MattHelm Posted December 27, 2005 Share Posted December 27, 2005 If they were to remake A Christmas Carol in the future (and you know they will) who would you like to see play Scrooge? My pick would be Michael Gambon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newswatcher4u Posted December 27, 2005 Share Posted December 27, 2005 My pick would be Donald Trump. No, really... Actually, I'd like to see Joe Pesci as Scrooge with Hugh Grant as Cratchet. Would be a block buster hit I'm sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansi4 Posted December 28, 2005 Share Posted December 28, 2005 Although it would be difficult to surpass George C. Scott as Scrooge, I would vouch for Michael Caine or Anthony Hopkins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattHelm Posted December 28, 2005 Author Share Posted December 28, 2005 Years ago I would have picked Hopkins, but would choose him for a Marley cameo today. Caine played him in A Muppet Christmas Carol and was good but I'd like to give someone else a shot at it. As for Hugh Grant, I see him more in the role of the nephew, Fred. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan_Horvath Posted December 28, 2005 Share Posted December 28, 2005 I was just wondering why Lionel Barrymore didn't appear as Scrooge ... I think he would have been the all-time best, although Alistair Simm sure did a great job of it, for me. If they did a future attempt, Ian McKellen would get my vote -- I'm sure he'd nail that one perfectly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattHelm Posted December 28, 2005 Author Share Posted December 28, 2005 Lionel Barrymore played Scrooge on the radio for years, but when he was about to play him in a movie ... he fell and broke his hip while filming Saratoga. So, he recommended that Reginald Owen play Scrooge in his place, in the 1938, A Christmas Carol. That's why he was in a wheelchair in his later movies. Message was edited by: MattHelm Message was edited by: MattHelm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newswatcher4u Posted December 28, 2005 Share Posted December 28, 2005 I could go with Hugh Grant as Fred. I can truly see that; nice option... In that case, I'd have to now go with Pesci, Daniel Stern as Crachet, and Grant as Fred. Still can't figure out a Tiny Tim (don't know that many child actors and thier styles) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan_Horvath Posted December 28, 2005 Share Posted December 28, 2005 Ahhh ... thanks MattHelm. That put some pieces into the puzzle that I was missing before. Although, I could see Scrooge in a wheelchair ... being transported out the window by the angel and all would've added nicely to Scrooge's "crippled" nature as it was! Oh well ... Reggie did a fine job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattHelm Posted December 28, 2005 Author Share Posted December 28, 2005 I can't see Pesci as Scrooge, unless it was a modern day mob version. Where the Hell has Pesci been anyway? I would love to see Peter Jackson make this movie, because a real definitive version hasn't been made yet ... and his Nazgul from LOTR would be the best Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come, ever. Usually, that character has been done badly in the film adaptations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budloubuff Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 I have to second MattHelm. Scrooge from Brooklyn??? I can't see it. How about Michael Caine as Scrooge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattHelm Posted December 29, 2005 Author Share Posted December 29, 2005 Michael Caine played him in A Muppet Christmas Carol. Even though it was a muppet movie, he played the part seriously and was good but not great. He has a limited range and his transformation from mean Scrooge to nice Scrooge wasn't that believable. I saw Michael Gambon in that bad HBO movie Angels In America and he played a ghost that looked like Scrooge. Ian McKellan would be great too. It would be great to see them both as Scrooge and Marley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chillybug924 Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 I think Jack Nickelson (doesn't look spelled right) would be a good scrooge. He always plays such a grumpy character in just about everything. Alan Rickman might also be a good choice. I agree that Hugh Grant would be a good Cratchet, but I think Johnny Depp might also be suited for Cratchet since he's become all fatherly lately. Scrooges nephew and fiance should be played by Jim Carrey and Rene Zellweger, but they're probably too famous to be place in such small roles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattHelm Posted December 29, 2005 Author Share Posted December 29, 2005 Jack Nicholson is an interesting choice I haven't thought of. But I'm wary of him, I think he might ham it up a bit too much like he's done in everything in the past 10 years. I can't see him affecting a believable accent either. I think Rickman would make a great Cratchit. The problem with most versions is that you don't care about Cratchit because he's just there. But Gene Lockhart's and David Collings (1970 musical) are good natured and sympathetic, and their small roles make the movies better. Depp's so versatile that I can actually see him as a good Scrooge. Kevin Spacey would make a good Scrooge or Cratchit, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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