Scooby-Doo: Origins Cast Revealed — Is This Who Fans Wanted to Play Mystery Inc.?
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As reported by GamesRadar+, Netflix's live-action Scooby-Doo: Origins has officially begun filming, and the streamer dropped a first-look image showing the young cast assembled as the iconic Mystery Inc. gang.
Why This Is a Big Deal for the Fancasting Community
A live-action Scooby-Doo origin story is exactly the kind of project that sends the fancasting world into overdrive. We're talking about one of the most beloved animated properties of all time — characters so deeply embedded in pop culture that practically every fan has a strong opinion about who should play Fred, Daphne, Velma, and Shaggy in live action. The 2002 and 2004 films with Freddie Prinze Jr. and Sarah Michelle Gellar set a particular benchmark, and any new take is going to be measured against that nostalgia. An origins framing adds another layer: these need to feel like younger, fresher versions of characters audiences already love, which makes the casting calculus even more interesting.
With Netflix leaning into a younger ensemble — think teen drama energy meets monster-of-the-week mystery — the question on every fan's mind is whether the actual casting matches the dream roster the internet has been quietly assembling for years.
What myCast Fans Have Been Saying
The myCast community has been building out their ideal Mystery Inc. rosters across multiple fan stories, and the picks are genuinely fascinating. Over on the Scooby-Doo story — the most expansive with 69 roles mapped out — fans have tapped Stranger Things breakout Dacre Montgomery as their Fred Jones, a choice that makes a lot of intuitive sense: Montgomery has the square-jawed all-American energy Fred demands, plus enough dramatic chops to make the role feel grounded. Sadie Sink is the community's pick for Daphne Blake, which is inspired casting — she brings both the elegance and the toughness that modern Daphne needs to be more than just the fashionable one. For Velma, fans went with Auliʻi Cravalho, a pick that feels fresh and earned given her ability to project warmth and intelligence simultaneously. Noah Jupe rounds out the core gang as Shaggy — an interesting left-field choice that leans into the character's anxious, slightly neurotic energy rather than just casting for physical comedy.
Over on the second Scooby-Doo fan story, the community took a different direction for Fred, nominating Sex Education and Red White & Royal Blue star Danny Griffin, while Abigail Cowen — beloved by fans of Fate: The Winx Saga — emerged as an alternative Daphne pick. Both stories agree on one thing: Frank Welker should voice Scooby-Doo, which, honestly, is the one casting call that should be non-negotiable regardless of what Netflix does with the rest of the ensemble. A third Scooby-Doo story on the platform puts Hailee Steinfeld forward for Velma — under the alternate spelling "Vera Dinkley" — and that's a pick that would have had the internet in absolute shambles if it had happened.
Does Netflix's Actual Cast Hold Up?
The through-line in all three myCast stories is a preference for actors who have already proven themselves in genre-adjacent or young-adult prestige projects — Sink and Montgomery from Stranger Things, Cowen from Winx, Jupe from A Quiet Place. Fans clearly want a cast with some credibility baked in, not unknowns riding on name recognition alone. Whether Netflix has threaded that needle is the central question, and the first-look image is going to fuel a lot of debate. What's undeniable is that the fancasting conversation around Mystery Inc. is nowhere near settled — and a fresh live-action origin story is only going to intensify it.
The Sadie Sink-as-Daphne fantasy, in particular, feels like the kind of casting that would break the internet if it were real. Someone at Netflix, please take notes.
Cast Your Vote on myCast
Think you know who should really be playing Fred, Daphne, Velma, and Shaggy? Head over to the Scooby-Doo fan cast on myCast, add your votes, and make your voice heard before this one wraps production.
