I’m working on a sermon for this weekend, which if you’ve read anything about my writing process you know that ideas need to simmer in the Crock Pot for a while, and the process cannot be rushed. So in the spirit of mindless diversion while the stew comes together…
Who would play you in the movie version of your life?
This is one of those party questions that reveals how people view themselves–and based on the crowd reaction, how others view them. Of course, Hollywood is peopled with the beautiful and the thin, so any casting decision one makes does have a whiff of “yeah right” to it. Still, I wonder about the people I encounter on this site.
I’m not obsessed with blogspace or anything. But I do have a few blogging cronies–let’s call them blonies, shall we?–who visit my site from time to time, and I theirs. I have no idea what most of them look like, but I definitely have a specific picture of them in my head.
Matthew and Luke and a few others don’t really count, because I know them. Although for the sake of the game, let’s say a raggedy Chris O’Donnell, and Vince Vaughn, respectively.
Mamala is my mom, but I will say Diane Keaton for her.
CG auntie I also know, and having actually played this game with her, I know that a LONG time ago we came up with Laura Innes (Dr. Kerry Weaver from ER).
Mr. Reverendmother used to be Matthew Broderick, but is now totally Zach Braff.
I don’t think Derek visits this blog, but I don my helmet and shoulder pads to visit his from time to time. In the movie in my head Derek is played by Ben Stiller.
Kenny, the creator of Journalscape: Steve Zahn. Why not?
Dickie Cronkite: hmm. Someone self-deprecating yet able to crack wise. How about Albert Brooks a la Broadcast News (it’s the journalism thing too), but younger.
Martha the Minister: Dianne Wiest. Intelligent with a great haircut.
I remember the day I saw a picture of the Real Live Preacher, a preacher-poet-pastor of a small church in West Texas. I was stunned. He’s pale and bespectacled, and by his own admission, not a snappy dresser.
No matter. In the movie version, RLP is, was, and forever shall be, Sam Elliott a la Big Lebowski, and I’m not going to let a silly thing like reality take that away from me.
I’m not going to link to every one of these actors, so just go to the Internet Movie Database and look them up yourself. I suppose this is the on-line equivalent of your teacher sending you to the dictionary when you asked her what a word means.
Now, anyone else care to play? Who would play the reverendmother in the movie version? Who would play you? Or do you wish to argue with my casting decisions?
Time to go stir the stew…
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Vince Vaughn surprised me. I never thought about Vince playing me.
Jamie and I have always thought John C Reily (Boogie Nights, Magnolia, the Good Girl, etc…) would be a good candidate to play me in a movie.
You are a tough one. I am not sure who would play you. I will get back to you on that one.
Another fun variation of the game could be a hybrid of two people. Like I would see “Mr. Reverendmother” as a perfect mix of Matthew Broderick and Zach Braff.
Reilly is an incredible actor, but a little… hmm, frumpy? Of course I’m mainly basing that on Chicago and The Hours.
Vaughn just has that younger mojo going on, but admittedly I haven’t seen him in too much.
When I’m not in the midst of writing a Sociology paper, I am SOOOO on this.
A young Albert Brooks - that’s awesome! (I don’t look anything like that in person, but if I come across something like that on paper, then I guess I’m doing something right.)
For you RM I’d say a mid to late-80s Barbara Hershey, from the Hoosiers/Beaches era (do NOT go by the current IMDB photo - it’s pretty scary. I’d get hate-commentary from you for months)
PS keep at it with the poetry - I’m a fan
Diane Keaton…wow…I so like that choice for me.
And for you RM, a 30-something Meryl or maybe a 30-something Vanessa Redgrave.
And for Katie, the serious side of a 30-something Goldi Hawn.
I LOL at DC’s suggestion simply because I have really short hair. Otherwise, Barbara Hershey is not a bad choice.
Of course I love Meryl and Vanessa for their acting chops. And in the “I wish” category, others have suggested Emma Thompson.
I prefer the combination method myself.
let me try my hand at this:
Mamala has the awesome mother skills of both Dianne Wiest and Mary Steenburgen from “Parenthood,” but most resembles Margot Kidder from the “Superman” movies.
Luke most resembles John C. Reilly from the “Boogie Nights” era, but has a sense of humor that exists somewhere between Ben Stiller and Christopher Guest.
Speaking of Christopher Guest, I think that dad most resembled a mix of Eugene Levy and a young Bob Gunton (the warden in ‘Shawshank Redemption’) with the fathering skills of Bill Cosby from the “Cosby Show.”
I am probably a mix of Matthew Modine
and “Pulp Fiction” era Eric Stoltz with the personality type of George Carlin, Bill Hicks, and Dave Barry.
Katie most resembles a mix of Sharon Stone, Genevieve (from the show ‘Trading Spaces’), and Goldie Hawn. But her personality type is more of a Rene Russo type who’s down to business when need be, but knows how to have a good time as well.
I’ve never met Dickie Cronkite, but I’d imagine a mix of Albert Brooks from “Broadcast News,” Dustin Hoffman from “All the President’s Men,” with the humor stylings of Larry David or Ben Stiller.
Mr. Reverendmother is definitely a mix of Matthew Broderick and Zack Braff. Good call on that one. His personality is hard to nail down though since he’s not a schlub like both Broderick and Braff. Maybe he’s more like Zack Braff from “Scrubs” than “Garden State.”
Reverendmother herself resembles a mix of 1980’s Meryl Streep, “Primary Colors” era Emma Thompson, and Sarah McLachlin. Her personality type is probably a mix of those people too with a hint of Bob the Tomato from “Veggie Tales.” Hey, she is a reverend after all.
You see me as a manic doofus?
Hmm…
Ben Stiller strikes me as a really kinetic performer, which matches the tone of your blog–that is, ACTIVE!
Derek has elevated blogging to a contact sport.
Jim Carrey does the manic doofus thing. Stiller has more of a bookish side. (Carrey fans, don’t flame me–I saw and loved Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind–I’m just going on type here.)
Dad was totally Albert Finney from Big Fish.
Going with my theme, I’ll concede Albert Finney from Big Fish but I have to include Bill Cosby from the Cosby Show (although dad was more Cosby-esque with the grandkids than he was with us).
i have to throw in my (late) two cents for who i think would play reverendmother in a movie: a brunette cynthia nixon (miranda from sex and the city). i think there’s a huge physical resemblance, and both are feisty, strong women, so it seems like perfect casting to me
i’d also like to cast one vote for a scruffy jim caviezel (ca. count of monte cristo) for the actor that would play matt in a movie.
I wish I was cool enough to play Matt in a movie. Maybe I’ll just stick to playing easier parts like…the son of GOD!!!!