The Results Are In: Recast "Fresh Prince of Bel Air"

BuzzSugar — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:31:21 -0700

Every 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!

It's true that Will Smith and the rest of the gang on "Fresh Prince of Bel Air" made that show the lovable comedy it was, but the recast lists you all submitted for this week's recast challenge would definitely make for an interesting show if it were to be remade! I very much enjoyed the idea of Chiwetel Ejiofor as Geoffrey, which several of you suggested. I also liked Livience's pick of Bow Wow (formerly Lil Bow Wow) for the part of Will, and cashmere80's idea of Merrin Dungey as Vivian. Meekie53's pick for Chi McBride as Uncle Phil is so perfect, it turns out McBride actually made an appearance on "Fresh Prince of Bel Air" in 1992! And finally, a shout-out to pinkflats: Congratulations on reaching gold status while submitting a recast list for this challenge! You always have some great ideas, pinkflats.

As for my favorite list overall, however, this week it comes from LaLa0428! To see who LaLa0428 picked, along with a new cast photo, read more

LaLa0428's cast:
Will - Corbin Bleu
Philip Banks - Steve Harvey
Vivian Banks - Holly Robinson-Pete
Carlton Banks - Orlando Brown
Ashley Banks - Keke Palmer
Hilary Banks - Christina Millian
Geoffrey - DL Hughley
Jazz - Omarion

And the new Jazz:

The Results Are In: Recast Clueless

BuzzSugar — Tue, 08 May 2007 16:26:55 -0700

Every Wednesday on BuzzSugar, I post a Recast challenge, where I ask you to choose new actors for a classic TV show or movie and the winner gets a BuzzSugar t-shirt!

With so many great young actors working right now, it was fun to present the Clueless recast and watch the awesome lists roll in. I can definitely see Amanda Bynes as Cher, like so many of you suggested, though I also enjoyed WhiplashGirlchild's idea of Mandy Moore, and I would love to see "Ugly Betty"'s Becki Newton in the role, as alethe16 mentioned.

I also like PrissyLilBadAss's casting choice of Zoe Saldana for Dionne, and dropstar's idea to put Al Pacino in the role of Cher's gruff-but-lovable daddy. Overall, however, my favorite cast list comes from smugirl!

To see smugirl's recast list and a new cast photo, read more

smugirl's cast:
Cher: Hayden Panettiere
Dionne: Christina Milian
Tai: America Ferrera
Murray:Nick Cannon
Josh: Zach Braff
Mel: Jeffrey Tambor