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While El Cantante has [Sí] Entertainment's seal of approval there are some actors that would have made the film better. If we had a hand in casting the film, Marc would have had more drug binges than Scarface and Jennifer would have just been a groupie. Hence, we’re stuck writing this article and wondering what if?

Hector Lavoe (Marc Anthony): This role is tailor-made for Marc Anthony. Great vocal pipes? Check. Boricua? Check. Debilitating drug habit? Errr…we cannot confirm or deny. All we know is that he is so skinny he uses a Fruit Loop as a hoola-hoop. Check. Jealous tirades against his wife? Check. Once Marc threw on those shades, La Voz’s spirit took over and their lives were intertwined forever.

Puchi (Jennifer Lopez): We all think we know the main reason J.Lo was cast: she’s Marc’s wife. Negative! She’s the film’s producer. Now If Rosie Perez were a tad younger she would have made a perfect Puchi. “Puuuuchhii!!!!!” Imagine the way this classic bori from the block would have said it. Whatever she does her accent ain’t going anywhere and it would have been more authentic coming from Rosie, who hasn’t had a hit film in years unlike Ms. Producer.

Willie Colon (John Ortiz): Maybe he’s too tall, but Benjamin Bratt would’ve been a great pana for Marc. We know he can play an artsy Latino from his Piñero days so why not give him a shot as El Malo? Imagine Bratt and Marc snorting some lines off of a groupie’s butt cheek. Classic.

Johnny Pacheco (Nelson Vasquez): We know Edward James Olmos is not Boricua, but J.Lo wasn’t Mexican and she still rode “Selena” to stardom. How do you have a mainly Latino-cast film and not have Eddie J? Isn’t it a contractual obligation that if you have more than six Latinos in a film, he gets a spot? Whatever the case, Eddie played DR’s Rafael Trujillo in the film In The Time of The Butterflies, Pacheco would have been a piece of cake.

Jerry Marsucci (Federico Castelluccio) James Gandolfini. Imagine Tony Soprano raping a bunch of Puerto Rican kids out of their royalties. It writes itself. If they didn’t sellout the venue--he don’t care. F*ck you, pay him. You say Hector snorted all his earnings--he don’t care. F*ck you, pay him. You say salsa is dying—f*ck you, pay him.