what 2 famous actors right now do you think would be good for the role of felix and oscar?
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LC03 — 12 years ago(June 16, 2013 01:13 PM)
I would never actually recommend a remake of the movie, because I agree with the consensus in this thread that Lemmon and Matthau's performances were brilliant (and likely cannot be improved upon). However, I don't mind playing the "what if" game just to see who people come up with. Plus I liked the idea of framing this question as who would we like to see in the roles during a revival of the play instead of a remake of the movie.
My pick for Felix would be Jim Parsons. I was recently re-watching the movie for probably the first time since really becoming aware of Jim's work a couple of years ago (I was a bit slow in giving The Big Bang Theory a try, though I've now become a devoted fan), and it suddenly struck me that Jim would likely be a perfect fit for all of Felix's obsessive and outrageous quirks. Playing Sheldon has certainly given him some experience with the role of a quirky roommate, but it would be interesting to see that played against a roommate who is much more his opposite than Sheldon's current friends. Plus, Jim appears to have a lot of experience on the stage as well. I saw clips of him in Harvey and thought he did a nice job of playing another eccentric character (without making him feel like merely a carbon copy of Sheldon).
I have yet to come up with a pick for Oscar though. I'm still thinking on that one. -
pilarinhavana — 11 years ago(May 20, 2014 11:45 AM)
With the scene reset in Austin, TX: Jack Black as Felix; Woody Harrelson as Oscar; Conan O'Brien and Tilda Swinton as the Pigeon brother and sister (in my version, Felix is gay); Will Ferrell as Murray the Cop; Zack Galifanakis as Vinnie; Harvey Keitel and Robert DeNiro as Roy and Speed (they're New York transplants); and Arnold Schwarzenegger as the poker table.
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lostsok0523-654-279444 — 11 years ago(September 12, 2014 05:30 AM)
Felix is easy: Jim Parsons. He might be the only person on the planet that could pull that role off right now.
Oscar would be interesting, because he was a "man's man." In that day and age that largely meant a slob. A true remake would reimagine Oscar as today's man's man. With that in mind, I'd go away from the Matthau type toRyan Gosling.
A traditional "Oscar" type would be Seth Rogan. He could do the annoying slob part well. -
ryderdvs — 11 years ago(January 18, 2015 05:37 PM)
Paul Giamatti for Felix, and Thomas Haden Church for Oscar. See the film
Sideways
for reference.
Or perhaps, Steve Carell as Felix, and Louis C.K. as Oscar.
Fun Fact - James L. Brooks stated that Jack Nicholson is the only actor who could successfully play both Felix
and
Oscar.
Which, in my opinion, he has - Garrett Breedlove in
Terms of Endearment
is essentially Oscar Madison, while Melvin Udall in
As Good As It Gets
, is basically Felix Ungar.