Saturday, March 5, 2011

The Perfect Dilbert Movie Live Action Cast

Like most people in IT or software development, two things are very close to my heart: Office Space, and Dilbert. While I think a sequel to Office Space is pretty improbable for the mid-term future, it looks like a live action Dilbert movie is in the works. I would like to submit my ideal cast for the pickings:











Dilbert: Drew Carey

If you read the strip and are familiar with the actor, this should be obvious. I'm not even going to address it.










Wally: Jason Alexander

I've seen Jason Alexander on broadway, and he is an amazing actor. Obviously most people know him from Seinfeld, or more recently from Jenny Craig commercials. Anyway, he's a spot-on match for the character's appearance, and I see no reason why he couldn't play the role of the lazy-but-brilliant engineer.










Pointy-Haired Boss: Zach Galifiankis

Probably the selection I'll get the most flak for, should anyone actually read this. Zach Galifiankis is absolutely perfect as the oblivious more-trouble-than-he's-worth boss. His acting skills are superb, and hey, he's even got the natural hair for the role.









Alice Isla Fisher

Another likely-controversial pick. Isla Fisher played "that crazy chick" in Wedding Crashers. For those not as familiar with the strip, Alice is a brilliant engineer who never gets credit she deserves, and can rage like nobody's business. I think Fisher is plenty capable of the role. And please, don't imitate the hairstyle.










Asok Dileep Rao

Dileep Rao was in two fantastic movies of 2010 recently, but due to his weight loss you might not recognize him. He played one of the main scientists in Avatar, and a central role in Inception as the "chemist". He may not perfectly fit the role of the "young intern" but I think he can nail the role of being the one guy at the office actually trying to get his work done.










Dogbert & Catbert Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter

I honestly think that instead of making the same horrible mistake as Garfield, Dogbert and Catbert need to be a near complete departure from their comic strip form. Contrary to the strip, these characters should have zero real interaction with the live actors in the movie, and be figments of Dilbert's imagination that plague him like the cliche good/bad consciences. That being said, since Dilbert is an engineer, his consciences are obviously going to be very, very intelligent. I can think of nobody more perfect to fill such a role than the two world champions of Jeopardy.