{"id":33253,"date":"2005-11-22T10:00:01","date_gmt":"2005-11-22T10:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/2005\/11\/22\/the-worlds-worst-celebrity-recasting-of-the-american-version-of-harry-potter\/"},"modified":"2021-03-31T11:43:04","modified_gmt":"2021-03-31T18:43:04","slug":"20051122-01","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/20051122-01\/?p=33253","title":{"rendered":"The world’s worst celebrity recasting of the American version of Harry Potter"},"content":{"rendered":"

After the first Harry Potter movie came out, I decided to come up with the world’s worst celebrity recasting of the American version of Harry Potter. (Because as we all know, foreign movies don’t do well in the States; they have to be remade with an American cast.) It’s not so much a dream cast as maybe a nightmare. Some of the choices are inspired; others are inspired lunacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Gryffindor House<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Harry Potter<\/b>: Adam Sandler
\n<\/td>\n		Ron Weasley<\/b>: Ron Howard
\n
\n(Backup: David Caruso)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hermione Granger<\/b>: Debra Messing
\n<\/td>\n		Ginny Weasley<\/b>: Molly Ringwald
\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Neville Longbottom<\/b>: Drew Carey
\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n\n
Ravenclaw House<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Cho Chang<\/b>: Lucy Liu
\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n		 <\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Hufflepuff House<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Cedric Diggory<\/b>: Ted Raimi
\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Slytherin House<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Draco Malfoy<\/b>: Ricky Schroeder
\n<\/td>\n		Crabbe<\/b>: Matt Damon
\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Goyle<\/b>: Ben Affleck
\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Hogwarts Staff<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Dumbledore<\/b>: Jack Klugman
\n<\/td>\n		McGonagall<\/b>: Angela Lansbury
\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Snape<\/b>: Keanu Reeves
\n<\/td>\n		Hagrid<\/b>: Mr. T
\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Quirrel<\/b>: Greg Proops
\n<\/td>\n		Lupin<\/b>: George Clooney
\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gilderoy Lockhart<\/b>: William Shatner
\n<\/td>\n		Trelawney<\/b>: Julia Roberts
\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Madam Pince<\/b>: Christine Baranski
\n<\/td>\n		Flitwick<\/b>: Danny DeVito
\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
Other Students<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Fleur Delacour<\/b>: Reese Witherspoon
\n<\/td>\n		Viktor Krum<\/b>: Luke Perry
\n
\n(Backup: Matthew Perry)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Harry’s Family<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
James Potter<\/b>: Michael Richards
\n<\/td>\n		Lily Potter<\/b>: Julia Louis-Dreyfus
\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sirius Black<\/b>: Viggo Mortensen
\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vernon Dursley<\/b>: George Wendt
\n<\/td>\n		Petunia Dursley<\/b>: Amy Sedaris
\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dudley Dursley<\/b>: Abraham Benrubi
\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n
The Dark Side<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Lucius Malfoy<\/b>: Phil Donahue
\n<\/td>\n		Peter Pettigrew<\/b>: Gilbert Gottfried
\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
You-Know-Who<\/b>: Leslie Nielsen
\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Raymond’s nightmare casting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1069,"featured_media":111744,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[103],"class_list":["post-33253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oldnewthing","tag-non-computer"],"acf":[],"blog_post_summary":"

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