Cast Away Rewound and Recast

Greetings readers!

David has asked me to recast Cast Away. This has been a great challenge for me since the whole movie is basically one actor. So going into this I was thinking who would lots of people want to watch for an entire movie? What I've come up with is that I would make the stranded character a woman and cast Angelina Jolie or leave it as a man and cast Johnny Depp. I would also cast Spalding as a basketball instead of Wilson the volleyball. It's been a while since I've seen the movie but this is my initial instinct.

Let me know what you think and who you would cast!