Things are about to get risqué at the San Pedro Playhouse, as the theater is putting on a production of “The Full Monty.” The show, which runs Fridays-Sundays from Jan. 25-March 2, tells the story of six overweight, out-of-shape steel workers from Buffalo, N.Y. When they get laid off and when their wives come home raving about a recent Chippendales show, the six guys band together to take it all off for their own strip show. The musical was originally a 1997 Oscar-winning film set in Britain, which got us to thinking. If “The Full Monty” were remade as a movie today in an Americanized version, which burly celebrities would make up the cast? Here are the six guys we would pick.

ALEC BALDWIN

CREDENTIALS: Academy Award-nominated actor ..... six-time Golden Globe nominee and winner in 2007 ..... Has definitely packed on a few pounds since his studlier days (aka 1985-1998).
UNDERSTUDY: Daniel Baldwin

GARY BUSEY

CREDENTIALS: Oscar nominee in 1979 ..... went from playing hard-bodied badasses (“Lethal Weapon”) to soft-bodied crazies (guest spot on “Entourage”) ..... Did a season of VH1's “Celebrity Fit Club.”
UNDERSTUDY: Nick Nolte

KEVIN JAMES

CREDENTIALS: As evidenced by turns on “The King of Queens,” “Hitch” and “I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry,” James has made a living out of playing the jolly fat guy.
UNDERSTUDY: Drew Carey

VINCENT PASTORE

CREDENTIALS: A former participant on “Celebrity Fit Club” ..... Rose to fame as a heavy-set Italian mobster named Big Pussy on hit show “The Sopranos.”
UNDERSTUDY: Joseph R. Gannascoli (Vito from “The Sopranos”)

WADE PHILLIPS

CREDENTIALS: Has served as coach of five different NFL franchises, including his current stint with the Dallas Cowboys ..... With his gray hair and portly midsection, Phillips is a dead ringer for Santa Claus, if Saint Nick decided to clean himself up a  bit.
UNDERSTUDY: Philadelphia Eagles coach Andy Reid

JOHN TRAVOLTA

CREDENTIALS: Has gone from playing svelte studs (“Saturday Night Fever,” “Urban Cowboy”) to soft, middle-aged suburbanites (“Wild Hogs,” “Domestic Disturbance”) ..... Donned a fat suit to play an obese woman in 2007's “Hairspray.”
UNDERSTUDY: Tom Hanks
 
Clint Hale | 210SA