Hmmm Oprah? oh waitSMH

casting for a new one .
( wont be as good, ever since cell phones exist in movies, never a remake can be made accurately)
this is tricky.
I read some of the previous choices- I could see some of them but some just were not the essence of what the character made the audience feel.
ps. DO NOT EVER EVER CAST SOMEONE IN A REMAKE BASED ON LOOKS ALONE!! stupid idiots would think this way. go watch Ted or something.
what i do is I picture the named actress performing a poignant scene and then i decide if they can pull it off or not. I dont thnk Natalie Portman can be Emma in the scene being frustrated with the kids or feeling like she is failing her kids by dying etc in her bye speech..also wingers cool sly but vulnerable reaction to Flaps discretions etc. portman isnt that. Maybe bc Winger is so quirky and her body mannerisms is what makes her style not the look.
then you have to picture Flap and Emma scenes. no to Elisabeth Olsen altogether , this isnt safe haven or some beep nicholas sparks book movie. ugh.
Aurora has to be right or it is just another overbearing over dramatic mother daughter movie. no thank you diane keaton and mandy moore lol.
Meryl can play exasperated but devilishly funny like Aurora. But McClaine is so dry and so knowledgeable of herself that who else can portray that In Aurora. Annette Benning i can see i really can. but somethings' missing..
the Garret choices are okay. remember the audience has to sort of like this guy, but he isnt the main focal point either. love Robert Downey Jr he can play shmuck and likable watchable all at once. But remember garrets an Astronaut, not too much of a has-been not too much of a lush but has to be so in-effected by others emotions that he is that full of himself but then tops it with a slight chivalrous manly side that makes Aurora believabley vulnerable and can embrace her.
do not cast Claire Danes in either role she is the wrong kind of portrayal trust me. i am finding her best in ANgelina jolie roles, spy films and guns. lets put claire danes in that.
i think Emma needs to be slightly more desperate of herself but also completely aware that what she does, what is her. all her. she is separate from her mom and flap but she is frustrating too.
Emma is the hardest to cast. I almost hate all actresses in her age group.
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casting for a new one .
( wont be as good, ever since cell phones exist in movies, never a remake can be made accurately)
this is tricky.
I read some of the previous choices- I could see some of them but some just were not the essence of what the character made the audience feel.
ps. DO NOT EVER EVER CAST SOMEONE IN A REMAKE BASED ON LOOKS ALONE!! stupid idiots would think this way. go watch Ted or something.
what i do is I picture the named actress performing a poignant scene and then i decide if they can pull it off or not. I dont thnk Natalie Portman can be Emma in the scene being frustrated with the kids or feeling like she is failing her kids by dying etc in her bye speech..also wingers cool sly but vulnerable reaction to Flaps discretions etc. portman isnt that. Maybe bc Winger is so quirky and her body mannerisms is what makes her style not the look.
then you have to picture Flap and Emma scenes. no to Elisabeth Olsen altogether , this isnt safe haven or some beep nicholas sparks book movie. ugh.
Aurora has to be right or it is just another overbearing over dramatic mother daughter movie. no thank you diane keaton and mandy moore lol.
Meryl can play exasperated but devilishly funny like Aurora. But McClaine is so dry and so knowledgeable of herself that who else can portray that In Aurora. Annette Benning i can see i really can. but somethings' missing..
the Garret choices are okay. remember the audience has to sort of like this guy, but he isnt the main focal point either. love Robert Downey Jr he can play shmuck and likable watchable all at once. But remember garrets an Astronaut, not too much of a has-been not too much of a lush but has to be so in-effected by others emotions that he is that full of himself but then tops it with a slight chivalrous manly side that makes Aurora believabley vulnerable and can embrace her.
do not cast Claire Danes in either role she is the wrong kind of portrayal trust me. i am finding her best in ANgelina jolie roles, spy films and guns. lets put claire danes in that.
i think Emma needs to be slightly more desperate of herself but also completely aware that what she does, what is her. all her. she is separate from her mom and flap but she is frustrating too.
Emma is the hardest to cast. I almost hate all actresses in her age group.
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She really is! Harrison Ford could do Garrett. The actresses people have listed for Emma are too pretty. Debra Winger wasn't conventionally pretty, and I haven't read the book, but I got the impression that Emma wasn't either. When Aurora tells her she's not special enough to survive a bad marriage, it pretty much drives that point home. There aren't many young actresses who aren't breathtaking. Jennifer Lawrence could probably pull it off though. And I love the idea of Hugh Laurie as Sam, although he probably is too old.

As an aside, Zooey Deschanel is the spitting image of Debra Winger at that age.

If you don't like the show, stop watching it!

This is probably the best comment ever written and so very true

Well first of all, in order for the film to be made today, you'd have to create a couple of characters that are superheroes, perhaps throw in a star wars character, and have lots of stuff blow up and take away any hint of a well-crafted story

Shirley was only 49 in this.. Even though she looked 60ish.

Aurora: Julianne Moore
Emma: Emma Stone
Flap: Ryan Gosling
Garrett: Chris Cooper
Sam: J.K. Simmons
Patsy: Elizabeth Debecki

Ummm, who was the a hole that was cheating??

Natalie Portman as a vibrant blustering mother of three with a cheating ***hole husband?
Wow, I just don't see it. Portman was in a film where she played the mother of a dead infant that was mostly about grief and was terrible in it. Not relatable or believable at all. I really don't see why people think this woman is a good actor.
Aurora Greenway: Annette Bening
Garrett Breedlove: Robert Downey Jr
Emma Horton: Elizabeth Olsen
Flap Horton: Jake Gyllenhaal
Sam Burns: Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Patsy Clark: Carey Mulligan

Michelle Pfeiffer as Aurora, Jennifer Lawrence as Emma

Aurora Greenway-Meryl Streep and Sally Field
Emma-Natalie Portman
Garett Breedlove-Kevin Spacey
Flap Horton-Bradley Cooper
Sam Burns-Dylan Walsh
Patsy Clark-Claire Danes

The only actresses I could see in a remake in the Aurora Greenway role are Meryl Streep and Susan Sarandon. As far as the Garrett Breedlove role, I would love to see Burt Reynolds finally play the part.
As far as the other roles, Natalie Portman might work as Emma; I can't really think of another younger actress whom I'd like to see in the part. As far as the roles of Flap, Sam, and Patsy, I can't really think of any current popular actors who might fit those parts.

Aurora Greenway- Meryl Streep
Emma Horton- Claire Danes
Garrett Breedlove- Burt Reynolds
Flap Horton- Jake Gyllanhal
Patsy Clark: Rachel McAdams
Sam Burns: Patrick Dempsey
BAM!!!!!!! perfect. my dream cast for a remake. please pleae please.

That's actually not a bad cast at all. I could see that working and being quite good.