Dawn "Mary Ann" Wells: Melanie Griffith & Kelsey Grammer should play Howells in "Gilligan" remake

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Dawn Wells 'Apprehensive' About 'Gilligan's Island' Remake

Hollie McKay

The "Gilligan's Island" star fears that a film remake of the iconic television series could ruin its legacy.



And while casting details haven't been announced, Sherwood Schwartz, the show’s original producer, has said he would like to see Michael Cera play Gilligan, and there has been some speculation that William Shatner would make the perfect Skipper.

Wells, however, has her own ideas.

“William Shatner as the Skipper is totally wrong. The Skipper was a genuine, sweet and warm character, and he was larger than life.William Shatner doesn’t fulfill that at all," she said. "But I think Michael Cera would be a very good Gilligan.”

FOX411 RECAST: Who We Think Should Play "Gilligan's Island" Cast.

Indeed Wells has a lot of emotional investment not just in Mary Ann, but in all of the show's characters.

“The core of the characters, the person they are inside, is much more important than their physical (resemblance) if you’re going to be true to these people. We were caricatures, but we were loved by so many nationalities,” she said.

So if Wells had her way, who would she choose?

“We need to be racially diverse in this film so I think Tyler Perry would be fabulous as the Skipper," she told Fox411. "I would cast Melanie Griffith and Kelsey Grammer as Mr. and Mrs. Howell, and I would cast Eric McCormack as the Professor."

And her best TV buddy Ginger?

“I think the essence of Ginger is really Paris Hilton. But if you are going to be ethnically diverse I would say Beyonce or Jennifer Lopez."

Now to the hardest recast of all - her own.

"Mary Ann is a real tough one, but I think Drew Barrymore could do it beautifully – she has that sweet face. But Mary Ann was strong, she made you clean, she made you cook, she made sure you were fair.”

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2010/03/12/dawn-wells-gilligans-island-remake-mary-ann/?test=faces

[peekaloo]

1. She's toking ....again.

:smoke:

[Amerigo Vespucci]

3. She's like Bob Marley, smoking herb and making coconut cream pies 24/7)

I think that's all she does...toke, bake, toke, bake, toke...

...I'll bet that in real life, Ms. Wells is ten million kinds of fun.

:toast:

[OmahaBlueDog]

2. I'd think John Goodman would be a lock to play the Skipper

Melanie Griffith and Kelsey Grammer would actually be interesting as the Howells

Drew Barrymore is too old to play Mary Ann. You'd need somebody more like an Ashley Tisdale/ Vanessa Hudgins age and type.

Get Keith David to play the professor

For Ginger..I'm drawing a blank. Can Fergie act?

I could see Michael Cera as Gilligan.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

4. John Goodman would be great, but...

...there's a 50-50 chance he'd "phone it in." He could do something fun with the role, or he could just show up and collect a paycheck. That's the dice you roll when you cast him in a film.

:toast:

[KG]

5. heh. yet another movie i have no intention of seeing.

another reason i see maybe one movie in a theater every few years.