Barbie- Noah Wyle
Big Jim Rennie- Tom Berenger
Junior- Joel Kinnaman
Julia- Courtney Cox
Peter Randolph- Brent Sexton
Howie Perkins- Sam Elliott
Andy Sanders- Richard Jenkins
Chef - Jackie Earl Haley
Cox - Ed Harris
Barbie- Noah Wyle
Big Jim Rennie- Tom Berenger
Junior- Joel Kinnaman
Julia- Courtney Cox
Peter Randolph- Brent Sexton
Howie Perkins- Sam Elliott
Andy Sanders- Richard Jenkins
Chef - Jackie Earl Haley
Cox - Ed Harris
Sorry, here's an edit after further thought.
Barbie- Noah Wyle
Big Jim Rennie- John Carroll Lynch, and as an off the wall I like Tom Berenger
Junior- Thomas Dekker
Julia- Courtney Cox
Peter Randolph- Brent Sexton
Howie Perkins- William Sanderson
Andy Sanders- Richard Jenkins
Chef - Walter Goggins
Cox - Ed Harris
Romeo Burpee- Luis Guzman
Carter- Kellan Lutz
Rusty- Jeremy Sisto
Linda- Angie Harmon
Brenda Perkins- Kathy Baker
Barbie - Aaron Eckhart
Julia - Anne Heche
Big Jim - John Goodman or Brian Dennehy
Junior - Edward Furlong
Rusty - Zach Braff
Thibodeau - Michael Pit
Andy Sanders - William H. Macy
The Chef - Kevin Durand
Randolph - Jeff Fahey
Rommie Burpee - Kelsey Grammer
Jackie Wettington - Christina Hendricks
Piper Libby - Juliane Moore
Thurston - John Glover
Sammy Bushey - Jodi Lyn O'Keefe
Lester Coggins - Michael O'Neill
Sam Verdreaux - Steve Buscemi
Norrie Calvert - Elle Fanning
Cox - James Cromwell
DeLesseps - Ryan Kwanten
Mel - Joel Kinnaman
Linda - Evangeline Lilly
Georgia - Rachel Miner
(I can name at least 4-5 more actors that could play either Mel, Thibodeau or DeLesseps)
So far, the only character I have a role in my mind for is Big Jim. I think Richard Kind would do a fine job as Rennie both visually and characteristically.
I've only thought of a few, some other great suggestions here too:
Big Jim- has to be John Goodman
Andy Sanders- William H Macey (brilliant)
Barbie- Josh Holloway
Julia Shumway- Tina Fey
Junior Rennie- Ezra Miller
Rusty- Aaron Douglas
Ben foster would have been perfect 10 years ago no doubt. I get why you picked him but he's like 35 now.
An off the Wall for big Jim could be Brendan Gleeson
nice how about Bruce Willis as Dale Barbara
I would have loved to see John Goodman as Big Jim 10 years ago, I just think he's a little too old now. How about Mark Addy.
This is really fun to imagine. Every time I read a King book I picture the main character (Barbie) looking like King. Of course he's getting to old to look like Barbie now. Besides, Steven King isn't an actor. Haha! I kept imagining Jackie as looking like and acting like Susan Sarandon. I pictured the Sammy Bushey character as being blonde. I thought of a good actor for Big Jim, Brendan Gleeson. Twitch and Rose should be black. Junior should be blonde and good looking. I really like some of the suggestions here though. I think the story would have more impact if there weren't any big stars in it.
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