As Kevin Smith revisits one of his most controversial titles for a long-overdue sequel, the View Askewniverse creator has some ideas for new faces he’d like to cast.

Following Dogma (1999) star Alan Rickman ‘s death at age 69 in 2016, Smith recounted a “crossover moment” he experienced with the late actor, which gave him the idea of who should portray his angel character Metatron.

“I want to write it for Helen Mirren . She is incredibly Alan-adjacent,” Smith explained on the SlashFilm podcast. “She’s not playing Metatron, but she plays this movie’s version of Metatron.”

Noting he met Mirren “years ago” through Rickman, Smith explained that it’s a kismet choice. “When I was thinking, ‘Well, I don’t have Alan,’ at one point I was like, ‘Well, Adam Driver looks like a young

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