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Your dream cast if this ever gets remade


I know the subject of this movie getting remade has been talked about numerous times and it doesn't seem to be getting closer to becoming a reality, but for the sake of curiosity, if you could cast any actors/actresses in the remake of this film, who would you cast? (If they do remake this movie, I hope it stays closer to the source material than the movie)

Here is a list of the major characters and the actor/actress I would cast in the role:

Luke: unknown actor
Bruno: unknown actor
Luke's Grandmother: Judy Dench
Hotel manager: Rowan Atkinson (the only cast member from the original movie I would bring back)
Grand High Witch: Catherine Zeta-Jones

Every other character in the book is not a major contributor to the story, so I don't really care who gets cast in the roles. I am only concerned with the main characters. Also, keep in mind, in the book, the Grand High witch did not have an assistant, so the character played by Jane Horrocks in the 1990 movie would not be in the remake.

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Grand high witch: Angelina Jolie
Grandma: Meryl Streep
Luke: Unknown
The bad witch that turned ''good'': Emma Watson

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I can't think of actors I want but all I would want from the remake is to have the ending of the book where he stays a mouse for the rest of his life. In fact if they don't go with that ending, I feel the remake is pointless. They probably won't though.

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The remake was an absolute abomination. I had such high hopes when I heard Robert Zemeckis was going to direct and then he disappointed me so very much. At this point, I would rather see a sequel to the original 1990 film with an adult Luke hunting all the witches in America, including the new Grand High Witch (assuming someone had to take her place since she was killed in the first movie).

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