Fancast for EVIL DEAD: the Musical (the Movie!)
Seeing as various other movies have gone through the "Movie -> Stage Musical -> Movie Musical" pipeline, why not The Evil Dead?
Following is a description of why I've picked who I've picked. It's very long-winded. I apologize in advance.
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ASH WILLIAMS - Dan Avidan
(Game Grumps, Ninja Sex Party)
In addition to having a non-weak chin, as the lead singer of Ninja Sex Party, “Danny Sexbang” is constantly affecting masculine swagger to mask how much of a pathetic loser he is… Plus, he’s got a great singing voice. He’s able to both satisfy the requirements of being Ash, as well as be able to make the role his own.
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CHERYL WILLIAMS - Angela Giarratana
(Smosh, Nerdy Prudes Must Die)
As a regular fixture in Team StarKid’s absurdist musicals and a force for chaos in Smosh sketches, if there’s a mantra for Angela’s style of comedy, it’s “the more deranged, the better.” Brassy and hyper, she can command attention like a truck engine in a library. It wouldn’t be a question of if she’ll chew the scenery, but how much would be left when she’s done.
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LINDA - Caitlin Reilly
(DropoutTV, Hacks, Dead Boy Detectives)
With the face of a Pixar sweetheart and the cadence of a classic ingenue, Caitlin is a seasoned pro at skewering ALL of those Stock Girlfriend clichés. She’d be patronizingly sweet as the “perfect girl,” and could play a conniving, shrieking harpy with ease. In fact, “Wounded Gazelle Gambits,” in particular, are her specialty!
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SCOTT - Tom Cardy
(Comedy Musician, Critical Role guest star)
With his droll singing delivery and witty lyricism, this snarky Australian should have no problems portraying Scott’s sleazy belligerence while still retaining the smallest amount of charm. Plus the vacant faces he often makes are funny.
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SHELLY - Stephanie Beatriz
(Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Encanto)
As a veteran of both TV sitcoms and musical theater, Stephanie Beatriz can handle anything this show might throw at her, and due to how effortlessly caustic she can be, there’s always something delightful about her playing a bubbly ditz. Normally the same performer who plays Shelly pulls double duty as Annie Knowby, which causes Shelly drop from the story entirely (in spite of her never being disposed of properly), but here, the role could be modified so that Shelly keeps randomly popping up as a “peak-a-boo” deadite throughout the story (sort of like the role Ash’s hand plays in ED2, and only somewhat plays in this play), and she’d join in the all-deadite dance in the end (providing more opportunities to shove Ed to the side and still shortchange his chance at the spotlight, seeing as she’d just take over his singing role).
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ANNIE KNOWBY - Vic Michaelis
(Very Important People, Ponies)
When it comes to playing someone who is seemingly well-composed, but is secretly hiding a hot mess of a dark history, you couldn’t ask for a better Type-A personality than the all-singing, all-dancing host of Very Important People, an improv show where Vic Michaelis interviews comedians who have just been buried under prosthetics and have to make up a character to match on the spot. Similarly, every episode reveals that “Vehicular” (as they’re nicknamed by the fans) is hiding some sordid secrets of their own in their past. Plus, with all the punishment they take in their hosting gig, they'd handle being blasted with a metric ton of blood just fine.
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JAKE - Brennan Lee Mulligan
(Dimension 20, Critical Role)
As a perennial DM in just about any tabletop RPG setting, Mr. Mulligan knows what skills it takes to make an NPC character memorable and to-the-point, and with Jake easily being the most “character actor”-coded role in the musical, he’d give it the right amount chutzpah. Plus, with his knack for expressing some truly strung-out, demented facial expressions, the most reactive character will always have a chance to give audiences a chuckle.
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ED / EVIL ED - Ross Bryant
(Make Some Noise, The Good Place)
A consummate scene-stealer with a wry Shakespearean streak, Ross Bryant would make a meal out of the constantly-overshadowed, always-talked over, small-part human who becomes a bit-part demon. Every time he’s cut off or shoved out of frame would give Bryant just one more chance to play up a laugh (plus, he’s got a great singing voice for his one solo musical number).
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KANDARIAN DEMON MOOSE - Brian David Gilbert
(Unraveled, Dimension 20)
Possibly the most unabashedly enthusiastic nerd in pop culture since “Weird” Al Yankovic, BDG’s eager energy is perfect for the zany, hand-biting, wall-mounted demon moose. Plus, with his distinct voice still being unassuming, it gives an opportunity for those in the know to be like “Wait. Was that Brian David Gilbert?”
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PROFESSOR KNOWBY - Matt Berry
(Garth Merengi’s Darkplace, What We Do in the Shadows)
With the dulce-y-et toñes of a hon-ay-ed voic-ed God, hearing Matt Berry as the voice on the pandemonium-causing audio tape would be a delightful surprise. I mean, he’s Jackie Daytona, regular human bartender. What’s not to love?