Space Quest Casting Call

Welcome to Casting Call! This page brings you my casting choices for a hypothetical Space Quest movie. Please note that I say "hypothetical." As of right now, there are no plans for a Space Quest motion picture. This page is all for the sake of fun. So, without further ado, let's do!

Roger Wilco...Dwight Shultz

Let's face it...this is the big one. I thought and thought forever about who I would like to play this part. David Spade was my first idea, but he seems a bit too sarcastic for the role. Jeff Daniels would be great, but he doesn't look the part. So, I chose Dwight Shultz--best known for his portrayals of "Mad" Murdock on The A-Team and Reginald Barclay on Star Trek: The Next Generation. Shultz is a wonderful actor and quite adept at self-depreciating comedy; I can imagine him hiding out in a closet while the Sariens took over his ship. Furthermore, he looks quite a bit like Roger to boot.

Sludge Vohaul...Anthony Hopkins

Choosing an actor to play Roger's archnemesis was almost as challenging as choosing Roger himself. I wanted someone who could play both an evil man and a genius and look a little like Vohaul. Then, I saw this image of Anthony Hopkins in Entertainment Weekly. When bald, he's the spitting image of Sludge! Hopkins is known as one of the greatest actors of our time, with two of his bigger roles coming as Hannibal "The Cannibal" in Silence of the Lambs and as former President Nixon in Oliver Stone's Nixon.

Beatrice Wankmeister...Sharon Stone

Roger needed a beautiful woman for his love interest in Space Quest 5 (and future wife somewhere around Space Quest 11, I gather) and Miss Stone is the perfect choice. Stone is an excellent actress and could portray Bea's dignified ambassador attitude with ease. I also think the contrast between her and Shultz would be hilarious, much like what transpired in the early part of Space Quest 5. You probably remember the lovely Miss Stone from movies like Basic Instinct, Sliver, and The Quick and the Dead.

Capt. Raems T. Quirk...William Shatner

This character is obviously based on Shatner's classic James T. Kirk, so who better to play Quirk than Shatner himself? From various interviews I've read with Shatner, he seems like he can act just smug enough to pull off Quirk's character with ease. Besides, he might as well have been doing it for the last 20 years.

Arnoid...Arnold Schwarzenegger

This one was kind of a no-brainer. This baddie from Space Quest 3 was based on Arnold's Terminator character, so who better to play him than the Terminator? For those who have been living under a rock for the last decade or so, Arnold has appeared in such movies as Conan the Barbarian, Predator, True Lies, Kindergarten Cop (which, incidently, was titled Devil King of the Children in Japan), and Junior.

WD-40...Grace Jones

Arnoid's Gippazoid co-worker and Roger's science office in SQ5 needed practically a female version of Arnold to really make her sing. I can't think of a better candidate for such and undertaking than Jamaican-born singer/actress Grace Jones. Jones has released several albums over the last decade and starred in a number of movies, including playing Zulu in Conan the Destroyer. If you've never seen Grace in action, trust me; she is one mean chick!

Other Submissions...

Character	Actor	Credits	Submitted by
Sludge Vohaul	James Doohan	Star Trek	DanV11@aol.com
Roger Wilco	Joel Hodgson	Mystery Science Theater	Napalm Man
Cliffy	Harrison Ford	Star Wars	Mike Stabos
Flo	Bette Midler	Recording Artist/Actress	Mike Stabos
Fester Blatz	Rush Limbaugh	The Rush Limbaugh Show	Seth Waddell
Roger, Jr.	Corin Nemec	Parker Lewis Can't Lose	Bryan Thiessen
Roger	Jim Carrey	Batman Forever	Bryan Thiessen
Sludge Vohaul	Brian Dennehey	Cocoon	Gabbo
Sharpei	Angelica Huston	Addam's Family	Andrew Hicks
Labion Terror Beast	Macauly Culkin	Home Alone	Andrew Hicks
Elmo Pugg	Christopher Lloyd	Back to the Future	Charlie Kazmeyer
Blaine Rohmer	Bruce Campbell	Evil Dead	Charlie Kazmeyer
Arnoid	Dolph Ludgren	Johnny Mnemonic	Charlie Kazmeyer
Cliffy	Tom Arnold	True Lies	Matt Kneupper
Stellar	Rosie O'Donnell	Beautiful Girls	Matt Kneupper
Elmo Pug	Louie Anderson	Life With Louie	Matt Kneupper
Sharpei	Barbara Bush	Former First Lady	Matt Kneupper
Cliffy	Dean Stockwell	Quantum Leap	Wrandom
Flo	Charlotte Rae	Facts of Life	Wrandom
Capt. Quirk	Phil Hartman	Sgt. Bilko	B. Sable
Elmo Pugg	Danny DeVito	Taxi	B. Sable
Two Guys	Penn and Teller	Um...well...	B. Sable
Beatrice	RuPaul	Supermodel	B. Sable
Roger	Conan O'Brien	Late Night	GLMerriman@aol.com
Cliffy	John Belushi	Animal House	GLMerriman@aol.co m
Beatrice	Michelle Pfieffer	Dangerous Minds	vic@xanadu2.net
Roger	Kelsey Grammar	Fraiser	vic@xanadu2.net
Endodroid	Kevin Costner	Waterworld	Paul
Cliffy	Ken Kercheval	Dallas	Mangekillen
Droole	David Letterman	Late Show	Dylan MacNeil
Roger	Don Opper	Critters	Hellcat
Santiago	Marisa Tomei	My Cousin Vinnie	Scott
Flo	Rosanne	Rosanne	Nathan Taylor
Roger Jr.	Mark Hammil	Star Wars	Joe Cassara
Latex Babes	Female cast of Friends	Friends	Joe Cassara
Monochrome Boys	Buchanan, Dole, Forbes	Washington Monkeys	Joe Cassara
Manuel Auxveride	Rick Dees	Top 40 DJ	Joe Cassara
Cliffy	Jonathan Winters	Comedian	Joe Cassara
WD-40	Suzanne Powers	Stop the Insanity!	Joe Cassara
D'jhurkwad	Andrew Dice Clay	Comedian	Joe Cassara
Droid from SQ1	R2-D2	Star Wars	Colin McEvoy
Bea	Jennifer Aniston	Friends	David Ruddell
Roger	Matthew Perry	Friends	David Ruddell
Bea	Mariah Carey	Recording Artist	Donald Lovan
Stellar	Demi Moore	Striptease	Donald Lovan
D'jhurkwad	Christian Slater	Broken Arrow	104730.276@compuserve.com
Elmo Pug	Danny Devito	Get Shorty	104730.276@compuserve.com
Beatrice	Cindy Crawford	Fair Game	104730.276@compuserve.com
Vohaul	James Earl Jones	Star Wars	Nathaniel Budin
Commander Kielbasa	Sean Connery	The Rock	Kate Drew
Sludge Vohaul	Ed Asner	The Mary Tyler Moore Show	Phil Speer
Roger Wilco	Dana Carvey	Clean Slate	Phil Speer
Elmo Pug	Wayne Knight	Seinfeld	Michael Lovan
Roger Wilco	Don Knotts	Andy Griffith Show	Chris Collet
Elmo Pug	Jason Alexander	Seinfeld	Stephen Gill

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