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Casting The Vancouver Olympics: The Movie


The entire country -- nay, the entire world! -- has been utterly captivated by the magic of the these Winter Olympics, which serve up all the going-too-fast-down-frozen-chutes, furiously-brushing-the-ice-in-front-of-a-stone and shooting-rifles-while-skiing-for-some-reason action untold millions of TV viewers can handle via the drama-reducing safety of an NBC tape delay. Hollywood, of course, can never afford to pass up an opportunity to monetize a collective obsession as quickly as possible, so plans are undoubtedly already in the works for a fictionalized version of these high-rated, pulse-quickening Games. After the jump, we do our best to help harried producers get a head start on casting the roles of Vancouver's hottest Olympic stars:


Snowboarding Half-Pipe Gold Medalist/Video Game Magnate Shaun White

The Commercial Choice: Rupert Grint

The Dangerous Choice: Tilda Swinton

The Uncharitable Choice: Sheryl Crow


Figure Skating Gold Medalist Evan Lysacek

The Crossover Choice: Idol runner-up Adam Lambert, in his first dramatic role.

The TV Producer Doppleganger Choice: The OC/Gossip Girl/Chuck's Josh Schwartz


Cartoonish Russian Figure Skating Silver Medal Villain Evgeny Plushenko

The Way Too Obvious But Somehow Very Satisfying Choice: Adrian Brody

The Maybe, But We'd Need To Find A Prosthetic Nose Budget Choice: Jude Law


Non-Medalling Figure Skating Wild-Child Johnny Weir

The Indie Choice: Joseph Gordon-Levitt

The Even More Indie Choice: Paul Dano

The We Need To Cut Out This Indie Crap And Get The Twilight Crowd All Hot And Sweaty For This Even Though There Is No Resemblance Whatsoever But Maybe We Could Sell A Reason He'd Skate Shirtless Choice: Taylor Lautner


Women's Downhill Gold Medalist Lindsey Vonn

The Lost Final Season Cameo Choice: Maggie Grace

The Kate Bosworth Choice: Kate Bosworth, or any of the dozen or so actresses who we always mistake for Kate Bosworth


Multiple Medalling American Skiier Bode Miller

The Brothers McMullen Choice: Ed Burns

The Brothers Wahlberg Choice: Donnie Wahlberg


All-Time American Winter Olympics Medal Leader Apolo Anton Ohno

The Squeakuel Choice: Justin Long, plus a poorly Photoshopped soul-patch


Bite-Sized Figure Skating Commentator Scott Hamilton

The Itty-Bitty Mogul Choice: DreamWorks' Jeffrey Katzenberg

The Another Tiny Famous Guy In Case Dwarf-Obsessed Auteur Terry Gilliam Shows Some Interest In Directing Choice: Verne Troyer