The most common fan casting for Columbo 2.0 is Mark Ruffalo, who definitely strikes a similarly disheveled figure as Peter Falk, and could easily pull off the character’s ingratiating inquisitiveness. But here’s a pretty fun idea: What about Natasha Lyonne, the star of Orange Is the New Black and her own Netflix series, Russian Doll?
But filmmaker Edgar Wright suggested a pretty elegant compromise, just in case Ruffalo isn’t ready to let Natasha Lyonne take the Columbo mantle entirely.
Falk played Columbo through it all, but he passed away in 2011.
Lyonne has the accent, the attitude, and would wear the hell out of a beige overcoat.