My Stephanie Plum Movie Castings

I’ve been reading the most fantastic series of books lately, and I’ve pretty much forced all my close friends and family to start reading them as well.   It’s the Stephanie Plum Series by Janet Evanovich.   They are about a girl who loses her job as a lingerie buyer and ends up blackmailing her sleezeball cousin into giving her a job as a bounty hunter.   There are so many funny bits that make these books as great as they are, so many characters that add their own interesting bits to the story.  When I’m reading I always try to figure out who I imagine the characters as, or who I imagine would play them if there was to be a movie.

I’m sure there WILL be a movie someday, books this popular don’t go without becoming a movie at some point.

Here’s what I was thinking.

sandraSandra Bullock as Stephanie Plum.

I think it’s her role in the Miss Congeniality movies that make me see her in this role too.   I CAN imagine her dodging dinner with her parents, keeping her gun in her cookie jar and having a hamster as a best friend.  Can’t you?

She’s just hot enough, but also just clumsy and endearing enough to bring Stephanie to life.

 

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Queen Latifah as Lula.
When I think of a ‘big boned’ black woman with major attitude, who can kick some major ass, there is only one woman who comes to mind.

QUEEN LATIFAH!

I can see her breaking down doors and threatening to shoot people.

 

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Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Joe Morelli.
Yummmmm.  If I have to imagine a rough around the edges, steal your virginity as a teenager kind of guy, it’s this one.  I can’t think of anyone more perfect for the role of Joe than “Denny”.  He can be hot when he needs to be hot, but he can be sweet and even a bit adorable at times.

Plus, can’t you see him and Sandra Bullock together as a movie item?

 

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Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson as Ranger
Ranger… ooooooh Ranger.  Could there possibly be a sexier fictional character than Ranger??

It’s hard to cast this character because he has to be big, lean, sexy, caring but scary and mean a the same time.   Having seen The Rock playing a gay guy in a previous movie I wavered on this one… but in the end, I think he’s our guy.  Yum.

 

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Ellen Albertini Dow as Grandma Mazur
Grandma Mazur is one of those old ladies who just doesn’t grow old.  She may spend all her spare time at viewings (wakes) but in her mind she’s still 19 years old and on the go!

I have never thought of Grandma Mazur without seeing the Rapping Granny from the Wedding Singer in my head.   She also played that drug toting old lady on Studio 64.   Perfect!

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Jason Mewes as Mooner
Sort of like with Ellen Albertini Dow automatically making me think of the crazy Grandma Mazur, Jason Mewes (or Jay from the Jay and Silent Bob movies) has always been in my mind when Mooner was in the story.

Stoner = Jason Mewes = Mooner.  It’s just the way it is!

 

There are a lot of supporting characters as well, like Stephanie’s parents and sister, her cousin Vinnie and a wide range of cops, but the above characters are the ones I hold most dear and make true mental images of in my mind.

Now, here’s hoping they actually make a movie of it someday.  I’d be curious to see if any of my picks make it in!

If you haven’t read this series yet, I seriously suggest you do.   I am on the 9th book now and they just keep getting better and better!

A warning though, make sure you get two because I guarantee when you finish the first one you’ll be dying to start the second!

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93 comments

  1. Renée Zellweger as stephanie

  2. Just found this b/c we were discussing this on another site because KATHERINE HEIGL has been cast as Stephanie – how HORRIBLE is that!

  3. Love Jeffrey Dean Morgan, but he’d be too old to play Morelli. Joe Flanigan, however, would be PERFECT!

  4. A younger Sandra Bullock would be my perfect Stephanie, but I read today that Katherine Hiegl has been signed to do the first movie. She is SO WRONG for the part. NOOOOOOOOOOOOO

  5. Great choices, I worry that Sandra is too old tho… I always wanted Britney Murphy as Stephanie.
    :(

  6. Marissa Tomaie has got to be Stephanie. I picked the same for Ranger and Lula. Love your picks for Grandma Mazur , Mooner and Morelli. When, oh when, will they make a movie or TV series.

  7. I like all the characters, only Joe Morelli seems a bit too old i think! :D

  8. I love this series!! I think the characters you have in mind to play Stephanie, ranger…ect…are right on!! I hope they come out with a movie as well!

  9. Nancy…what makes you say Johnny Depp would be a good Ranger? Are you nuts? LOL Ranger is Cuban-American, buff, hot, and dangerously sexy. I’m sorry, but Johnny is only ONE of those things…hot. David Bautista….now THAT’S Ranger. Yum!

    • I don’t see Johnny Depp as Ranger either, he’s hot as helllllll but he’s not what Ranger is meant to be. I also don’t think David Bautista is a good fit either. He’s TOO big, it’s almost the opposite problem of Johnny Depp where he is too small, this guy is too big and brutish.

  10. I agree with almost everything everyone is saying, but I think the Rock would be a great Morelli and Johnny Depp would be a perfect Ranger!!

  11. I LOVE LOVE LOVE this series! I’m about to start book 12, can’t wait!!! I love your casting! I think it’s PERFECT. I totally see Queen L and Ellen! LOL! And The ROCK! OMG – Hello! I so wish ‘they’ would make this a series or movie….the books just go too fast!

  12. Sandra Bollock is too old now, sorry. Anne Hathaway is Stephanie. Dewayne Johnson is Ranger, no other choice there. There are several guys who could play Morelli – I love Antonio Sabato!!!!

  13. i agree on all except for morelli. possibly a cross of David Borenanaz (he looks way too tough, but he is the steal your virginity as a teenager type of looking guy) and Eric bana (he’s …. soft by himself). Now, where to find this cross of two?
    oh and Ranger, Stephanie, Lula and Granny ARE PERFECT! Granny is my favorite character (lol cos she still thinks she’s able to do anything that Stephanie can. And what she thinks of Stephanie’s job from what she watches on crime shows XD)

  14. My friend and I think Sherri Shepherd, the comedian (also on The View) would be a great Lula! No to Antonio Banderas. These are characters in their early thirties, not approaching 50. Ellen Dow is perfect for Gramma.

  15. I love all of these books. I have read them all in a month and a half and I am having withdrawls waiting on book 16 to come out!! If you are looking for a good laught these are right for you… I think all the actors you have picked out up top would be PERFECT!!!!!!!!!!

  16. sandra bullock seems too ancient to play this part. someone like susanna hoffs when she was younger. too bad betty white is so ancient also. she would be a gret grandma. the rock is too big to be ranger. i have seen a character actor who is about 5’ft 10 to 6′. longer, really shiny black hair in a pony tail and muscular build. cannot think of his name. red from 70’s show is too vocal. father is quiet. debbie mazur would be good for connie and i agree with moni’que. she would be a laugh
    .-= plumreader´s last blog ..Clinton’s Odd Idea For Gore in 2000 =-.

  17. Book 15
    Fun read as usual, but it gets a bit boring with too much of the same thing.

    I coulnd’t stop laughing over the stapler issue. It was just too funny to me. I have not heard anyone else mention that scene. I nearly peed my pants and had tears in my eyes!!!

    I hope Janet will heat it up a bit between Stephanie and Ranger in 16. She’s kept

  18. adam rodrigues as ranger, david borenaz as morelli and melissa joan hart as stephanie. i dont know her name but she is in glee the singer as lulu. lets give some unknowns a chance to make it big . not that they are not good already but they are on tv. they are good at what they do on tv.

  19. I’m a new fan and just completed 16 Plum books. I’m hooked. How much fun to discover these characters. For two weeks I had the best entertainment! What do I do with myself now until #16 is available?

    Just watched Sandra Bullock in Miss Congeniality 2 this morning and had visions of her as Stephanie. It was a riot. No one else could be her. But if they wait to much longer she’ll be too old. She still looks hot and she must be 40 now.

    I say NO on the Rock, but Hubba Hubba for Antonio Banderas as Ranger! And he’s up in age too! Has anyone had a vision of Danny Divito as Vinnie? It cracks me up when I think of it. :)

  20. Benjamin Bratt would be a great Morelli. Bullock and him have great screen chemistry. I can’t picture anyone but Dwayne Johnson playing Ranger. I think Tank needs to be someone a bit younger than Michael Clark Duncan. Betty White would be a perfect Grandma because she loves to shock us with hear ability to rip out the cursing. Can’t help but laugh at her.

  21. Stephanie plum should be Jennifer Aniston with a perm on speed

    sandra bullock is to docile and characterless

  22. That is SO hilarious! I’ve been discussing this same thing with my girlfriends and we came up all of the same characters except for Morelli. Although Jeffrey Dean Morgan would be good. We had Morelli played by Carlos Bernard. (Tony from ’24’) Everyone else is the exact same though! Great job!

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