i would hate to see a remake. Nobody could replace danny kaye. as has been seen by the truly dreadful remake of walter Mitty.

I think we can forget about Robin Williams now.
It's that man again!!

I think Sean Hayes could do this double role wonderfully.
He has the energy, talent and lunacy to make a fine Buzzy Bellew
and Edwin Dingle. That manic personality would fit perfectly
A heads up: "Wonder Man" will be shown at the Danny Kaye Film Festival
in Los Angeles (actually Pasadena) in January 2013. See the
site www.dannykayefest.com for more info.

Funny you should say that, but when the first suggested a remake of "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" the first person approached was Jim Carrey.

You definitely don't want a remake, but IF you used today's actors, I think you could use Jim Carrey or Will Ferrell. If you check Carrey's "The Majestic" or Ferrell's "Stranger than Fiction", you can see they can play "normal" characters.

even if robin williams considered such a thing anyway he is too old now to do it justice, danny kaye was still pretty young when he made this, which is by the way one of my all time fav films, a little trivia for you btw, in the musical number where danny and vera jump off the stage into a large drum going down into the drum danny landed badly and broke his ankle the scene of them poping back up out of the drum wasnt filmed till about 6 weeks later.

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Dead men dont wear plaid (a minor classic, to me) was not mocking classic gangster flics, it was an homage to them, surely. I got it,I got it,I got itI aint got it

I think Robin Williams is about the only actor who could make a decent VERSION of this script, but it would certainly be Williams, not Kaye but having said that, I also think Robin Williams has too much integrity and respect for classic films to try to remake a movie like this. Steve Martin would try, but then he likes to mock the classics like he did in "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid" and "Pink Panther" and he could never make this film better than Kaye did so why bother with a remake when the original is perfect as it is?

"No one can dance like Vera-Ellen."
TCM did a double Vera-Ellen whom I was not too familiar with.White Christmas (which I had never seen before.and Wonder Man. Great dancing!!!!
Read My Lips!!!!

Agreed. She was the best.

No one can dance like Vera-Ellen.

Ang Rob, you ASKED for peoples comments! (jerk!) Why remake it? its faultless. tmf scipio has got it right, it should be restored/remastered, not remade.
I got it,I got it,I got itI ain`t got it

Ok, I'll give you that Robin Williams is a true talent. But in my humble opinion NOBODY today can even hold a candle to Danny Kaye. Insults only weaken your argument, by the way.
The road to Easy Street goes through the sewer.

Easy on the comments, Jerk! I was just saying how I thought some of our more brilliant commedians of this generation would do justice to this movie. I suggested Robin Williams ONLY. I think he would be the ONLY person capable of pulling this one off. If you comare his creation of the characters of Parry in Fisher King and Dr Maguire (Good Will Hunting) or Dr Thayer (Awakenings) you could plainly see in your feeble mind that he could do a magnificant job of playing the Buster/Edwin role. But since your too narrow minded to think about it, don't bother.
Angela
The Secret of Life is Balance

The only one who could pull it off is Danny Kaye. How about a great restoration of the movie instead of another insipid remake?
The road to Easy Street goes through the sewer.

sigh Please, no more remakes. Hollywood needs to come up with something original.