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[cabenson]

Way back in February, Shed announced that they had sold the rights to Bad Girls to Fox Television, who plans to make an American version to air on FX. Now, I know many of my international flisters are unhappy to hear this, figuring that we Americans could never capture the beauty that is early BG love. To solve this potential international crisis, I offered to cast the show based on Series One. My cast behind the cut:



Helen Stewart- I am torn between two people for this pivotal role:


Renee O'Connor-she 's selling art to finance a movie, so she really needs a job.

My other choice is

Tracie Thoms- cause she's just purty.

Nikki Wade

Andrea Parker...come to mama, YEAH! She can play icy cool, and tenderly sweet, and she has legs for days.

Shell Dockley

Denise Richards. She can do crazy bitch like no one else. And she was married to Charlie Sheen, so yeah,

Sylvia "Bodybag" Hollomby

Nuff said.

Daniella "Denny" Blood

Michelle Rodriguez. We need to keep this hottie actively employed so she'll quit getting arrested.

Yvonne Atkins

Angela "Hoat and Hard" Bassett-Mrs. CB's choice and I agree completely. Her hubby is some big rap producer/gang banger...oh the potential.

Jim Fenner

Teh Hoff- needs no explanation.

For other characters I was thinking along the lines of:
Dominic: Haley Joel Osment- we need to get this little hottie (/perv) refocused on his career and away from teh drugs and booze.

Zandra: Lindsay Lohan-she's already doing the real life research

Rachel Hicks: Eith one, or both of the Olsen Twins

Lorna: Shannen Doherty?-yeah, I got nothing

Sean: The same guy that played Perdicus in X:WP, specially if we go with ROC as HS

Did I miss anyone?


So my question is, who would you cast? And if you aren't into Bad Girls, pick an old TV show being revamped for current times, and cast it.

Comments

[giantessmess.livejournal.com]

but the reason I think the original worked was because it was a damn good drama that, oh, by the way, had lesbians in it.

That is a good point. I hadn't thought of the titilation factor. Bah. There are too many ways for this to end up crappy.

I liked Bad Girls for the same reasons you stated. The first 3 series (the first 2 at least) had a lot of weight to them. It seemed to be about the characters, the mentions of Nikki's sexual preference seemed very natural in comparison to some of the other shows I've seen. When I was getting into BG, my friends were watching the L Word's first season, which I saw as more of a sensationalistic show (and it's proven my point again and again. )

what was my point? oh yeah - ugh to the remake of doom. At least there'll be more Helen and Nikki to watch, even if it's pod people taking their place. I wonder how far they'll depart from the original (apart from everything).