Fan Casting Will Smith as Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding in The Shawshank Redemption (2024)

hc123456789 made this fan casting suggestion on March 11, 2023. What do you think? See below to cast your vote, or click here to see all fan casting suggestions for this role.

Will Smith as Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding in The Shawshank Redemption (2024)

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The Shawshank Redemption (2024)

The Shawshank Redemption (2024)

Fear Can Hold You Prisoner. Hope Can Set You Free
by Frank Darabont
Framed in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an am...
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Will Smith is known for his roles in I Am Legend, Suicide Squad, and Men in Black. He has been suggested by fans for 9,506 roles on myCast, including Worst DC Fan-casting in Best & Worst Comic Book Castings. Similar actors include Jamie Foxx, Idris Elba, and Anthony Mackie. Will Smith was suggested to play Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding in The Shawshank Redemption (2024) by hc123456789. Other actors sugggested to play this role include Jamie Foxx, Denzel Washington, and Mahershala Ali. The Shawshank Redemption (2024) has 8 roles, including Andy Dufresne, Warden Norton, and Captain Byron Hadley.