you cast as the president's personal aide Charlie Young, Josh's assistant Donna Moss, and the president's closest confidant, Leo McGarry?
Leave your entry in the comment section below, and I'll pick one winner to feature Tuesday, Nov. 11, complete with a "new" cast photo. To see a list of characters to recast and a photo of the BuzzSugar t-shirt, read more.
Characters to recast:
Abigail Bartlet (Stockard Channing)
Charlie Young (Dulé Hill)
C. J. Cregg (Allison Janney)
Sam Seaborn (Rob Lowe)
Donna Moss (Janel Moloney)
Toby Ziegler (Richard Schiff)
President Josiah Edward "Jed" Bartlet (Martin Sheen)
Leo McGarry (John Spencer)
Josh Lyman (Bradley Whitford)
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Abigail Bartlet - Geena Davis
1Charlie Young - Romany Malco
C. J. Cregg - Tina Fey
Sam Seaborn - Ben Affleck
Donna Moss - Christina Applegate
Toby Ziegler - Michael Emerson
President Josiah Edward "Jed" Bartlet - Tim Robbins
Leo McGarry - John Mahoney
Josh Lyman - Matt Damon
it's really the right time to re-cast the east wing. especially now that we have black president, more blacks should be on the cast to make it realistic.
Popcorns and Opinions
2i actually cannot let my brain go to recasting the show - that's how much i loved the first four seasons of aaron's epic. but y'all go on - i'm curious to see what the rest of you think!
3I don't watch this show, but I think Whiplash's sounds good
4Agreed. No offense, whip, but that list makes me cringe. Any list would make me cringe.
5I'd take back the old West Wing any day! But maybe I'll try recasting for fun later.
6Dr. Wyatt Bartlet - Sam Shephard
7Charlie Young - Kal Penn (star of the movie "The Namesake")
C. J. Cregg - Angela Bassett
Sam Seaborn - Carlos Bernard (Tony Almeida on "24")
Donna Moss - Katie Holmes Cruise
Toby Ziegler - Corbin Bernsen (L.A. Law)
President Jeda Bartlet - Annette Bening
Leo McGarry - William Devane
Josh Lyman - Treat Williams
Kal Penn and Romany Malco are both waaaay too old to play Charlie. You need someone like a black Michael Cera.
8Abigail Bartlet - Janet Hubert
9Charlie Young - Anna Paquin
C. J. Cregg - David Morrissey
Sam Seaborn - Sydney Tamiia Poitier
Donna Moss - Felicia Day
Toby Ziegler - Matthew Perry
President Josiah Edward "Jed" Bartlet - Samuel L. Jackson
Leo McGarry - Terry O'Quinn
Josh Lyman - Laura Linney
While I truly can imagine no finer cast than the one originally assembled, this could be fun.
Abbey Bartlet - Meryl Streep
10Charlie Young - Michael Cera
CJ Cregg - Felicity Huffman
Sam Seaborn - Neil Patrick Harris
Donna Moss - Amy Adams
Toby Ziegler - William Petersen
Jed Bartlet - Gregory Harrison
Leo McGarry - John Slattery
Josh Lyman - Michael J. Fox
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