Cast
- Kathleen Turner as Beverly Sutphin
- Sam Waterston as Eugene Sutphin
- Ricki Lake as Misty Sutphin
- Matthew Lillard as Chip Sutphin
- Scott Wesley Morgan as Detective Pike
- Walt MacPherson as Detective Gracey
- Patricia Dunnock as Birdie
- Mink Stole as Dottie Hinkle
- Mary Jo Catlett as Rosemary Ackerman
- Justin Whalin as Scotty Barnhill
- Beau James as Timothy Nazlerod
- Traci Lords as Carl's Date
- Tim Caggiano as Marvin A. Pickles
- Jeff Mandon as Howell Hawkins
- Kim Swann as Luann Hodges
- Suzanne Somers as herself
- Joan Rivers as herself
- L7 as Camel Lips
- Bess Armstrong (uncredited) as Eugene Sutphin's dental secretary.
- Kathy Bates (uncredited) as a woman outside courthouse.
- John Waters (uncredited) as voice of Ted Bundy.
During the pre-film casting discussions, Waters suggested other actresses for the role of Beverly including Meryl Streep, Kathy Bates and Glenn Close, before ultimately choosing Turner.
Read more about this topic: Serial Mom
Famous quotes containing the word cast:
“‘Tis weak and vicious people who cast the blame on Fate. The right use of Fate is to bring up our conduct to the loftiness of nature.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“There is ... but one response possible from us: Force, Force to the uttermost, Force without stint or limit, the righteous and triumphant Force which shall make Right the law of the world and cast every selfish dominion down in the dust.”
—Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924)
“we cast the vessel ashore
On the Gulliby Isles where the Pooh-pooh smiles,
And the Rumbletum bunders roar.”
—Charles Edward Carryl (1841–1920)