Ever wonder what a movie or TV show would be like if you could be the casting director? Well, now's your chance. Every Wednesday on BuzzSugar, I'll be posting a Recast challenge, where I'll ask you to recast a classic TV show or movie for these modern times.
This week's challenge: the John Hughes favorite The Breakfast Club. Who today would best personify the princess originated by Ringwald or the jock and the basket case captured so well by Emilio Estevez and Ally Sheedy?
Leave your entry us in the comment section below, and I'll pick one winner to feature next Tuesday, Jan. 2, complete with a "new" cast photo.
Characters to recast:
Claire Standish (The Princess)
Andy Clark (The Jock)
Brian Johnson (The Geek)
John Bender (The Rebel)
Allison Reynolds (The Basket Case)
Laura Clement
Karen Millen
Time to Spa
The Breakfast Club is perfect as it is!
1But Brian Johnson would def be Adam Brody
2SOme of the people I want to pick are too old to play the role. Like Selma Blair for Allison.
3I like how you totally changed your mind about the recast in like TWO whole minutes!
4
Yea, what can I say I change my mind A LOT! haha
5Oof. I agree with Blonde. The movie is perfect as is. But these recasts are fun, so I'll give it a shot. Some of these people I'm choosing are a bit too old, but whatever - Judd Nelson was like thirty when he was in the movie.
Claire Standish (The Princess) - Maggie Grace
6Andy Clark (The Jock) - Wentworth Miller
Brian Johnson (The Geek) - Jason Biggs
John Bender (The Rebel) - Jesse Bradford
Allison Reynolds (The Basket Case) - Eliza Dushku
Claire - Hillary Duff? It's the only one I could think of who is young and isn't a hoe.
7Andy - I'll have to get back to you...
Brian - Adam Brody
John - I'll have to get back to you...
Allison - Zooey Deschanel
Claire Standish (The Princess): Rachel Bilson
8Andy Clark (The Jock): Ryan Gosling
Brian Johnson (The Geek): Justin Long (Warren Cheswick from "Ed"...also, the kid on the Mac commercials)
John Bender (The Rebel): Danny Masterson (Hyde from That 70's Show)
Allson Reynolds (The Basketcase): Chloe Sevigney
Allison Reynolds - Jenna Malone or Anna Paquin
9Claire Standish - Hilary Duff
Andy Clark - Gregory Smith (he grew up pretty well)
Brian Johnson - Frankie Muniz or Adam Brody (Blondesugar is kidna right)
John Bender - Drake Bell (I don't his acting but I wouldn't mind seeing him in this roll; if he could do it)
Claire Standish (The Princess)- Mandy Moore
10Andy Clark (The Jock)- Chad Michael Murray
Brian Johnson (The Geek)- Adam Brody or Jamie Bell
John Bender (The Rebel)- Channing Tatum or James Franco
Allison Reynolds (The Basket Case) - (agree with pink rabbit)or Thora Birch
Clair Standish - (the Princess) - Jessica Simpson or Reese Witherspoon
Andy Clark - (The Jock) - Jerry O'Connell
Brian Johnson - (the Geek) - Jason Biggs
John Bender - (The rebel) - Johnny Depp
Allison Reynolds - (The Basket Case) - Parker Posey
Although I LOVE the orginal, it is fun to recast and Park Posey would be PERFECT as the Basket Case
**age was not a factor for me when choosing**
11Studio Guy Me On DRUGS
The Princess Lindsey Lohan Sienna Miller Ashley Olsen
The Jock Chris Brown Tom Welling Benjamin McKenzie
The Geek Haley Joel Osment Yao Ming Clay Aiken
(Chinese guy from Hero's)
The Rebel Ryan Gosling James Franco Brandon Davis
The Basket Case Thora Birch Alison Lohman Mary Kate Olsen
12Studio Guy ---Me---On DRUGS
The Princess---Lindsey Lohan---Sienna Miller---Ashley Olsen
The Jock ---Chris Brown---Tom Welling---Benjamin McKenzie
The Geek---Haley Joel Osment---Yao Ming---Clay Aiken
(Chinese guy from Hero's)
The Rebel---Ryan Gosling---James Franco---Brandon Davis
The Basket Case---Thora Birch---Alison Lohman---Mary Kate Olsen
13I'd say:
Claire Standish (The Princess): Sarah Michelle Gellar
14Andy Clark (The Jock): Chris Evans
Brian Johnson (The Geek): Topher Grace
John Bender (The Rebel): Ryan Gosling
Allson Reynolds (The Basketcase): Rachel McAdams
Claire Standish (The Princess) - Hayden Panittiere
15Andy Clark (The Jock) - Ryan Phillipe
Brian Johnson (The Geek) - Justin Long (from the Mac ads - the Mac guy, and from 'Ed')
John Bender (The Rebel) - Josh Hartnett (without the buckwheat hair)
Allison Reynolds (The Basket Case) - Lindsay Lohan (I know, too easy)
Here's my list...
16Claire Standish (The Princess): Maggie Grace
Andy Clark (The Jock): Channing Tatum or Mike Vogel
Brian Johnson (The Geek): Jonathan Tucker
John Bender (The Rebel): Jared Leto
AllIson Reynolds (The Basketcase): Zooey Deschanel
Andrew "Andy" Clark: Jake McDorman (Aquamarine)
Brian Johnson: Paul Dano (Little Miss Sunshine)
John Bender: Damaine Radcliffe (Step Up)
Claire Standish: Hayden Panettiere (Heroes)
Allison Reynolds: Eva Amurri (Saved!)
Principal Richard Vernon: Hugh Laurie (House)
The original stars of The Breakfast Club were from the teenybopper crowd too!
17Claire Standish (The Princess):Mila Kinis, kate bosworth, mandy moore
Brian Johnson (The Geek): Liam Aiken (The kid from stepmom)
Andy Clark (The Jock): Channing Tatum
Allison Reynolds (The Basketcase): Amber Tamblyn, Amanda Bynes (She could pull it off), Zooey Deschanel
John Bender (The Rebel):Brad Renfro (If he can stay sober enough), Jonathon Jackson
Style Before Comfort!
18The Princess - Hayden Panettiere
The Geek - Paul Dano
The Basketcase - Amber Tamblyn
The Jock - Emile Hirsch or Channing Tatum or Milo Ventimiglia
The Rebel - Milo Ventimiglia
in the original, Emilio Estevez was going to play Bender but Hughes couldn't find anyone for the joc so he changed... that's why I can accept Ventimiglia as both maybe... so much harder than it loos since the original is so great.
19Claire Standish - The Princess: Cate Bosworth (with brown hair like in Superman Returns).
Brian Johnson - The Geek: Richard Rubin (from Beauty and the Geek).
Andy Clark - The Jock: Justin Hartley (Green Arrow from Smallville).
John Bender - The Rebel: Wentworth Miller
Allison Reynolds - The Basketcase: Zooey Deschanel
20Andy Clark(Jock)- Benjamin McKenzie (OC)
21Claire Standish(Princess)- Sophia Bush (One Tree Hill)
Brian Johnson(Geek)– Frankie Muniz (Malcolm in the Middle)
John Bender(Rebel)– Garrett Hedlund (Georgia Rules)
Allison Reynolds(Basket Case)- Alison Lohman (Matchstick Men)
Claire Standish (Princess)-Lindsay Lohan
22Allison Reynolds (Basket Case)-Evan Rachel Wood
Brian Johnson (Geek)-Chad Michael Murray
John Bender (Rebel)-Millo V (Gilmore Girls, Superheroes)
Andy Clark (Jock)-Benjamin Mackenzie
Claire Standish (The Princess): Natalia Verbeke
Andy Clark (The Jock): Chris Pine
Brian Johnson (The Geek): Steve Zahn
John Bender (The Rebel): Gael Garcia Bernal
Allison Reynolds (The Basket Case): Haley Hudson
My cast is pretty odd, but I like it ^^ I had fun finding it, and that is what counts!
23______________________________________
\Don't chase the beat of your heart/
I am going to try and keep it age appropriate...
24Characters to recast:
Claire Standish (The Princess): Ashley Tisdale (Disney Channel actress)
Andy Clark (The Jock):Percy Daggs III (from Veronica Mars-I know he is older but looks young (
Brian Johnson (The Geek): Lee Norris(Mouth from One Tree Hill)
John Bender (The Rebel): Milo Ventimiglia (way TOO OLD but he plays an awesome "rebel" type)
Allison Reynolds (The Basket Case): Mary Kate Olsen (have you seen her lately?)or Tina Majorino (Mac on VM)
Because the Breakfast Club cast was great as is, I'd like to do a radical twist (perhaps for SNL?) with the following actors:
The Princess- John Travolta in drag
25The Jock- Shaquille O'Neil
The Geek- Andy Dick
The Rebel- Pete Doherty
The Basketcase- Christina Ricci
Claire Standish (Princess)-Scarlett Johansen
26Allison Reynolds (Basket Case)-Rachel Bilson
Brian Johnson (Geek)- Topher Grace (Eric from 70's show)
John Bender (Rebel)-Jared Letto
Andy Clark (Jock)-Jesse Metcalfe
Claire- Mandy Moore
27Andy- Benjamin McKenzie
Brian- Joseph Gordon-Levitt (or Patrick Fugit)
John- this is kinda hard...I settled on Josh Hartnett but i'm sure there's someone better
Allison- Lizzy Caplan (from Mean Girls)
Ok, here are my thoughts :
Claire Standish (The Princess) : Sophia Bush (not Hilary Duff : too "innocent" not enough "Prom Queen" - not Lindsay Lohan : too much "Prom Queen" not enough "innocent")
28Andy Clark (The Jock) : Jesse Metcalf
Brian Johnson (The Geek) : Adam Brody
John Bender (The Rebel) : Chad Michael Murray
Allison Reynolds (The Basket Case) : Eliza Dushku
I can't believe I took so long to do this recast (almost an hour!)
Claire Standish (The Princess): Nora Zehetner (Heroes/Brick) Amazing actress and could pull this off flawlessly.
Andy Clark (The Jock): Ian Somerhalder (Lost)
Brian Johnson (The Geek): Matt O'Leary (Brick) if you haven't seen Brick get it on Netflix list now!!
John Bender (The Rebel): Taylor Kitsch (Friday Night Lights) Perfect brooding guy.
Allison Reynolds (The Basket Case): Leelee Sobieski, I think that she'd be the perfect recast for this quirky character.
29Claire Standish (The Princess)- Alison Lohman
30Andy Clark (The Jock)- Emile Hirsch
Brian Johnson (The Geek)- Patrick Fugit
John Bender (The Rebel)- Steven Strait
Allison Reynolds (The Basket Case) - Danielle Panabaker
the princess - mandy moore (she would work well in this prissy yet endearing role)
the jock - jensen ackles (cw dude from supernatural. very cute and has a jock look to him)
the rebel - james franco(from spiderman. he would grow his hair out like in tristan & isolde)
the basketcase - rachael leigh cook (to me she would be perfect in this ally sheedy role..she would dirty up nice and then clean up nice in that final scene where claire does her makeover)
the geek - shia labeouf (perfect geek. he was in even stevens and then ventured into movies. he has a string of movies coming out)
31Claire Standish: Erika Christensen ("Upside of Anger")
Brian Johnson: Adam Lamburg ("Lizzie Maguire")
Andy Clark- Kyle Schmid ("The sisterhood of the traveling Pants")
John Bender- Fancis Copra ("Veronica Mars")
Alison Reynolds- Alison Lohman ("Big Fish"/"White Orleader"): If you have seen her with the dark hair in "White Orleader" I can't imagine anyone better than her to play this role.
32Claire Standish (The Princess)- Hillary Duff
33Andy Clark (The Jock) - Orlando Bloom
Brian Johnson (The Geek) - Chad Michael Murray
John Bender (The Rebel) - Eminem
Allison Reynolds (The Basket Case) - Lindsay Lohan
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