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!
For this recast challenge, the only requirement is to think of new actors for the main two characters: Annie (Diane Keaton) and Alvy (Woody Allen). However, if you wish to recast other characters from the film, you are welcome to do so! Who could play these two iconic, anxious people?
Leave your entry in the comment section below, and I'll pick one winner to feature Tuesday, February 5, complete with a "new" cast photo.
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Characters to recast:
Alvy Singer (Woody Allen)
Annie Hall (Diane Keaton)
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lets do the British version and team up James McAvoy and Keira Knightley again.
1Annie - Olivia Thirlby (from Juno)
2Alvy - Adam Brody
i am thinking zack braff and rachel bilson!
3I'd say Jason Schwartzman and Ellen Page
4Alvy Singer - Jason Biggs
5Annie Hall - Sarah Michelle Gellar
Alvy: John Cusack
6Annie: Zooey Deschanel (She's already a singer...)
Jason Lee and Chloe Sevigny
7Michael Cera and Ellen Page... they are the perfect neurotic couple!
8I need to think about this one..I'll be back.
9"That was the most fun I've had without laughing" - Woody, after having sex.
Great Movie!
10Alvy -- Rainn Wilson
11Annie -- Gotta be Ellen Page
jason schwartzman
12drew barrymore
Shia Laboef
13Rachel McAdams
ben stiller and amanda peet
14adam brody and maggie gyllenhaal
15If we're going to look at this as though Woody were going to direct his own new version, this is how it would go down:
Alvy: Woody Allen
Annie: Scarlett Johansson
She's his current muse, just like Diane Keaton was in the original. And ScarJo sings, too. And likes vests. And Allen always casts himself.
16I was would say Jason Schwartzman and Scartlett Johansson
17Alvy- Steve Carell
18Annie- Drew Barrymore
Lets go with a younger approach shall we:
Alvy- Hank Harris from Pumpkin
19Annie-Thora Birch from American Beauty
Alvy- Ryan Gosling
20and
Annie- Hilary Swank
Lets trade in two legends for another two legends, its a fair trade
Alvy- Robert DeNiro
21Annie- Diane Lane
younger: adam brody with zooey deschanel
22older: tony shalhoub and courtney cox
I would say Claire Danes as Alvy and Jake Gylenhall as Annie.
23On second thought...I'm kind of seeing Liev Schreiber and Cameron Diaz.
24Alvy - Creed Bratton aka Creed from "The Office"
25Annie - Allison Janney
Jenna Fischer and David Cross
26Amy Adams and Alan Cumming
27Alvy Singer - Zach Braff
28Annie Hall - Laura Prepon
Alvy- Seth Rogen
29Annie-Zoey Deschanel
There is some randomness that people suggested - I love it!
Just because of their chemistry in Eternal Sunshine, I wouldn't mind seeing Jim Carrey & Kate Winslet...
That or Steve Carell and Felicity Huffman, just because I think it would be really strange.
30Alvy - Colin Hanks
31Annie - Maggie Gyllenhaal
topher grace and alyson hannigan
32Zach Braff & Zooey Deschanel, but in a perfect world Diane Keaton and Woody Allen would always be Alvy and Annie.
33Alvy - Elijah Wood
34Annie - Julia Stiles
Alvy: Hillary
35Annie: Obama
Cross-gender recasting, but I think it works.
Alvy- Jason Alexander
36Annie- Isla Fisher
Alvy: Stephen Colbert
37Annie: Tina Fey
I think it's interesting that so many people chose actors/actresses who are so young! Diane Keaton was in her early 30's and Woody Allen was in his early 40's when they made this movie.
So, my picks are:
Alvy-Vince Vaughn (He's physically different from Woody Allen, but he can totally play the dorky, funny, neurotic guy to a t.)
Annie-Anne Hathaway (She's a few years younger than Diane Keaton was when Annie Hall was made, but not that much. And, like Diane Keaton, she is beautiful, but doesn't always play "typically beautiful" women.)
Anyway, just my thoughts! I'm interested to see who else people come up with! This is a good one; I never would have thought of it!
38Alvy- Steve carrel
Annie- Natalie portman
39Annie - Katie Holmes
40Alvy - Jake Gyllenhal
I have to agree about the ages, lilkimbo.
41I'm going to go with Paul Giamatti and Rachel McAdams for these roles.
42Mark Rufalo (he's so underrated!) and Amy Smart (where did she go?)
43Alvy Singer: Christopher Mintz-Plasse (McLovin from Superbad!)
44Annie Hall: Amber Tamblyn
Alvy - Jerry Seinfeld
45Annie - Tina Fey
Fred Armisen and Michelle Williams
46Alvy Singer - Adrien Brody
47Annie Hall - Drew Berrymore
adam brody and kiera knightley
48Alvy Singer - Michael Cera
49Annie Hall - Scarlett Johansson
Jason Schwartzman and Parker Posey (Broken English? She embodies the ultimate New Yorker)
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