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I am probably going to make quite a few people hate me for this, but if there were ever any announcements of a live-action adaptation of RWBY, this would be my ideal cast. For most of the teenage leads, I tried going for actors in their early 20s to 30s who could easily pass off as teens, which admittedly limited my options to Disney & Nickelodeon sitcoms, Netflix shows like Stranger Things, and other assorted actors around that age range. And that's not even getting into my casting ideas for sequels!

Hailee Steinfeld (Pitch Perfect, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Bumblebee, Hawkeye) as Ruby Rose

Dove Cameron (Liv and Maddie, Descendants, Schmigadoon) as Weiss Schnee

Sadie Sink (Stranger Things, The Whale) as Blake Belladonna

Maya Hawke (Stranger Things, Little Women, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) as Yang Xiao Long

Billy Unger/William Brent (Lab Rats) as Jaune Arc

Dora Dolphin (The Really Loud House) as Nora Valkyrie

Emily Rudd (Fear Street, One Piece) as Pyrrha Nikos

Mackenyu (Rurouni Kenshin, Fullmetal Alchemist, Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, One Piece) as Lie Ren

Cillian Murphy (Batman Begins, Peaky Blinders, Inception, Dunkirk, Oppenheimer) as Ozpin

Margot Robbie (Suicide Squad, Birds of Prey, The Suicide Squad, The Wolf of Wall Street, Peter Rabbit, Barbie) as Glynda Goodwitch

Also Starring, but Not Pictured

Joaquin Phoenix (Joker, Parenthood, Brother Bear, Gladiator, Walk the Line, Her) as Qrow Branwen

Ben Affleck (Batman v Superman, Justice League, Good Will Hunting, Argo) as James Ironwood
Matt Smith (Doctor Who, The Crown, Morbius, House of the Dragon) as Bartholomew Oobleck
Nick Offerman (Parks and Recreation, Gravity Falls, The Great North, The Founder, The Lego Movie) as Peter Port

 Jenna Ortega (Wednesday, Stuck in the Middle) as Coco Adel
Brandon Mychal Smith (Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Sonny with a Chance) as Fox Alastair
Eden Sher (Star vs the Forces of Evil, The Middle) as Velvet Scarlatina
Ross Butler (K.C. Undercover, Shazam, Riverdale) as Yatsuhashi Daichi
David Castaneda (The Umbrella Academy, Jane the Virgin) as Sun Wukong
Spencer Boldman (Lab Rats) as Neptune Vasilias
Sabrina Carpenter (Girl Meets World, Milo Murphy's Law, The Hate U Give) as Penny Polendina

Dacre Montgomery (Power Rangers, Stranger Things, Elvis) as Roman Torchwick
Catherina Zeta-Jones (Wednesday, The Mark of Zorro, Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas) as Cinder Fall
Zendaya (Shake It Up, Spider-Man: Homecoming/Far From Home/No Way Home, Smallfoot, Dune) as Emerald Sustrai
Josh Peck (Drake and Josh, Ice Age, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012) as Mercury Black
Sofia Carson (Austin and Ally, Descendants, My Little Pony: The Next Generation) as Neopolitan
Ty Simpkins (Iron Man 3, Insidious, Jurassic World, The Whale) as Adam Taurus

Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow, Ghost in the Shell, The Horse Whisperer) as Salem (post-credits scene)
Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock, Doctor Strange, The Hobbit, Star Trek: Into Darkness) as Arthur Watts (post-credits scene)

 Riz Ahmed (Rogue One, Venom, Jason Bourne) as Tyrian Callows (post-credits scene)
Dave Bautista (Drax the Destroyer, Spectre, Blade Runner 2049, Dune) as Hazel Rainart (post-credits scene)

And featuring cameo appearances from Lindsay Jones, Kara Eberle, Arryn Zech, and Barbara Dunkelman as a team of Beacon alumni who I imagine appearing to each of their respective characters before they meet each other and give some helpful advice, as a way of passing the torch between the animated cast and the live-action.

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I am probably going to make quite a few people hate me for this, but if there were ever any announcements of a live-action adaptation of RWBY, this would be my ideal cast. For most of the teenage leads, I tried going for actors in their early 20s to 30s who could easily pass off as teens, which admittedly limited my options to Disney & Nickelodeon sitcoms, Netflix shows like Stranger Things, and other assorted actors around that age range. And that's not even getting into my casting ideas for sequels!

Hailee Steinfeld (Pitch Perfect, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Bumblebee, Hawkeye) as Ruby Rose

Dove Cameron (Liv and Maddie, Descendants, Schmigadoon) as Weiss Schnee

Sadie Sink (Stranger Things, The Whale) as Blake Belladonna

Maya Hawke (Stranger Things, Little Women, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) as Yang Xiao Long

Billy Unger/William Brent (Lab Rats) as Jaune Arc

Dora Dolphin (The Really Loud House) as Nora Valkyrie

Emily Rudd (Fear Street, One Piece) as Pyrrha Nikos

Mackenyu (Rurouni Kenshin, Fullmetal Alchemist, Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, One Piece) as Lie Ren

Cillian Murphy (Batman Begins, Peaky Blinders, Inception, Dunkirk, Oppenheimer) as Ozpin

Margot Robbie (Suicide Squad, Birds of Prey, The Suicide Squad, The Wolf of Wall Street, Peter Rabbit, Barbie) as Glynda Goodwitch

Also Starring, but Not Pictured

Joaquin Phoenix (Joker, Parenthood, Brother Bear, Gladiator, Walk the Line, Her) as Qrow Branwen

Ben Affleck (Batman v Superman, Justice League, Good Will Hunting, Argo) as James Ironwood
Matt Smith (Doctor Who, The Crown, Morbius, House of the Dragon) as Bartholomew Oobleck
Nick Offerman (Parks and Recreation, Gravity Falls, The Great North, The Founder, The Lego Movie) as Peter Port

 Jenna Ortega (Wednesday, Stuck in the Middle) as Coco Adel
Brandon Mychal Smith (Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Sonny with a Chance) as Fox Alastair
Eden Sher (Star vs the Forces of Evil, The Middle) as Velvet Scarlatina
Ross Butler (K.C. Undercover, Shazam, Riverdale) as Yatsuhashi Daichi
David Castaneda (The Umbrella Academy, Jane the Virgin) as Sun Wukong
Spencer Boldman (Lab Rats) as Neptune Vasilias
Sabrina Carpenter (Girl Meets World, Milo Murphy's Law, The Hate U Give) as Penny Polendina

Dacre Montgomery (Power Rangers, Stranger Things, Elvis) as Roman Torchwick
Catherina Zeta-Jones (Wednesday, The Mark of Zorro, Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas) as Cinder Fall
Zendaya (Shake It Up, Spider-Man: Homecoming/Far From Home/No Way Home, Smallfoot, Dune) as Emerald Sustrai
Josh Peck (Drake and Josh, Ice Age, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012) as Mercury Black
Sofia Carson (Austin and Ally, Descendants, My Little Pony: The Next Generation) as Neopolitan
Ty Simpkins (Iron Man 3, Insidious, Jurassic World, The Whale) as Adam Taurus

Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow, Ghost in the Shell, The Horse Whisperer) as Salem (post-credits scene)
Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock, Doctor Strange, The Hobbit, Star Trek: Into Darkness) as Arthur Watts (post-credits scene)

 Riz Ahmed (Rogue One, Venom, Jason Bourne) as Tyrian Callows (post-credits scene)
Dave Bautista (Drax the Destroyer, Spectre, Blade Runner 2049, Dune) as Hazel Rainart (post-credits scene)

And featuring cameo appearances from Lindsay Jones, Kara Eberle, Arryn Zech, and Barbara Dunkelman as a team of Beacon alumni who I imagine appearing to each of their respective characters before they meet each other and give some helpful advice, as a way of passing the torch between the animated cast and the live-action.

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