Bad news, nostalgists: the Dirty Dancing reboot is happening. Worse, it doesn’t even matter who Lionsgate casts in the lead roles (provided they can, y’know, dance) as the brand itself will sell the movie — which you will likely see whether you want to or not. (For reference to this phenomenon, see Kenny Wormald and Julianne Hough in the lead Footloose remake roles.) Still! Rather than curl up into a ball and listen to “(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life” on repeat for the next week to mourn the latest attempt by Hollywood to scorch the earth of your childhood, why not embrace the reboot and help Movieline cast this sucker? Ahead, some casting suggestions for Dirty Dancing.
Glee has no shortage of Jennifer Grey replacements — see also Lea Michele, Naya Rivera and Heather Morris — but Agron feels like the right combination of attitude, ability, naïveté and strong-will. Plus, of all the female cast members on Glee not named Amber Riley, she’s the biggest mystery: Michele, Rivera and Morris have all been stretched to the limit on Ryan Murphy’s Fox series; Agron still feels like a relative newcomer to the audience, but with the added cache of being on a hit series and recognizable to millions. Assuming Lionsgate doesn’t cast an actual unknown in this role — a real possibility — Agron is the next best thing.
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