Casting the New Ghostbusters
Word has arrived that two writers from The Office are going to try their hand at crafting a sequel to "Ghostbusters". Original reports also mentioned that the movie could be about "a new group of ghoul chasers". So the next question is, who should play the new Ghostbusters?
Personally, I'm a fan of going in unexpected directions with casting. I'm really hoping that the next Batman features Tilda Swinton as The Riddler. For this reason, I'm not a fan of any of the "obvious" Hollywood choices like Owen Wilson, Ryan Reynolds, Jack Black, or Seth Rogen. Honestly, I might even consider casting three women.
So here are my choices (and character suggestions):
- The spiritual ghost buster who doesn't believe all ghosts are bad is Penelope Cruz. I know some people are annoyed by her but I thought she was very good in a rather dull film "Bandidas". She seems like a natural comic actress and she wouldn't look bad in a uniform or covered in slime. The Plan B would be James Franco, in a sort of soberly spiritual version of his Pineapple Express role.
- The gung-ho 'buster who thinks before he speaks, fights, or does anything at all would be played by Danny McBride. The one thing I'd like to change about McBride would be that he actually does know what he's doing but has a hair trigger. So far, he usually just plays dolts. I'd like this role to be someone who is intelligent but just gets caught up in the moment too often. With Plan B, I might actually go with Rachel McAdams or Craig Robinson.
- The "Egon", wise-cracking brainiac would be noneother than Amy Adams. I'm a huge fan of Adams but would like to see her in more films where she's herself or a regular woman. She played the nerd well in Talladega Nights but this role would give her more sass. I could also see Kristin Wiig in this role.
- The leading man. The spokeperson for the crew who sells the Ghostbusters to the public but is actually a bit of a coward would be played by James Marsden. The more obvious choice would be Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson but I'd like to give Marsden a shot. I think he is Franco-esque in the fact that his comic potential has yet to be utilized.
Now, I don't know if those are the character types that they will be going with but I wouldn't mind seeing a Cruz, McBride, Adams, Marsden lineup.
