Cast "UConn: The Movie"

[The Yakk]

Mark Emmert..Moe Howard

Coach K...A common fruitbat

 

[storrsroars]

We need to cast the antagonists, too.

Zach Edey...Fred Gwynne

Ed Cooley...Redd Foxx

Good sidetrack! Lots of cameo opportunities

BE coaches:
Pitino: Pacino
Wright: Clooney
Dixon: Stephen or Daniel Baldwin
Thompson: Forest Whitaker
Cooley: Wendell Pierce
Smart: Taye Diggs
McDermott: David Barbour


NC/FF opponents:
Few: Kevin Bacon
Izzo: Michael McKean
Painter: Shane Gillis
K: Steve Carrell
Stephens: Nathan Fielder (assuming Pete Buttigieg isn't available to act)
Hewitt: Danny Glover
Dutcher: Eric Dane

And a special appearance by Philip Baker Hall as Bill Raftery

 

[The Yakk]

Good sidetrack! Lots of cameo opportunities

BE coaches:
Pitino: Pacino
Wright: Clooney
Dixon: Stephen or Daniel Baldwin
Thompson: Forest Whitaker
Cooley: Wendell Pierce
Smart: Taye Diggs
McDermott: David Barbour


NC/FF opponents:
Few: Kevin Bacon
Izzo: Michael McKean
Painter: Shane Gillis
K: Steve Carrell
Stephens: Nathan Fielder (assuming Pete Buttigieg isn't available to act)
Hewitt: Danny Glover
Dutcher: Eric Dane

And a special appearance by Philip Baker Hall as Bill Raftery

Lol great choices.

I just realized all the actors I cast are dead, except for the fruitbat.

How about Isaiah Whitlock Jr. as Charles Barkley in the studio in 2014, picking UConn to lose every game?

Edit: You forgot Calipari. Michael Rispoli?

 

[SoCalCanine]

This is a funny thread. As an old guy, I could almost guess posters' ages by the names they choose as actors. Many posts are full of names I totally don't recognize, obviously done by younger posters. The ones full of names I recognize are most likely geezers like me. I can just hear younger posters asking "who the heck is Fred McMurray?"

 

[temery]

Few: Kevin Bacon

'That's a great look alike.

 

[jackanddanny8]

Jesus Shuttlesworth as Ray Allen
Bill Murray as Bill Murray
Wiz Khalifa as Tristen Newton

 

[temery]

A young Steve McQueen as Cam Spenser

Im changing my Dan Hurley actor to Sybil.

 

[Kolumbo]

I feel like the players should play themselves. They all seem to have their own charisma which none other could replicate. El, Rip, Sir Walter Ray, and especially the younger players.

Coaches are another story I suppose but even they are hard to duplicate.

Ed Norton Jr as young JC. Just popped into my head. Gene Hackman could play JC but Gene's a little too old now. Dude was born in 1930!!!

The only doppelganger I see is Barry Pepper and Joey Californication but Joey is still much younger so go with Joey Cajones.

For levity, Jonah Hill as George Blaney. Or Stephen Root. I didn't even know Stephen's name until I googled him tonight. He was in Justified and News Radio.

This includes a clip from News Radio, classic Stephen

 

[Rich]

Cam Spencer…..Eminem

 

[UCFan1513]

Charlie Sheen as Dan Hurley

 

[storrsroars]

George Blaney. Or Stephen Root. I didn't even know Stephen's name until I googled him tonight. He was in Justified and News Radio.

Cam Spencer…..Eminem

Edit: You forgot Calipari. Michael Rispoli?

All inspired choices.

But I'm not accepting anyone as JC besides Lenny Clarke. The man was born to play that role.

 

[UCTitleTown]

I saw this guy, Guy Pearce. I think he'd make a good DH if he shaved his head and face. Assuming he could channel the energy and personality.

 

[storrsroars]

I saw this guy, Guy Pearce. I think he'd make a good DH if he shaved his head and face. Assuming he could channel the energy and personality. View attachment 101596

I made the mistake of watching his version of Scrooge last Christmas. I cannot get that creepiness out of my head. It was the most deranged, unapologetic, non-redeeming interpretation I've ever seen.

Which would make him perfect for Randy Edsall

 

[Kenny11]

David Benedict - Vin Diesel
Woj - Vince Vaughan
Shams - Drake

 

[Tyler2Rings]

Here's a nice list of options to play Boeheim

15 Celebrities Caught Picking Their Noses

Getting boogy with it! These top-earning celebrities were caught nose diving — yes, that kind — while out and about. You won't believe #11.

radaronline.com

 

[storrsroars]

Here's a nice list of options to play Boeheim

15 Celebrities Caught Picking Their Noses

Getting boogy with it! These top-earning celebrities were caught nose diving — yes, that kind — while out and about. You won't believe #11.

radaronline.com

Great find. Can't do Pitt or Hemsworth as JB - too buff.

But Steven Seagal would be an inspired choice. As would Iggy Azalea.

 

[Kolumbo]

If we could do time travel:

Djimon Hounsou from Gladiator as Soulman.
Interesting: "Between 1989 and 1991, Hounsou appeared in the music videos for "Straight Up" by Paula Abdul, "Love Will Never Do (Without You)" by Janet Jackson, and Madonna's "Express Yourself".[6][7] He also appears in En Vogue's music video for "Hold On".

A younger Redd Foxx as El

 

[Rich]

UCONN President Radenka Maric……Carol Kane

Radenka Maric - Wikipedia

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Carol Kane - Wikipedia

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