Casting Ideas for the Film version Of Confederacy of Dunces

[southpaw]

If such a noble undertaking were attempted, who should play the following roles:

Ignatius Reilly
Jones
Myrna Minkoff
Ignatius' Mom (what's her name?)
Santa Battaglia
Dorian Greene
Miss Trixie



Help me out with any characters I have omitted

[Dogmudgeon]

1. It HAS been attempted

Will Ferrell as Ignatius
Drew Barrymore as Myrna

Go to www.IMDB.com and check it out.

--bkl
My intestinal valve is looking forward to it.

[Dogmudgeon]

2. Update from IMDB

Cast (in alphabetical order):

Drew Barrymore .... Darlene (changed the GF's name, I guess)
Mos Def .... Jones
Olympia Dukakis .... Santa Battaglia
Will Ferrell .... Ignatius J. Reilly
Lily Tomlin .... Mrs. Reilly

Link:
http://imdb.com/title/tt0340054/fullcredits

--bkl
That's about all.

[myrna minx]

4. No Myrna !?!?!

That is blasphemy!!! Blasphemy I tells ya.

[southpaw]

6. Darlene!!!

She's the girl at the Night of Joy who dances with her cockatoo...

[Fenris]

7. Correcto!

[CrownPrinceBandar]

3. Steven Root would be a better Ignatius...

[southpaw]

5. Yeah...

That IS ignatius... just need the green hunting cap.

[Richardo]

9. Stephen Root or Wayne Knight....

[mitchum]

19. Good call on Wayne Knight...

or maybe Philip Seymour Hoffman

[Westegg]

21. I believe P.S. Hoffman was attached at one point...

He is, by far, the best choice.

[southpaw]

8. Myrna Minkoff wouldn't get a whole lot of face time...

Just a few minutes right at the end, but justice must be done by choosing the right actress for the character.

Can Ani DeFranco act?

[slackdude]

22. Maybe in flashback (NT)

[DuctapeFatwa]

10. Noooo! Horatio Saenz as Ignatius. Will Ferrell is too skinny!

for Myrna, I could live with Drew Barrymore, but I'd rather have Meg Tilly. Ignatius' mom has got to be Kathy Bates, and if Patricia Neal can be persuaded to come out of retirement there's a Miss Trixie suit with her name on it.

Santa Battaglia is and always has been Beverly D'Angelo

[southpaw]

12. I have to go with Steven Root

That pic is too perfect.

Patricia Neal would be an awesome Miss Trixie!!!

Kathy Bates has potential as... (what's her name?) Mrs. Reilly.
Love Kathy!

Beverly D'Angelo as Santa... I'm trying to imagine it. It could work.

OH. How about Officer Mancuso (is his name Angelo?)

[DuctapeFatwa]

14. Beverly D'Angelo in drag as Manusco? Or a double role?

Either way, I can feel it.

[southpaw]

17. No, I mean the character...

Isn't his name Angelo Mancuso?

[DuctapeFatwa]

20. yes! Officer Manusco! and it would be cool to have Beverly play

both roles, one in drag.

[Burma Jones]

11. Will Ferrell??????

Try this:


Ignatius - Robbie Coltrane
Jones - Chris Rock
Myrna the Minx Minkoff - Maya Rudolph
Mrs. Reilly - Lily Tomlin
Santa Battaglia - Olympia Dukakis
Mancuso - Ray Romano
Lana Lee - Elaine Stritch
Dorian Greene - Johnny Depp
Gus Levy - Gene Hackman
Mrs. Levy - Bette Midler

[southpaw]

13. You nailed the Levy's

But Depp as Dorian? I kinda pictured the guy from "Surprise by Design" Robert Verdi


On edit... Ray Romano (if he can lose the accent) would be an excellent Mancuso.

[Richardo]

18. Andy Garcia or Joseph Mantegna would be good Mancuso's

No accent to lose!

[PragMantisT]

15. I heard that it would be John Goodman as Ignatius

But I think Vincent D'onofrio would be good.

Janeane Garofalo as Myrna
Laurence Fishburne as Jones

[southpaw]

16. Garofalo as Myrna!

That Rocks!