Who's who

POSTED BY: JOHNNYREB
UPDATED: Tuesday, July 8, 2003 09:33
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JOHNNYREB

Wednesday, July 2, 2003 6:08 PM

I know that what I am about to write is blasphemy. BLASPHEMY! But think about this for a moment. If the stars of Firefly that we all know and love weren't available for Firefly, and you had to pick any actor/actressess to play the crew, who would they be? Assuming that the people you pick were in their prime. I'll start...

Mal--Harrison Ford (Who else, really?)
Inara--Femke Jenssen
Simon--
River--The girl from Wild Things/Party of Five/Studio 54. I can't remember her name.
Kaylee--Hillary Duff (I don't know enough teenage actresses, let alone one THIS sunny.
Book--
Jayne--The guy from Resevoir Dogs who cut the cop's ear off. (Can't remember his name either.)
Zoe--
Wash--Tom Hanks

Try this. This is freaking tough. There's a reason why many of these are left blank.

Viva Firefly

SUCCATASH

Wednesday, July 2, 2003 6:31 PM

This topic has been discussed here:

http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=2&t=2011

JOHNNYREB

Wednesday, July 2, 2003 6:37 PM

My bad. This HAS been discussed before. I gotta say, though. Some of those ideas were better than mine.

SUCCATASH

Wednesday, July 2, 2003 6:41 PM

This is a bit different with the timelessness of "Assuming that the people you pick were in their prime."

Not trying to squelch your thread.

VETERAN

Wednesday, July 2, 2003 6:45 PM

Maybe it's been done, but hell I haven't got anything better do to. How about Tex Cobb as Jayne.

JOHNNYREB

Wednesday, July 2, 2003 7:01 PM

Who's Tex Cobb? Where might I have seen him?

VETERAN

Thursday, July 3, 2003 1:29 AM

Tex Cobb is a former heavyweight boxer turned actor. His most famous moment is taking a 12 round (maybe 15, I forget)pummeling by Larry Holmes. He led with his face the entire fight but the Easton Assain couldn't even knock him down. It was an incredible display of toughness and will. As far as acting credits go, he was the bounty hunter in Raising Arizona.

VETERAN

Thursday, July 3, 2003 1:46 AM

Here's a link. Check out the picture on the bottom of the page.

http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Studio/8290/bendover.html

JOHNNYREB

Thursday, July 3, 2003 2:22 AM

Oh, yeah. I know that guy. He was in a few other things too, but I can't think of what. You really think he'd make a good Jayne? He's kind of, well, ugly. No offence to Mr. Cobb, or anything.

Mr. Baldwin is pretty good looking guy; Mr. Cobb, not so much so. I think as far as ruthless mercenaries go, they fit the same bill, but Tex Cobb didn't first pop into mind when I thought about who could fill Jayne's shoes.

TOM SIZEMORE! Is that the name of the guy I couldn't remember when I first started this thread from Resevoir Dogs? Wasn't he also in Bringing out the Dead and Strange Days? He would be a good Jayne.

VETERAN

Thursday, July 3, 2003 5:07 AM

I wasn't considering looks, just tough mercenary type. If looks ain't needed Tex would do fine.

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