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Recasting RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981)

Okay, I think this could get ugly. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) – could anyone fill Harrison Ford's shoes? 

 Harrison Ford              …           Indiana Jones

 Karen Allen                …             Marion Ravenwod

 Paul Freeman              …           Dr. Rene Belloq

 Ronald Lacey              …           Major Arnold Toht, "The Melting Nazi"

 John Rhys-Davies       …          Sallah

 Denholm Elliott           …            Dr. Marcus Brody

 Alfred Molina              …             Satipo

 Wolf Kahler                 …             Colonel Dietrich

 William Hootkins        …             Major Eaton

Satipo is the character who’s killed by booby traps in the first fifteen minutes. Major Eaton is the Pentagon official who says “Top…men,” and incidentally he’s Sergeant Eckhart in Tim Burton’s Batman. 

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 Daniel Craig             …           Indiana Jones

 Michelle Monaghan             …             Marion Ravenwod

 Daniel Day Lewis              …           Dr. Rene Belloq

 Phillip Seymour Hoffman     …           Major Arnold Toht, "The Melting Nazi"

 Javier Bardim       …          Sallah

Stephen Fry         …            Dr. Marcus Brody

Steve Buscimi              …             Satipo

Mads Mikkelson               …             Colonel Dietrich

 William H. Macy         …             Major Eaton

Re:Recasting RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981)

For fun I think you should also recast Short Round from Temple of Doom

and The Sultan from The Last Crusade.

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JJ Abram's Raiders of the Lost Ark

Josh Holloway              …           Indiana Jones  Evangeline Lily          …             Marion Ravenwod  Michael Emerson             …           Dr. Rene Belloq  Crispin Glover (first time working with JJ)    …           Major Arnold Toht  Jorge Garcia       …          Sallah  Terry O'Quinn           …            Dr. Marcus Brody  Naveen Andrews            …             Satipo  William Mapother                 …             Colonel Dietrich  M.C. Gainey        …             Major Eaton

Re:Recasting RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981)

HA!  Jorge Garcia as Sallah.

"Bad dates, dude."

That made my day.

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achance42:

HA!  Jorge Garcia as Sallah.

"Bad dates, dude."

That made my day.

Hah!  I can totally picture that, too.

Raiders of the Lost Ark w/ an all Scientologist cast

Raiders of the Lost Ark w/ an all Scientologist cast... it wasn't as easy as I thought

Jason Lee                    …           Indiana Jones

Anne Archer/Kelly Preston               …             Marion Ravenwod

Jim Meskimen             …           Dr. Rene Belloq

Paul Haggis               …           Major Arnold Toht, "The Melting Nazi"

John Travolta         …              Sallah

Jason Beghe               …            Dr. Marcus Brody

Persia White                …             Satipo (becomes female character Satipa)

Johnny Lewis                …             Colonel Dietrich

Ethan Suplee               …             Major Eaton

I figure if John Travolta could play such a convincing woman in Hairspray,
playing a jovial Middle Eastern isn't beyond his abilities.

And I think that changing the gender of Indy's sidekick to be played by Persia White (Girlfriends) would add another interesting layer to the Indy/Marion dynamic.

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Burt Reynolds - Indiana Jones

Sally Field (save Loni Anderson for 'Temple of Doom' - Marion Ravenwod

 Jan-Michael Vincent - Dr. Rene Belloq

 Telly Savalas - Major Arnold Toht, "The Melting Nazi"

 Dom DeLuise - Sallah

 Jerry Reed - Dr. Marcus Brody

 Jamie Farr - Satipo

 Ned Beatty - Colonel Dietrich

 Charles Durning - Major Eaton

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Guy Ritchie directing an all British cast. 

Jason Statham            …           Indiana Jones

 Kelly Macdonald        …             Marion Ravenwod

(despite several angry protests by Madonna)

 Sir Ben Kingsley              …           Dr. Rene Belloq

 Ewen Bremner              …           Major Arnold Toht, "The Melting Nazi"

 Vinnie Jones        …          Sallah

 Bill Nighy         …            Dr. Marcus Brody

 Alfred Molina              …             Satipo

(back to renew his role)

Hugh Laurie                …             Colonel Dietrich

John Rhys-Davies        …             Major Eaton