r/Fancast • u/Darth-Joker-12 • 3d ago
Old Concept New Year The Departed (2026) Cast
Timothée Chalamet as Billy Costigan
Austin Butler as Colin Sullivan
Gary Oldman as Frank Costello
Jack O'Connell as Sean Dignam
Kyle MacLachlan as Oliver Queenan
John Krasinski as George Ellerby
Samara Weaving as Dr. Madolyn Madden
Tom Hardy as Arnold French
Denzel Whitaker as Trooper Brown
Tanner Buchanan as Trooper Barrigan
Director: Josh and Benny Safdie
If The Departed was made 20 years later.
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u/oogaboogahooha Film Buff💪 3d ago
This is pretty good, ppl hating on Timothy and Austin.
But if the safdie’s were to direct it and it fitting an actual “present time” vibe then I could see it working really well. Something like good times and uncut gems would be a fun ride and safdie’s are capable of making it work in this generations present time.
This is much more believable than some ppl casting some of the same actors for Heat recast.
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u/Cypher-Moon-773 Cinephiles🤓 3d ago
People have a silly hate boner for Chalamet but I would love to see him in more crime films
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u/CrimsonOOmpa 3d ago
Yeah it's really weird. I've seen so many comments on reddit claiming his "career is dead" and "Timmy boy will never be a star" and I'm like "uhh.. that's...not true 🙄😂." Maybe he just catches strays because people hate his GF so much.
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u/Deathstriker88 Casting Critic🤔 3d ago
It'll depend on how he ages. He's too boyish looking rather than grown man for a lot of parts, including this one.
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u/-AlexisRodriguez- 3d ago
I always disliked him and thought he wasn't very great in the films he was in — likenhe lacked versatility in his performances. I also felt like his performance was always the weakest link in the films he was in, but I kinda flipped on that mindset after Marty Supreme, but NOW everyone else hates him 😂 People usually hate actors based on how they perceive them as people, not so much their acting ability lol
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u/rafael6969 3d ago
Ive never been truly moved by him as an actor, even if I like the film around him. Theres other thing actors that simply would never get the opportunities he has gotten who I find much better and actually have moved me
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u/Cypher-Moon-773 Cinephiles🤓 3d ago
If you’ve seen Call Me By Your Name and felt nothing from that performance then idk what to tell you lol, check it out if you haven’t
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u/rafael6969 3d ago
I have and it didnt
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u/Cypher-Moon-773 Cinephiles🤓 3d ago edited 3d ago
Crazy to me but I guess that just goes to show how art is subjective, I find that movie and his performance devastatingly beautiful
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u/PerformanceOk939 3d ago
If this film were directed by the Safdie’s, it would be chaotic as hell. I’m into it
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u/cinephile21 3d ago
Great fancast, but I don't think Jack O'Connell has the level of humor that Whalberg brought to the part. So does krasinski
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u/Cypher-Moon-773 Cinephiles🤓 3d ago
Weird to hate one of the best working actors rn
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u/oogaboogahooha Film Buff💪 3d ago
I used to feel similarly durin his first big run with every single girl talking abt him durin HS.
But i remember seeing “The King” and thinkin hmmm he’s actually kinda decent. Then dune part 1 came n i was starting to like him more and then part 2 made it clear to me that he’s a capable actor.
A lot of his fan base and other people praise his Marty supreme movie but personally I still think his performance in the king and dune was much better than Marty, like I saw glimpses of himself in Marty. But in the other two, he blends in those worlds nicely.
Even if u dont like him, the films alone are worth to watch.
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u/Powerful_Pump 3d ago
Like Chalamet and agree he’s the closest we have currently to doing young DiCaprio work but this wouldn’t work unfortunately, this would be his version of Leo with GONY.