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The Results Are In: Recast "Gilligan's Island"

BuzzSugar — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 16:36:04 -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!

The cast of "Gilligan's Island" is a fun one to recast because the characters are of various ages, so you can pick your favorite actors of several different generations. I absolutely loved many of RCLdesigngirl's picks, like Ginnifer Goodwin as Mary Ann, Donald Sutherland as Thurston Howell III, and Becki Newton as Ginger.

I also enjoyed pistonsjenny's idea of Phillip Seymour Hoffman playing Skipper, and the idea of Jason Schwartzman as Gilligan, suggested by both LaLa0428 and HelloKittyMini. Finally, I think GiggleSugar and Moley25's pick of Rachel Bilson as Mary Ann is a very cute idea.

Yet my favorite cast list overall this week comes from eme391! To see who eme391 picked, along with a new cast photo, read more

eme391's cast:
Gilligan - John Krasinski
Skipper - William Shatner
Mary-Ann - Alyson Hannigan
Ginger - Kate Walsh
The Professor - James Denton
Mr. Howell - Alan Dale
Mrs. Howell - Swoosie Kurtz

Recast "Gilligan's Island" and Win a Prize!

BuzzSugar — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 12:32:55 -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. The reader who submits the best cast wins a BuzzSugar t-shirt!

"Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale/ A tale of a fateful trip/ That started from this tropic port/ Aboard this tiny ship!" This week, tell me a modern tale of this fateful trip by recasting "Gilligan's Island" with new actors. Who could play the Professor and Mary Ann? Or the Howell couple? And what about Skipper and that redhead Ginger? Finally, who would you cast as the goofy Gilligan himself?

Leave your entry in the comment section below, and I'll pick one winner to feature Tuesday, September 25, 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:
Gilligan (Bob Denver)
The Skipper (Alan Hale Jr.)
The Professor (Russell Johnson)
Mary Ann (Dawn Wells)
Ginger (Tina Louise)
Thurston Howell III (Jim Backus)
Mrs. Howell (Natalie Schafer)

The BuzzSugar t-shirt

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