Recasting the Wizard of Oz

[Monday Morning Sportswriter]

Baby MMSW (age 8) has gone Wizard of Oz crazy lately, and after hearing it for the umpteenth time while it plays in the car DVD player, I got wondering: Who would play some of these roles now?

Dorothy: Hilary Duff
Glenda: Gwyneth Paltrow
Wicked Witch: Nicole Kidman
Scarecrow: Bill Murray
Tin Man: Matthew McConaughey
Cowardly Lion: Jack Black
Oz: Mel Brooks

 

[pressboxramblings07]

Dorothy: Natalie Portman or Anne Hathaway
Glenda: Cate Blanchett
Wicked Witch: Meryl Streep
Scarecrow: Bill Murray is a great pick
Tin Man: Johnny Depp
Cowardly Lion: Black is a good pick
Oz: Alan Arkin

 

[21]

Dorothy: A complete unknown
Glenda: Brooke Shields
Wicked Witch: Angelica Huston
Scarecrow: Will Smith
Tin Man: Tim Allen
Cowardly Lion: John Travolta
Oz: Jack Nicholson
Toto: Danny DeVito

 

[Songbird]

Dorothy: Zooey Deschanel.

I'll think of the rest later.

 

[CentralIllinoisan]

Dorothy: Zooey Deschanel.

I'll think of the rest later.

You just want to see her in a short gigham-print dress and pigtails.

 

[Simon_Cowbell]

Downey as the Scarecrow, Depp as the Tin Man

 

[NoOneLikesUs]

Dorothy: Zooey Deschanel.

I'll think of the rest later.

Already did it.

 

[mike311gd]

Mel Brooks is a great choice for Oz.

I recommend Ben Affleck for anything. Dude could play the shark from Jaws.

 

[slappy4428]

Dorothy: Hilary Duff or Miley Cyrus
Glenda: Molly Ringwald or Alfre Woodard
Wicked Witch: Kathy Najimy or Sarah Jessica Parker
Scarecrow: (Murray's not nimble enough) Johnny Depp or Robert Downey
Tin Man: Billy Bob Thornton
Cowardly Lion: Jack Black
Wizard: Carl Reiner
Mayor of Munchkin Land: Only one choice for me....
Uncle whazzhisname: Wilford Brimley

 

[Ben_Hecht]

Sweet Jesus.

Don't forget, this is a musical, folks.

Some musical talent, please.

Would give a little finger to see Chenoweth as Dorothy.

Since she's already done the good-witch bit.

 

[Football_Bat]

I recommend Roger Waters to do the score.

That works on two levels.

 

[Faithless]

Dorothy: Rihanna
Glenda: Jennifer Lopez
Wicked Witch: Cameron Diaz
Scarecrow: Will Smith
Tin Man: Johnny Depp
Cowardly Lion: Jack Black
Oz: James Earl Jones or Morgan Freeman

 

[Ben_Hecht]

No. Jehnn-i-furrrr Lo-Pez. Not now. Not ever.

Thank you.

We are pleased to channel the spirit of Cartman, in this instance.

 

[EStreetJoe]

Dorothy: Mandy Moore
Glenda: Catherine Zeta-Jones
Wicked Witch (a non-singing role): Susan Sarandon
Scarecrow: Jim Carrey
Tin Man: Will Smith
Cowardly Lion: Jack Black
Oz (another non-singing role): Mel Brooks or James Earl Jones

 

[dooley_womack1]

For the record, it's Glinda

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Dorothy: Diana Ross
Glinda: Lena Horne
Wicked Witch: Mabel King
Scarecrow: Michael Jackson
Tin Man: Nipsey Russell
Cowardly Lion: Ted Ross
Oz: Richard Pryor

 

[Freelance Hack]

If you're asking who I'd like to see in the Dorothy outfit -- I'd have to say Amy Adams. I'd be arrested if I said Emma Roberts

From a purely theatrical standpoint -- Abigail Breslin

 

[EStreetJoe]

Sports Predictor - I was wondering how long it would take for someone to post that cast.

 

[Rosie]

 

[CentralIllinoisan]

How about we not remake on the top 10 films of all-time?

BTW ... who's playing Charles Foster Kane in our reboot of Citizen Kane, tentatively entitled CK2000?