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13 Going on 30
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Recasting Couch
Mark-Paul Gosselaar as Alex Carlson
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Approx. transcript time · 01:36:26Read transcript
- Tim Curry is offered for the magazine editor role. — Juliet Litman
- Ryan Reynolds as Alex Carlson, post-Van Wilder, is suggested, but the other participant has always been anti-Ryan Reynolds and finds him unlikable here. — Bill Simmons
- Mark-Paul Gosselaar is offered instead, the most important actor to that participant from 1986 to 1992; "I could see that working." — Bill Simmons
- Scott Wolf would have been great but is shorter than Garner. — Bill Simmons
- The movie would work in almost any city, such as Chicago, Boston, LA or San Francisco. — Juliet Litman
Top Ten List
Body-switch comedies
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Approx. transcript time · 00:07:24Read transcript
- The ranking covers only comedies, excluding horror and science-fiction versions such as Face/Off, Freaky (called actually really liked), Nine Lives with Kevin Spacey trapped in a cat, and The Cobbler with Adam Sandler. — Bill Simmons
- The list builds from one out of ten, The Hot Chick with Rob Schneider and Rachel McAdams, joking she should make a Notebook sequel to buy up all copies. — Bill Simmons
- Two out of ten is Dream a Little Dream with the Corys, a rare four-person switch that somehow got a sequel. — Bill Simmons
- Three out of ten groups the father-son versions: 17 Again, Like Father Like Son with Kirk Cameron and Dudley Moore, and Vice Versa with Judge Reinhold and Fred Savage, the best of the three. — Bill Simmons
- Four out of ten is The Change-Up with Ryan Reynolds and Jason Bateman, not a very good movie. — Bill Simmons
- Five out of ten is Prelude to a Kiss with Meg Ryan and Alec Baldwin, called the Juliet stratosphere. — Bill Simmons
- Asked for thoughts, the reply places it in the latter days of Meg Ryan's arc, a film that felt like a favor but was enjoyable; it made the playoffs but is not a round-two movie. — Juliet Litman
- Six out of ten is All of Me with Steve Martin and Lily Tomlin; seven is the 2003 Freaky Friday with Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis, called rock solid, with a tangent on Lohan's Parent Trap to Mean Girls run. — Bill Simmons
- Eight is 13 Going on 30, nine Being John Malkovich as the highbrow version, and ten Big, called the best one ever and the icon everything else derives from. — Bill Simmons
Recasting Couch
Ewan McGregor, Jake Gyllenhaal and others
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Approx. transcript time · 01:07:34Read transcript
- Ewan McGregor in a London version
- Michael B. Jordan and Ryan Reynolds proposed, with objections
- Scarlett Johansson proposed
- Timothée Chalamet as a young prodigy is joked about
- Jake Gyllenhaal receives support
- Chris Rock as a 1993 marshal sidekick
- Pre-Taken Liam Neeson as Nichols
Recasting Couch
Jason Segel for James Franco; a modern cohort remake
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Approx. transcript time · 00:52:12Read transcript
- Mila Kunis is again proposed for Emma Watson’s role. — Bill Simmons
- A present-day remake is considered, but no comparably famous comic cohort is found; Tim Robinson is discussed as talented but insufficiently famous for the same premise. — Chris Ryan
- Jason Segel is favored as a digital replacement for James Franco because of his ties to the group and likable quality.
- Ryan Reynolds is an alternate Franco replacement. — Bill Simmons
Probably Unanswerable Questions
Who would play Butch and Sundance if the film were made from scratch today?
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Approx. transcript time · 01:18:30Read transcript
- The one question is who plays these two if the movie never existed and they start from scratch in 2019, though going decade by decade would be more fun; Matt and Ben are not a bad idea, but perhaps a 2009 idea since they are older now, unless aging fits a story about the times changing under their feet.
- Butch should be older, as Newman was 13 or 14 years older than Redford, so Damon as Butch and Affleck as Sundance would draw them in; Clooney and Pitt are floated, with Pitt able to play either part, though both are mid-50s; one participant wants men who have had a whole life of robbing trains before being chased to South America.
- Pitt has done Jesse James; Tom Cruise is floated; Denzel and his son would need to be closer in age, with his son recalled as a USC receiver who did a stint with the Rams; Gosling and Leo are paired, Leo more a Sundance but Butch next to Gosling; both parts need someone truly famous; one participant would give anything to have written it; Ethan Hawke is named a great Butch, a chatterbox who talks his way out of anything, and Ryan Reynolds too.
Recasting Couch
Matt Damon, too smart; Brad Pitt, who has played the part in seven movies but may be too handsome; Ryan Reynolds, too handsome; a non-jacked Chris Pratt
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Approx. transcript time · 01:05:39Read transcript
- Matt Damon would go for it but is too smart and it would not work. Brad Pitt has basically done this part in seven movies and is Forrest Gump, which one host kind of likes, though he might be too handsome and would need a bad haircut; crew-cut Brad Pitt is not as handsome as blonde-haired Brad Pitt.
- Who is the ordinary-guy movie star of the 2000s, since Hanks is the embodiment of the everyman and easier to relate to? Ryan Reynolds is too handsome; Hanks is a regular guy rather than ugly and knows his regular-guy appeal; Chris Pratt has it but is jacked, so a non-jacked Chris Pratt would work. Hanks got skinny for Philadelphia, a good career move.
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