Hmmmm... well so long as we're talking *dream* cast, i.e., pretending for the moment they were all alive and the right ages for their respective roles ;)

Dagny Taggart - Ingrid Bergmann
Hank Rearden - John Wayne
John Galt - Charlton Heston
Francisco d'Anconia - Dean Martin
Ragnar Danneskjold - Malcolm McDowell
Ellis Wyatt - Humphrey Bogart
Hugh Akston - Sean Connery
Cuffy Meigs - Dennis Hopper
Kay Ludlow - Joi Lansing

if you are trying to find humor let me help:
Dagny Taggart - Jennifer Aniston
Henry Reardon - Daniel Craig
John Galt - Ron Paul
Francisco D'anconia - Antonio Banderas
Ragnar - Tom Cruise
Eddie Willers - Allen West

This is funny because I was wondering why they changed the characters. Was a sequel planned? obviously.

So what gives??????

Francisco D'Anconia - Johnny Depp
Hank Reardon - Russel Crow
Ragnar Danneskhold - Daniel Craig

Dagny Taggart: Jodie Foster
Hank Rearden: Jason Beghe (again)
Francisco D'Anconia: Esai Morales (again)
John Galt: Ray Fiennes (although Jim Caviezel would be equally as good)
Ragnar Danneskjold: Jim Caviezel
Ellis Wyatt: Graham Beckel (again)
Hugh Akston: Alan Rickman
Eddie Willers: Terrence Howard
Kay Ludlow: Claire Forlani

You know, Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt were attached to an earlier attempt to make the movie and I think they were backers in it. And they were going to play the roles of Dagny & Galt.

I would like to see this cast (Though I VERY much liked the cast in 2 and am torn between who was the best Rearden. Grant Bowler was fantastic as well as Jason Beihg.)