Hamilton Movie Cast Brainstorming
Hamilton Movie Cast Brainstorming
#1Hamilton Movie Cast Brainstorming
Posted: 6/27/16 at 3:53pm
okay, so I am sure that we have all given thought to who should be cast in the Hamilton Film Adaptation. I have put together a list of names, some of them I am sure of their singing capabilities, some of them not sure. I casted mostly on who I thought in Hollywood could act and embody the roles the best. Please add suggestions for other characters that I did not list as well as give suggestions that you think may fit better? Everything is so subjective, so it should be interesting.
Alexander Hamilton-Javier Bardem
Aaron Burr-Jaime Foxx
Thomas Jefferson-Chadwick Boseman
George Washington-Chiwetel Ejiofer
Angelica-Naya Rivera
Eliza-Vanessa Hudgens
Peggy-Anna Kendrick
Philip Hamilton/John Laurens-Jacob Artist
King George III-Jonathan Groff
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#2Hamilton Movie Cast Brainstorming
Posted: 6/27/16 at 3:54pm
Omg please no. Not now. I can already see where this thread will devolve to...
#3Hamilton Movie Cast Brainstorming
Posted: 6/27/16 at 3:57pm
Isn't this kind of thread Aida Man's job?
"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt
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Broadway Legend Joined: 7/29/08
#5Hamilton Movie Cast Brainstorming
Posted: 6/27/16 at 4:02pm
Just...wow. The movie is YEARS off. My guess is 10 years. That would make your dream Burr and Hamilton both pushing 60 (they're both 47 or 48 now, I think), Eliza close to 40, and Peggy over 40.
i know the show spans several decades, but I just can't imagine a 50 or 60 year Hamilton.
And if the show comes to stunt casting, it has to be Common as Washington.
#6Hamilton Movie Cast Brainstorming
Posted: 6/27/16 at 4:08pm
i'd guess longer than 10 years.
Common unfortunately can't act his way out of a paper bag.
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#7Hamilton Movie Cast Brainstorming
Posted: 6/27/16 at 4:10pm
More so basing my choices on if it were to come out now. I just made this for fun, there will be plenty of new actors that will rise up in the next ten years that would be better/more age appropriate
#8Hamilton Movie Cast Brainstorming
Posted: 6/27/16 at 4:12pm
Common's acting is wooden. I agree to that. Miranda has mentioned many times that when he was writing for Washington, he envisioned someone like Conmon playing him. I'm just curious how he'd portray him.
#9Hamilton Movie Cast Brainstorming
Posted: 6/27/16 at 4:22pm
Maybe Michael B. Jordan as Burr and keep Lin Manuel Miranda as Hamilton? If you are talking about now.
#10Hamilton Movie Cast Brainstorming
Posted: 6/27/16 at 4:25pm
The Schuyler sisters should be played by Barbra Streisand, Harvey Fierstein, and Lea Michele.
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#11Hamilton Movie Cast Brainstorming
Posted: 6/27/16 at 4:29pm
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#12Hamilton Movie Cast Brainstorming
Posted: 6/27/16 at 4:32pm
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#13Hamilton Movie Cast Brainstorming
Posted: 6/27/16 at 4:36pm
it was 20 hours or so, i think.
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#15Hamilton Movie Cast Brainstorming
Posted: 6/27/16 at 6:51pm
By the time they're ready to do a film-version of "Hamilton," the youngest members of the Broadwayworld community will be able to watch their great, great, great, great grandchildren audition for it.
#16Hamilton Movie Cast Brainstorming
Posted: 6/27/16 at 10:40pm
they aren't gonna wait 200 years to make a movie.
"Contentment, it seems, simply happens. It appears accompanied by no bravos and no tears."
#17Hamilton Movie Cast Brainstorming
Posted: 6/28/16 at 12:35am
i want Audra McDonald's unborn child to play Angelica.
#18Hamilton Movie Cast Brainstorming
Posted: 6/28/16 at 12:58am
Tango_Maureen2 said: "i want Audra McDonald's unborn child to play Angelica. "
PERFECT CASTING.
"Contentment, it seems, simply happens. It appears accompanied by no bravos and no tears."
#20Hamilton Movie Cast Brainstorming
Posted: 6/28/16 at 1:04am
I wish we still lived in the days when the movie came not too long after the Broadway debut, but the current financial climate makes this impossible. Shows and tours need to run longer nowadays to recoup and today's society would rather stay inside and watch the DVD if the option is available. However, this just increases the odds of the movie coming off as stale and dated once it finally arrives. By the time Hair hit theaters it was a living time capsule, same goes for Rent. How awkward to watch the aged OBC attempting to relive the glory days before we all realized how crappy Larson's book was. Believe it or not there is a very possible future awaiting us where Hamilton will be seen as embarrassingly old-hat. If the creative team want to get the most out of a potential film then they better get it in the can before the zeitgeist dies out.
I have no idea who has the box office draw AND talent to play Hamilton (maybe if LMM's star keeps rising...), but for the rest here is the list I've been keeping:
Burr Leslie Odom Jr., Bruno Mars, Donald “Childish Gambino” Glover, Chadwick Boseman, Elijah Kelley, Utkarsh Ambudkar
Washington Yasiin Bey (fka Mos Def), Idris Elba, Common, John Legend
Eliza Vanessa Hudgens, Keke Palmer, Janelle Monáe, Phillipa Soo, Christina Milian, Selena Gomez
Angelica Janelle Monáe, Beyoncé, Alicia Keys, Tracie Thoms, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Anika Noni Rose, Uzo Aduba, Naya Rivera, Santigold
Jefferson André “3000” Benjamin, Eddie Murphy, Daveed Diggs, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Taye Diggs, Pharrell Williams, Terrence Howard, Saul Williams
Lafayette Donald “Childish Gambino” Glover, Danny Brown, Daveed Diggs
John Laurens Bruno Mars, Himanshu “Heems” Suri, Scott “Kid Cudi” Mescudi, Drake, Robin de Jesus, Jaden Smith
Hercules Mulligan Kendrick Lamar, Tyler The Creator
King George III Neil Patrick “The Notorious NPH” Harris, Justin Timberlake, Jake Gyllenhaal, Stephen Colbert, Chris Pine, Michael Cera, Aaron Tveit, Eminem
James Madison Tituss Burgess, Yasiin Bey, Saul Williams, Eddie Murphy, John Leguizamo, Busta Rhymes, Scott “Kid Cudi” Mescudi, Reggie Watts, Coolio, Will Smith, Taye Diggs, David Banner, Hinton Battle, Common, B.D. Wong, Chadwick Boseman
Peggy Ariana Grande, Alessia Cara, Willow Smith, Taylor Parks
Maria Reynolds Rihanna, Danielle Brooks, Amber Riley, Lena Hall
James Reynolds Kanye West, Drake
Samuel Seabury Fonzworth Bentley
Winters Ball Band The Roots
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Updated On: 6/28/16 at 01:04 AM
"If artists were machines, then I'm just a different kind of machine...I'd probably be a toaster. Actually, I'd be a toaster oven because they're more versatile. And I like making grilled cheese" -Regina Spektor
"That's, like, twelve shows! ...Or seven." -Crazy SA Fangirl
"They say that just being relaxed is the most important thing [in acting]. I take that to another level, I think kinda like yawning and...like being partially asleep onstage is also good, but whatever." - Sherie Rene Scott
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#21Hamilton Movie Cast Brainstorming
Posted: 6/28/16 at 1:21amIf it was made now I'd want Donald Glover as Hamilton and Oscar Isaac as Burr. But yes, they'll be too old by the time it actually gets made.
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#22Hamilton Movie Cast Brainstorming
Posted: 6/28/16 at 3:41am
Beyonce as Angelica Schuyler. ( I would not be surprised if she is on that Hamilton Mixtape that is coming out later this year)
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#23Hamilton Movie Cast Brainstorming
Posted: 6/28/16 at 7:46am
I don't think this will work on film. It is way too musical parody-ish.
Great singing can be sensational on screen but rapping into the camera is a bit lame. Also, the show is based on posturing and posing which can be funny in theatre but not on film.
#24Hamilton Movie Cast Brainstorming
Posted: 6/28/16 at 7:49am
in what way is it parodying musicals
"Contentment, it seems, simply happens. It appears accompanied by no bravos and no tears."
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#25Hamilton Movie Cast Brainstorming
Posted: 6/28/16 at 7:50am
Dave19 said: "I don't think this will work on film. It is way too musical parody-ish.
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