if the Catcher in the Rye were to be made into a movie, which actor should play Holden?

Question

i was thinking maybe tobey maguire, jake gyllenhaal, or ryan phillippe but I need more choices. It's really imporatant. Please help.

Answer 1

Edward Norton. He can have the tough bad guy look and the gentle hurt-inside guy look both very convincingly as Holden would be.

Answer 2

I think Jake Gyllenhaal would also be a good choice as well as Ryan Gosling. I know Holden is a young guy. Both of these guys are still in their twenties and if they have the right hair, make-up and wardrobe they can look much younger.

Answer 3

That's kind of a pointless question. Catcher in the Rye won't be made into a movie because J.D. Salinger refuses to sell the rights of the book to a screenwriter. He thinks it would be betraying Holden.
But because you asked, all of the actors you've chosen are going to look too old. Holden is a teenager in the book. You need to aim for someone younger.

Answer 4

Well remember Holden is really young so someone young and fairly unknown. The only known actor I could picture is that main guy from the OC. Ohh, or Mucalay Culkin! Actually that I could really see and he is a good enough actor.

Answer 5

Mark David Chapman

Answer 6

There is no young actor with the pyschological depth and intelligence that Holdn has.
The part is unplayable, just as making a film of the book wouldn't work.

Answer 7

The son from Little Miss Sunshine

Answer 8

I think Leonardo di Caprio would be a good choice. He still looks young enough to pull it off.

Answer 9

no, no, no, it has to be someone that is both smart, yet, interestingly psycho. and still alive. So..i think you should go with a younger version of Mel Gibson, that blonde long-haired dude from Clerks, or Tim Roth (look him up), or adam sandler.

Answer 10

How about that guy from heroes -- he played in Rocky Balboa as Stallone's son. The name escapes me.