Ahhh… now you’re talking!
Yep. Either could do it, but I’d pay extra to see Blanchett.
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Charlize Theron?
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Consider my ‘like’ a vote for Swinton.
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Blondie: Samantha Morton
Angel Eyes: Michelle Gomez
Tuco : Juliette Lewis
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As Tuco? I don’t think so. She’s got the badass quotient, no doubt, but this time at least I’d want an Hispanic actor who can skate the line between comedy and malice. Theron’s got buckets of chops, but I think she’d be miscast as Tuco.
She could do Blondie, though.
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I do love a good heist film.
I was not acquainted with Awkwafina, so I looked her up. To share with the class, her real name is Nora Lum and she’s an asian NYC rapper, comedian, actress, etc. I glanced at a couple of her music videos on YouTube and happened to catch a choice comment some jackass posted today: Yeah, um this sounds like shit. And is terrible. But I least it got her into feminist Ocean’s 11. Way to be the token Asian chick in the next feminist remake. What a loser.
So, yeah, brace for misogyny.
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They’re ruining my grand-parent’s childhood!
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Jennifer Jason Leigh seemed to have that down pat in Hateful 8.
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There is a certain, almost alien weakness about Lee Van Cleef’s face. Like Klaus Kinski, he was made for the wide screen extreme close up.
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Heh. That would be amazing. Not particularly Hispanic, but amazing.
Yeah, and that would be a requirement for any remake. CinemaScope forever!
Also, whoever plays Tuco needs the gold tooth.
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I saw GB 2016 twice. I really enjoyed it. It was different enough from the original but similar enough that it didn’t disgrace anything, and still felt like its own flick. I’d own that and put it right next to GB1 in my collection.
Ocean’s however…I have the original and the 3 new ones. I really don’t get why they are doing this. I have no issues with an all female caper flick. By all means go for it. But Ocean’s 11 itself feels good as is and I think I would much rather have a new caper flick with its own story and concept.
Does anyone remember Set it Off?
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How about Michelle Rodriguez for Tuco, then? She can do self deprecating humour and badassery.
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In that case, Gina Torres.
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“There are two types of actors who can play Tuco; those who are male, and those who are female.”
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Hmm.
Badass enough, check. But Tuco is The Ugly, and I don’t think that would be an easy morning’s makeup job for Ms. Torres.
I think she’d be very good in a few years. At 38, she still looks a wee bit young. But yeah, you’re right. She could do it.
Just picturing Rodriguez doing those lines cracked me up, and sold me on her.
Man, you guys are fun. 
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With the current Winonaissance, you need to cast her somewhere.
Just nobody from Bad Girls.
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Y’know, I’m not loving Winona in Stranger Things. My wife didn’t even recognize her. I did, but I thought she was just a tad too over the top. I mean, it’s tough to resist the urge to chew scenery when the role is written like that, but…
Well, I’m only three episodes in. Maybe she gets better.
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Thinking about it, the actors playing the roles would probably be less important than the composer. The scene in which Tuco searches for the grave is an amazing bits of cinema, and a huge part of its impact is down to the The Ecstasy of Gold.
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Now we just need a few hundred million dollars and we’re away!
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Nah, they can remake it just like it was, except that now Jerry and Osgood can get married at the end.
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