Originally Posted by
Bostondevil
budworm is a sticky wicket, still deciding who should play him. I mean, Paul Newman would do, but if we're thinking about actually making this movie, it's gotta be someone who is still working. Oh, I got it, duh, one of my all time favorite actors, Tom Wilkinson, he never, ever, ever gives a bad performance.
Now, who should play Dink and weezie? I'm thinking Meryl Streep as Dink and Sally Field as weezie.
I don't have a good feel for BleuTeuf, not even sure that I should be casting a male actor, so I'll go wild card with him and suggest a wild card actor who can play in any time period (also a Duke grad) - Jared Harris as BlueTeuf.
There is something everyman about OPK which means, you know it, Tom Hanks as OPK.