Doctor Sleep Dreamcast

by danielswiffen | created - 10 Nov 2019 | updated - 10 Nov 2019 | Public

The cast that should have been if the Casting Directors actually did their JOBS! Anne McCarthy and Kellie Roy, I am looking at you two.

I created this to show you what could have been if someone on this film had done their jobs properly; the other cast in the film not listed did their jobs well and don't need to be recast.

1. Ewan McGregor

Actor | Moulin Rouge!

Ewan Gordon McGregor was born on March 31, 1971 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, to Carol Diane (Lawson) and James Charles McGregor, both teachers. His uncle is actor Denis Lawson. He was raised in Crieff. At age 16, he left Morrison Academy to join the Perth Repertory Theatre. His parents ...

He was OKAY as Danny, he just needs to play up the addict angle more, he was too passive, too meek, too BLAH, he needed to play the character he played in TRAINSPOTTING!

2. Dustin Hoffman

Actor | Tootsie

Dustin Lee Hoffman was born in Los Angeles, California, to Lillian (Gold) and Harry Hoffman, who was a furniture salesman and prop supervisor for Columbia Pictures. He was raised in a Jewish family (from Ukraine, Russia-Poland, and Romania). Hoffman graduated from Los Angeles High School in 1955, ...

He would have been amazing as Billy Freeman, the fact he can do a decent New England accent or even a thick New York accent would have worked.

3. Rebecca Ferguson

Actress | The Greatest Showman

Rebecca Ferguson was born Rebecca Louisa Ferguson Sundström in Stockholm, Sweden, and grew up in its Vasastaden district. Her father is Swedish. Her mother, Rosemary Ferguson, is British, of Scottish and Northern Irish descent, and moved to Sweden at the age of 25. Rebecca attended an ...

She was good as Rose the Hat BUT she needed to play up the almost Empress that Rose sees herself as. She was meant to come across as someone who was meant to think that humans or "Rubes" as the True Knot calls, are inferior.

4. Sophia Lillis

Actress | It

Sophia Lillis was born in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. She started her acting career at the age of seven, when her stepfather encouraged her to take acting classes at Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in Manhattan. While studying there, a teacher recommended her for a role in an NYU student film...

I think she would have been amazing as Abra Stone, I think it would have been fine for her to even keep her Red hair, it would have been a nice little nod to IT films since they're meant to be set in the same universe. He has range and can play ANGRY like Abra was meant to be. The girl they got, no offense to Kyliegh Curran, she was BAD, like High School Drama class level.

5. Zahn McClarnon

Actor | Into the West

Zahn Tokiya-ku McClarnon is an American actor known for his performances in the Western crime drama series Longmire, the second season of Fargo, and the second season of Westworld. In 2022 he plays the lead role in the AMC series Dark Winds. He also features in the 2021 FX on Hulu series ...

No change, he nailed it as CROW DADDY, he was creepy and boarderline PEDO like he was in the book, keep up the good work Zahn!

6. Anna Kendrick

Actress | Up in the Air

Anna Kendrick was born in Portland, Maine, to Janice (Cooke), an accountant, and William Kendrick, a teacher. She has an older brother, Michael Cooke Kendrick, who has also acted. She is of English, Irish, and Scottish descent.

For her role as "Dinah" in "High Society" on Broadway, Anna Kendrick was...

Snakebite Andy choice One, she has range and I would love to see her play a character that has a messed up backstory and show just how much she hates "Rubes" and men in particular.

7. Amanda Seyfried

Actress | Les Misérables

Amanda Seyfried was born and raised in Allentown, Pennsylvania, to Ann (Sander), an occupational therapist, and Jack Seyfried, a pharmacist. She is of German, and some English and Scottish, ancestry. She began modeling when she was eleven, and acted in high school productions as well as taking ...

Snakebite Andy choice number Two, she has the young look which the character needs and she could use that to basically the fact she looks the way she does to lure men so she can rob and mutilate them.

8. Selena Anduze

Actress | WandaVision

Originally from the US Virgin Island of St. Croix, actress Selena Anduze is the youngest of three children. She has been a performing artist since age 7. At age 9 she was the youngest performer to win the title of "Miss U.S. Virgin Islands" at the World Modeling Association (WMA) talent awards in ...

She played Apron Annie, she was fine, she has no lines in the book and is background anyway.

9. Robert Longstreet

Actor | Sorry to Bother You

Robert Longstreet was born in the USA. Robert is an actor and producer, known for Sorry to Bother You (2018), I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore (2017) and The Haunting of Hill House (2018).

He was fine as "Barry the Chunk" or as he is better known in the book as "Barry the Chink" since he is mean to have vaguely asian features. Robert played him just fine and it worked for the part.

10. Ben Kingsley

Actor | Sexy Beast

Ben Kingsley was born Krishna Bhanji on December 31, 1943 in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England. His father, Rahimtulla Harji Bhanji, was a Kenyan-born medical doctor, of Gujarati Indian descent, and his mother, Anna Lyna Mary (Goodman), was an English actress. Ben began to act in stage plays during ...

I would have cast him as "Grandpa Flick" imagine him wearing Bermuda Shorts, a T-Shirt and a fishing cap. He could have played the True Knot's Grandfatherly, sometimes senile, mostly pleasant Grandpa Flick.

11. Jamie Brewer

Actress | American Horror Story

Jamie Brewer is known for her breakthrough dimensional role as Adelaide 'Addie' Langdon in American Horror Story (2011). She has a theatre background which started in 1999. She has continued her theatre and improvisation training at the 'Ruskin School of Acting', and at the 'Howard Fine Acting ...

I think she would have amazing as "Silent Sarey." I liked her in AMERICAN HORROR STORY and I think she could have played a very understated character in the book who I personally think was the heart of the True Knot. She was the most unconditionally loving and loyal member of Rose's KaTet, she had some good scenes too, read the book and you will see.

12. Luis Guzmán

Actor | Traffic

Actor of Puerto Rican descent who gained fame making many memorable films in the 1980s and 1990s due to his villainous physical appearance. Guzmán was born in Cayey, Puerto Rico on August 28, 1956 and raised in New York City's Greenwich Village and the surrounding Lower East Side neighborhood. His ...

I think he would have been good as "Diesel Doug", he is only in a few scenes but it would have been kinda fun to see him play a bit character in a Stephen King movie.

13. Met Clark

Avengers: Endgame

Met Clark is known for Avengers: Endgame (2019), Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Doctor Sleep (2019).

He played "Short Eddie" just fine, he can stay.

14. Matthew Lillard

Actor | Scooby-Doo

Matthew Lillard was born in Lansing, Michigan, to Paula and Jeffrey Lillard. He lived with his family in Tustin, California, from first grade to high school graduation. The summer after high school, he was hired as an extra for Ghoulies Go to College (1990). Matthew was the MC of the Nickelodeon ...

I think he would have been fun as "David Stone", Abra Stone's father, he can play smart and he could come across as a man who doesn't believe what he sees but has to go along with it because his Daughter, who he loves dearly, is involved in a life and death struggle.

15. Jocelin Donahue

Actress | Doctor Sleep

Jocelin Donahue is an American actress best known for her lead role in Ti West's critically acclaimed horror film The House of the Devil and for playing young Lorraine in Insidious: Chapter 2. She has played leading roles in many independent films including The Frontier, a noir crime thriller from ...

She was fine as "Lucy Stone," she played her believably and I think she did the best with what she was given. The connection between her and "Mo-Mo" could have been something that would have been nice to see. Especially the scene in the book where Mo-Mo breaks her arm and begs her granddaughter to cut the damned thing off!

16. Cloris Leachman

Actress | The Last Picture Show

The legendary actress set a record when at age 82, she appeared on Dancing with the Stars (2005). Cloris Leachman was born on April 30, 1926 in Des Moines, Iowa to Berkeley Claiborne "Buck" Leachman and the former Cloris Wallace. Her father's family owned a lumber company, Leachman Lumber Co. She ...

She is my pick for "Concetta Reynolds" aka "Mo-Mo", the matriarch of the Stone house. She could come across as someone who would do anything to protect her family and also that she whole heartedly believes in what her great granddaughter is and can do could be done by Leachman. She basically needs to play a slightly more Lucid version of the character she played in "Raising Hope".

17. Carl Lumbly

Actor | Men of Honor

Carl Lumbly is an actor respected for his steadfast talent, versatility and class. His prolific career includes over 150 credits in theatre, film, television and voiceover, with extensive critical acclaim for his work.

A familiar face on television, Lumbly's most recent memorable appearance was in ...

He was fine as "Dick Hallorann", he played him the way Scatman Crothers did and he worked for the film.

18. Bruce Greenwood

Actor | Star Trek

Bruce Greenwood was born on August 12, 1956 in Noranda, Québec, Canada. He is an actor and producer, known for Star Trek (2009), Thirteen Days (2000) and I, Robot (2004). He has been married to Susan Devlin since 1985. They have one child.

He played "Dr. John Dalton" or "DJ" to his friends in AA. He is also a sort of mentor to Danny Torrance and a good friend and also happens to be The Stone family's GP. He played him well but I think he could play him a bit more skeptically.

19. Sallye Hooks

Actress | Doctor Sleep

Sallye Hooks was born on June 14, 1953 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. She is an actress, known for Doctor Sleep (2019), Dirty Grandpa (2016) and 90 Minutes in Heaven (2015).

She played "Mrs.Massey" very well, no change needed.

20. Alexandra Essoe

Actress | The Pope's Exorcist

Alexandra Essoe was born on March 9, 1992 in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. She is an actress and writer, known for The Pope's Exorcist (2023), Midnight Mass (2021) and The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020).

She played "Wendy Torrance", she was basically doing a Shelly Duvall impression, it worked since she is maybe three scenes.

21. Roger Dale Floyd

Actor | Greenland

Roger Dale Floyd is an American actor known for Stranger Things, Best Foot Forward, Greenland, and Doctor Sleep. He is the son of actor/artist Roger Floyd and pen and ink artist Andrea Tokan Floyd. He began acting at the age of five and is already gaining a reputation as a rising and stellar young ...

He played "Danny Torrance" aged 7, he was fine, no change need.

22. Jacob Tremblay

Actor | Room

Jacob Tremblay is a Canadian actor. He made his film debut as Blue in the live action animated film The Smurfs 2 (2013). His breakout performance was in the dark drama Room (2015), for which he received critical acclaim. In 2016, Tremblay played a supporting role in the comedy film Donald Trump's ...

He played "Bradly Trevor" aka "The Baseball Boy" well, we saw his pain when the True Knot tore him apart to get his Steam. No change needed.

23. Stacy Keach

Actor | Escape from L.A.

Stacy Keach has played to grand success a constellation of the classic and contemporary stage's greatest roles, and he is considered a pre-eminent American interpreter of Shakespeare. His SRO run as "King Lear" at the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, D.C. received the best reviews any ...

I would have cast him as "Casey Kingsley", Danny and Billy's boss at the Municipal Department in Frazier, NH as well as Danny's AA sponsor and mentor.

24. Chelsea Talmadge

Actress | Doctor Sleep

Chelsea Talmadge was born in Fountain Valley, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Doctor Sleep (2019), Stranger Things (2016) and Still the King (2016).

He was fine as "Dinnie", the only thing that needs to be added to the script is the line "Watch out for the Woman in the Hat Honeybear...She is Queen Bitch of Castle Hell."

25. Violet McGraw

Actress | The Haunting of Hill House

Violet McGraw was born as Violet Elizabeth McGraw on April 22, 2011 in California, USA. Violet is a Actress who is known for her work in a variety of both television and film. Violet has a passion for acting at a young age, she received her debut credited role in the 2018 in the television series ...

She was fine as "Violet" and he introduction in the early part of the film helped establish what kinda "People" the True Knot actually are.

26. Bethany Anne Lind

Actress | Ozark

Bethany Anne Lind is best known for her arc as the pregnant pastor's wife Grace Young, in the first season of Ozark and as Molly Quinn in Hulu's short-lived Reprisal. She's also known for her work in indie features such as "Blood On Her Name" opposite Will Patton, "Through the Glass Darkly" ...

She played "Violet's Mother." Fine acting, no change need.

27. Nicholas Pryor

Actor | Damien: Omen II

Name a soap opera and invariably character actor Nicholas Pryor has appeared on it. Playing the quirky professor Victor Collins on the daytime drama Port Charles (1997), the tall, rangy, silver-haired player was born Nicholas David Probst and is a native of Baltimore, with early training received ...

No change from his role of "Elderly Patient" no issues.

28. Peggy Tillman

Actress | Doctor Sleep

Peggy Tillman is known for Doctor Sleep (2019).

He was fine as "Tommy" Dinnie's son, no change needed except for one, she needs to say at least ONCE "CANNY" when she looked at the cocaine that is in Dinnie's apartment in the beginning of the film.

29. Deadra Moore

Actress | Atlanta

Deadra Moore has been a professional actor since 1989, primarily in and around the southeast United States. Born in Virginia, her family moved often around the South. She attended high school outside of Atlanta, GA and has continued to live in the area since then. Deadra received a Bachelor of Arts...

Fine as "Mrs. Robertson" no change needed.

30. Jason Davis

Actor | The Accountant

Jason Davis was born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, USA. He is known for The Accountant (2016), Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006) and Seeking Justice (2011).

Fine as "Business Man", no change needed.

31. Alyssa Gonzalez

Actress | Doctor Sleep

Alyssa Gonzalez is known for Doctor Sleep (2019), I Still Believe (2020) and Arlington.

Fine as "Supermarket Clerk", no change needed.

32. Shane Brady

Actor | Ballers

Shane Brady is an American actor.

He is an avid hockey player and guitarist.

A Magician Member of the Academy of Magical arts at the world famous Magic Castle in Hollywood, CA - Shane has portrayed a magician on multiple productions ranging from live theatre in London, Chicago, Las Vegas and Los ...

He was fine as "The Magician', only thing, he needed to wear a crazy wig and a bowler hat and call himself "The Great MAGNIFCO" as well as ride into the party on a tiny bike like he does in the book.

33. Danny Lloyd

Actor | The Shining

Danny Lloyd was selected for the role of Danny Torrance in Stanley Kubrick's The Shining (1980) because of his ability to concentrate for extended periods of time. Because of his age (6) and the genre of The Shining (1980) Danny was closely guarded by Kubrick during filming and didn't know it was a...

He played "Danny Torrance" in the original SHINING film, he was just a bit part in "Doctor Sleep" and if you blink you missed him. He was at the baseball game as one of the "Dad's".

34. Brad Dourif

Actor | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Gaunt character actor Brad Dourif was born Bradford Claude Dourif on March 18, 1950 in Huntington, West Virginia. He is the son of Joan Mavis Felton (Bradford) and Jean Henri Dourif, a French-born art collector who owned and operated a dye factory. His father died when Dourif was three years old, ...

It would have a fun little Homage to his Horror film career to have him make a cameo as "Horace Derwent" the one time owner of the Overlook, "Great Party" is his one line in the film but it would have been a great easter egg.

35. Michael Monks

Actor | End of Watch

Michael Monks is known for End of Watch (2012), Garfield: The Movie (2004) and The Practice (1997).

He was fine as "Delbert Grady", he looks like Phillip Stone, the actor who played him the 1980s film by Kubrick.

36. Sadie Heim

Actress | Carol

Sadie Heim is known for Carol (2015), Doctor Sleep (2019) and Anastasia: Once Upon a Time (2020).

She as fine as "Grady Twin", no change needed.

37. Kk Heim

Actress | Carol

Kk Heim is known for Carol (2015), Doctor Sleep (2019) and The Vanished (2020).

She as fine as other "Grady Twin", no change needed.

38. Mistie Gibby

Casting_department | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Mistie Gibby is known for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023), The Suicide Squad (2021) and Red Notice (2021).

She was fine as "Bobbie" no change needed.

39. Callie McClincy

Actress | Insurgent

Callie McClincy is known for The Divergent Series: Insurgent (2015), Doctor Sleep (2019) and Outcast (2016).

She was fine as "Library Kid (as Callie Mcclincy)" no change needed.

40. Logan Medina

Actor | Doctor Sleep

Logan Medina is known for Doctor Sleep (2019), Amazing Stories (2020) and Lovecraft Country (2020).

He was fine as "Library Kid (as Logan A. Medina)", no change needed.

41. Johnnie Gordon

Actor | BMF: Black Mafia Family

Johnnie Gordon is known for BMF (2021), Terror Lake Drive (2020) and Atlanta (2016).

He was fine as "Library Kid", no change needed.

42. Molly C. Quinn

Actress | Castle

This year, award winning actress Molly C. Quinn can be seen starring in the indie horror/drama feature Agnes (2021), slated to debut in movie theaters nationwide and streaming on demand, December 10, 2021. Agnes (2021) emerged as a festival darling over the last few months, premiering at the 2021 ...

She was fine as "Mrs. Grady", no change needed.

43. Evan Dumouchel

Actor | When I Consume You

Evan Dumouchel was born on January 15, 1984 in the USA. He is an actor and producer, known for When I Consume You (2021), They Look Like People (2015) and The Siren (2019).

He was fine as "Victor T. Boorman", no change needed.

44. MacLeod Andrews

Actor | They Look Like People

MacLeod Andrews is an actor/producer based in Los Angeles. When not making films he is an award winning audiobook narrator and does voice over; you may have heard him throughout 2020 and 2021 as the voice of Whole Foods on TV. Originally from Louisville KY, he studied and performed at Middlebury ...

He was fine as "Roger Macassi", no change needed.

45. Fedor Steer

Actor | Haunted Mansion

Fedor Steer, originally Dutch-Canadian, credits a chance encounter with Joseph Gordon-Levitt and his family on a cruise ship for piquing his interest in acting. Steadily working his way up the ranks from roles in independent film to national exposure, you can catch Fedor in a number of television ...

He was fine as "Victor the Chopper" of the True Knot, no change needed.

46. Charles Green

Actor | The Color Purple

Charles Green began his acting career at age 12 in the local theaters of Lake Charles, Louisiana. He received his BA, MA and MFA from McNeese State University, University of Tennessee and University of New Orleans (UNO), respectively. He was a member of UNO's Acting Company, and was nominated for ...

He was fine as "U.S Senator", no change needed.

47. Marc Farley

Actor | Let's Be Cops

Marc Farley is known for Let's Be Cops (2014), Doctor Sleep (2019) and Last Looks (2021).

He was fine as "James Parris", no change needed.

48. Juan Carlos Romero Perez

Actor | Doctor Sleep

Juan Carlos Romero Perez is known for Doctor Sleep (2019).

He was fine as "Baseball Coach", no change needed.

49. Sarah Morrison

Actress | Doctor Sleep

Sarah Morrison is known for Doctor Sleep (2019) and The Doctor Blake Mysteries (2013).

She was fine as "Girl", no change needed.

50. Henry Thomas

Actor | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

Henry Jackson Thomas Jr. is an American actor. He began his career as a child actor and had a lead role in the film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), for which he won a Young Artist Award and received Golden Globe Award, BAFTA Award, and Saturn Award nominations. Thomas also had roles in films ...

He was fine as "Jack Torrance", I feel he was under utilized, he should have appeared in more dream sequences and made more of an impact on the film.



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