what if you could recast all the major charcters in
purple rain (outside of prince),with other music or movie-
tv stars?

you can go two ways-cast people seriously or go in the satrical vein.

i'll throw these at ya:
(if prince said=i'm not gonna act in the new purple rain i'm
gonna write it.)
here's the new p-rain written by prince:

the kid:lenny kravitz
apollonia:jennifer lopez
morris:morris chestnut
jerome:biz markie (ha ha..what a jerome,huh?)
billy sparks:cedric the entertainer
jill jones:tisha campbell
susan & brenda of a-6
susan-(ashley of fresh prince..i forgot her name!0
brenda:nicole kidman
wendy:annie lennox(ha ha)
lisa:shannon doherty or tiffany amber theissen
brown mark:sticky figgaz
fink:nicholas cage
bobby z:josh harnett

if prince plays the kid i'd team him up with beyonce knowles
as APPollonia (hmmm...she'd be interesting)
and in the place of morris chestnut put LEON in the role
of MOrris!!!

the more i think about it the "mad-tv type purple rain
makes more sense than a serious re-make...but i could be
wrong!
(charles youngca) who would you cast?

the kid: Robert Blake
apollonia: Celine Dion
morris: Dwayne from "What's Happening"
jerome: Steven Wright
billy sparks: Rerun from "What's Happening"
jill jones: Winona Ryder
susan: Jessica Tandy
brenda: Cloris Leachman
wendy: Rosie O'Donnel
lisa: Chastity Bono
brown mark: Mike Tyson
fink: Robert DeNiro
bobby z: Long Duck Dong from "Sixteen Candles"

squirrelgrease said:

guess it's a good thing iron mike would get brown mark's part, cuz he wouldn't have 2 say anything...this band is ludicwisp!!

YOUNGCA, THE NAME U ARE LOOKING FOR IS TATIANA ALI,(FUNNY THREAD) :LOL:

enjoyniki said:

thanks enjoyniki. i think handsclaps comment about mike
tyson is priceless. he would be a hilarious brownmark.
(mike t as jerome would be even funnier!)

squirrelgrease i love your cast!!! bobby blake is TOO much!

rosie o'donnell is great.

oh how could i have forgotten?
prince's dad (francis l) LARRY FISHBOURNE
prince's mom: oprah winfrey

another guy who could play the kid's part is lorenze tate.
(seriously)
an alternate appollonia:sheila e!

the kid:Webster or Gary Coleman
apollonia:Ru Paul
morris:Carrot Top
jerome:Pee Wee Herman
billy sparks:Spike Lee
jill jones:Whoopie Goldberg
susan-Oprah Winfrey
brenda:Barabara Bush
wendy:Melissa Etheridge (perfect!)
lisa:KD Lang
brown mark:Ru Paul as a man
fink:Woody Allan
bobby z:Howard Stern

I just wanna continue the silliness.
[This message was edited Wed Jun 18 7:57:28 PDT 2003 by PhilG]

philg...i'm on the floor laughing!!!
your purple rain cast is hilarious!

melissa e as wendy...now that one is good.

rupaul? oh man...your movie i'd have to see!

some more casting ideas (really silly ones)
the kid:david bryne
appollonia:signorey weaver
jerome:bob dylan
morris:jim carrey
francis l:luther vandross
prince's mom: aunt esther (she's dead...but i'll bring
her back for this movie)
lisa:roseanne barr
wendy:kd.lang
brownmark:muhammaed ali (i love the greatest...but i'll
put him in this role anyway!)
fink:john travolta
bobby z:andrew dice clay
billy sparks:drew carey
brenda bennett:madonna
susan moonsie:vanessa del rio (maybe she should be
appollonia!)

again a satire of purple rain is more fun to cast...
the possibilties are endless!