Casting the hip-hop Willie Wonka...

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Let's pretend I'm a Hollywood Producer, and you're a casting agent. We just bought the rights to produce a remake of Willie Wonka and The Chocolate Factory as a hip-hop musical, (a la The Wiz to The Wizard of Oz). So, who plays who?

I think Da Brat is a shoe-in for Varuca Salt. And Bushwick Bill could play all the oompa loompas. But I'm stuck on the lead roles, and that's what I pay you for, godamnit!

― Bobby Peru (Bobby Peru), Monday, 20 March 2006 19:10 (twenty years ago)

Flavor Flav - Willie Wonka
Morgan Freeman - Charlie's grandpa
Michael Jackson - Slugworth

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 20 March 2006 19:14 (twenty years ago)

http://www.cinemas-online.co.uk/films/bamboozled/7.jpg

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 20 March 2006 19:14 (twenty years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00007E8J1.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

― stockholm cindy is a guy with a belly button piercing (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 20 March 2006 19:14 (twenty years ago)

Da Brat is a little old to be Veruca Salt.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Monday, 20 March 2006 19:15 (twenty years ago)

Oh yeah.... Hype Williams directs.

― Bobby Peru (Bobby Peru), Monday, 20 March 2006 19:15 (twenty years ago)

that shitty video by Da Back Wudz to thread

― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Monday, 20 March 2006 19:16 (twenty years ago)

Li'l Romeo as Mike Teevee
Bonecrusher as Augustus Gloop

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 20 March 2006 19:16 (twenty years ago)

Charlie played by Andre 3000, of course

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 20 March 2006 19:17 (twenty years ago)

Li'l Kim as Violet Beauregard

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 20 March 2006 19:19 (twenty years ago)

Guerilla Black for Augustus Gloop

― meth lab for doug flutie (sanskrit), Monday, 20 March 2006 19:19 (twenty years ago)

oh, here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cf7MuZAUndA&search=back%20wudz

― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Monday, 20 March 2006 19:22 (twenty years ago)

holy shit that's awesome!!

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 20 March 2006 19:25 (twenty years ago)

Mos Def = Charlie Bucket's grampa
Em = Mike Teevee
Andy Milonakis = Oompa Loompas
David Banner = Willy Wonka
Rihanna = Veruca Salt
Ying Yang Twins = Vernicious Knids

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Monday, 20 March 2006 20:22 (twenty years ago)

i can't beat guerilla black for gloop; that's spot on.

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Monday, 20 March 2006 20:23 (twenty years ago)

fwiw, I recently wrote a review of Remy Ma's album where I compared her to Veruca Salt.

― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Monday, 20 March 2006 20:39 (twenty years ago)

And that Back Wudz track is a wonderful gift.

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Monday, 20 March 2006 20:51 (twenty years ago)

Charlie himself: Juelz Santana.

Come on, you know it makes sense.

― Raffles: Gentleman Thug (Raffles: The Gentleman Thug), Monday, 20 March 2006 20:53 (twenty years ago)

see also: video for big moe's "purple stuff"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsoMVxtKlGM&search=big%20moe%20purple%20stuff

― becca ganj, Monday, 20 March 2006 20:56 (twenty years ago)

I'd want Kool Keith as Willy Wonka, and Del Tha Funkee Homosapien or Mos Def as Charlie.

Floetry as Violet Beauregarde and her best friend Cornelia Prinzmetal.

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Monday, 20 March 2006 21:20 (twenty years ago)

ok, everybody who didn't say Biz Markie as the Wiz gets an F for the day

― Thomas Tallis (Tommy), Monday, 20 March 2006 21:23 (twenty years ago)

"nigga, fuck zomba / i sell nose candy / willy wonka"

obvi. pusha t from the clipse

― lf (lfam), Monday, 20 March 2006 22:07 (twenty years ago)

No, no, no. Flavor Flav comes off too much like a fool. Wonka has to be a little scary, too.

Kool Keith not a bad choice, but it's totally Rakim.

Rakim is the hip-hop Willy Wonka.

In a serious try-out session, he'd NAIL IT.

Now the question becomes:

Who might give him a run for it?

― Giles Manius (jsoulja), Monday, 20 March 2006 22:28 (twenty years ago)

Slick Rick.

― Bobby Peru (Bobby Peru), Monday, 20 March 2006 23:56 (twenty years ago)

The Oompah Loompahs should all be S1-Ws.

― ramon fernandez, Tuesday, 21 March 2006 00:01 (twenty years ago)

STEP!

― Bobby Peru (Bobby Peru), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 00:04 (twenty years ago)

Edan - Charlie

― grapple (grapple), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 01:15 (twenty years ago)

shouldn't skee-lo be the oompa loompas?

― M. Biondi (M. Biondi), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 01:55 (twenty years ago)

oh, and Snoop Dogg = The Candyman

― M. Biondi (M. Biondi), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 01:57 (twenty years ago)

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