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Bloggernacle, The Movie: A Casting Game

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Is there anything more fun than a casting game? You know, “who would be the perfect actor to play Joseph Smith?” or “who would be some good actors for a Book of Mormon movie“? And now, ladies and gents, we have new fuel for the fire. You’ve all seen the pictures of the blog party (in its various nicknames three). And you now know what most of us look like. That brings us to the fun part: In Bloggernacle, The Movie, who will be the actors and actresses playing whom? The data points that most people will probably be going from include pictures available at the last thread, plus pictures from the bio’s on the sidebar.

And since this is my game, I’ll start with a suggestion: Phillip Seymour Hoffman as Bob Caswell. It’s not a perfect match — undoubtedly another reader has a better match idea — but Bob reminded me somewhat of PSH in his general look. Plus, they both seem to have the innocent-exterior-concealing-a-devious-interior thing going on. So my intuition is that PSH could do a pretty good Bob Caswell in Bloggernacle, the Movie. (Compare PSH picture with Bob picture).

But we can’t stop with Bob. We need to cast Logan, Nate, me (gulp!), some co-bloggers, Bells, Rusty, and others (plus a host of people from some other blog). Plus, for that matter, anyone whose photo is publicly available on the bloggernacle. (I don’t want to start invading privacy by bringing in photos they don’t want online).

Now I have a few additional ideas about casting (one person reminds me of this actress, for instance), but I’ll stop with my own quirky ideas for now, in order to preserve a (more or less) blank slate for others to make suggestions, comments, critiques. We’re depending on your skills as movie buffs and bloggernaclites to help determine the best casting. Pictures are always helpful.

Let the casting begin!

27 comments for “Bloggernacle, The Movie: A Casting Game”

  1. Dermot Mulroney, the guy from “MY Best Friend’s Wedding,” would be a decent Rusty. A picture is at here.

    There’s someone else, I can’t think of right now, who might be better. It will come to me later.

    And I’m really not sure who would be a good Steve. He sort of reminds me of a cartoon character. Calvin, from Calvin and Hobbes. The thin neck, blond hair.

  3. Every time I see Danny Ainge on TV, I think of danithew.

    Of course, I don’t know how good Ainge is as an actor. And I haven’t seen Dan in years.

    Actually, John Ritter could have been a good danithew as well.

  4. Only problem with such a movie would be the plot–extended navel-gazing makes lousy cinema :)

  5. “extended navel-gazing makes lousy cinema ”

    Have you ever seen a European movie? How could you possibly say such things?

  6. You’ve seen Kristine in person, Kaimi, and I’ve only see the couple of pictures you posted, but from those pictures I think Sarah Jessica Parker would play her.

  7. I think Jack Black would be the perfect actor to play

    Many have said that Topher Grace would be a good Steve. So be it. As for Sumer, Laura Linney is I think a dead ringer. Kaimi could be played by Jack Black, I guess, but I’ve got to think of someone better. I think Kevin Spacey would be a good pick for D., given the right hairstylist. I agree with PSH for Bob Caswell. Logan? Tougher.

  9. “not sure who would be a good Steve. He sort of reminds me of a cartoon character.”

    Thanks as ever, Mardell. We need to get together more often.

  10. Kevin Spacey?! YES, I’ll take it. I do have more hair, and he has more Oscars.

    I absolutely was going to say Topher Grace for Steve — they’re a perfect match.

  11. Plus, Topher Grace & Laura Linney play a romantic pair in their latest movie — PS, I think it’s called. So, it’s set!

    JWL could be played by an appropriately grizzled and bespectabled Sean Connery, I think. Tough to cast Jim appropriately. Jim F. is likewise difficult to cast.

  12. Topher Grace and Phillip Seymour Hoffman are spot-on. Great calls.

    A few that spring to mind are:

    JWL: George Lucas
    Chris Williams: Colin Firth
    Lily Williams: Boo from Monsters, Inc.

  13. Well, I wasn’t there, so I have to do this relying on the pics, but here are my takes:

    Steve: sorry, Topher isn’t cutting it. Based on the pics, especially the last one, it’s Breckin Meyer. Sure, not a really well-respected actor, but not horrible looking either.
    Kristine: Teri Polo
    Christina: Kate Beckinsale
    D and Kaimi: I have the feeling there’s someone spot on for both of you, but I can’t place it yet. Give me time.

    Davis: Either Emilio Estevez or Billy Baldwin, or whatever other actor you can think of that’s known mostly for being the less-popular younger brother of a truly successful icon.

    Actually, i’ve always thought Davis would be well-played by Greg Kinnear.

  14. Agreed with Kate Beckinsdale for Christina, although what’s-her-name from Desperate housewives isn’t too far off either.

    Breckin Meyer? Sure, he’s got the harmless goofy guy thing. But the nose isn’t right.

  16. Now that others have weighed in with some (probably better) choices, let me give a few of my other initial choices:

    Steve: Mark Harmon (from Summer School)
    Christina: Katie Holmes (Dawson’s Creek)
    Davis: It’s not a great fit, but something about him reminds me of Will Ferrell.

  17. Kaimi, those are the worst picks I’ve ever heard in my life. That’s like picking Owen Wilson to play you! Granted, Mark Harmon is a sexy, sexy man, but still — awful casting. Horrible.

  23. All I ask is that the plot involves the search for a term better than “bloggernacle,” and that said inferior term is blown up in a tense moment at the end of the film.

  25. I nominate Dwayne Johnson, aka the Rock, to play Kaimi. I realize that there has been some controversy in the past over casting the Rock (who is partially Samoan) as a native Hawaiian, but I think the benefits outweigh the costs. For example, whenever a fellow blogger disagrees with any of his positions, he could track them down and then beat the living daylights out of them. This might liven up an otherwise potentially action-bereft plot. Plus, he’s cute.

  26. You do realize, of course, how expensive of an undertaking such a project would be. Half the budget would need to be used for the actor playing me to lose the necessary amount of weight… not to mention the plastic surgery needed for him to have exactly the same charmingly hansom looks. Also, he’d need to follow me around for a year watching my every movement in order to play my extremely complicated character. He and I would have to be heavily compensated.

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