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Offline GooberCollins

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African-American DS Casting
« on: July 24, 2008, 11:49:19 PM »
I also got the idea for this thread while looking at the Movie Cast Ideas. If an African-American remake of DS was done (I'm aware that it's incredibly unlikely; that's why this is on the Games board), what actors would you choose?

Barnabas - Will Smith (probably because of the ears)
Elizabeth - Alfre Woodard or Jasmine Guy
Julia - Whoopi Goldberg (don't ask me why, because I don't know)
Maggie - Keyshia Knight-Pulliam
Carolyn: Gabrielle Union
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Re: African-American DS Casting
« Reply #1 on: July 25, 2008, 01:43:13 AM »
Eliot Stokes - James Earl Jones
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Re: African-American DS Casting
« Reply #2 on: July 25, 2008, 05:08:06 AM »
Roger Collins - Sherman Helmsley (i.e., George Jefferson).

I'm kidding again, of course!  But then again, couldn't you just see Marla Gibbs, who played the maid Florence Johnston, playing Mrs. Johnson?

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Re: African-American DS Casting
« Reply #3 on: July 25, 2008, 05:31:02 PM »
david -- gary coleman

burke develin  -- iced t

Elizabeth -- Dianer Ross

Angelique -- Donner Summers

amy -- Raven

carolyn  --- angela basset
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Re: African-American DS Casting
« Reply #4 on: July 26, 2008, 08:42:39 AM »
Sidney Poitier as Barnabas?   I'd suggest Brock Peters, as whom I'm not sure, but he just passed recently, RIP....  I think Will Smith gets strange starring roles because he's big now, not because they suit him.   Men In Black was perfect though.   Avery Brooks?   
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Re: African-American DS Casting
« Reply #5 on: July 26, 2008, 10:58:09 AM »
Jesse Jackson as Reverend Trask
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Re: African-American DS Casting
« Reply #6 on: July 26, 2008, 01:10:04 PM »
Quote from: retzev on July 26, 2008, 10:58:09 AM
Jesse Jackson as Reverend Trask

Or how about the Rev. Al Sharpton as the Rev. Trask!

And Don King as Sam Evans.

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Re: African-American DS Casting
« Reply #7 on: July 26, 2008, 01:20:47 PM »
Hmm that would be cool to see.

My picks below:

Barnabus : Jessie Martin from Law and Order. He is gorgeous

Willie : Eddie Griffin

Maggie : Gabrielle Union

Elizabeth : Phyllis Rashad from the Cosby Show
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Re: African-American DS Casting
« Reply #8 on: July 26, 2008, 02:37:16 PM »
I like Jesse Martin as Barnabas. IMO Will Smith would make a better Quentin.

Also like the suggestions for James Earl Jones as Professor Stokes and Phyllils Rashad as Elizabeth.


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Re: African-American DS Casting
« Reply #9 on: July 26, 2008, 03:36:01 PM »
Phyllis Rashad would make a perfect Elizabeth!

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Re: African-American DS Casting
« Reply #10 on: July 27, 2008, 04:25:09 PM »
I say Angela Bassett as Julia. 

And we need to get CCH Pounder in the cast!

And I say Taye Diggs plays Quentin.  Oh yeah. . let me go ponder that for more than a moment or two.

might i add that I mentioned before Sam Hall suggested to DC that Iman play Angelique in the 90s revival.
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Re: African-American DS Casting
« Reply #11 on: July 30, 2008, 01:01:03 PM »
cch pounder -- JULIA HOFFMAN!!!!!!   HOW COULD WE NOT SEE IT!

Diane Carroll --

Debbie Harris -- (she'd be a good julia too.)

Lynn Whitfield -- Angelique
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