--- title: Watch Stars Audition for Gender-Swapped Gone with the Wind description: The final dialogue of 1939's Gone with the Wind is widely considered to be one of the most iconic movie scenes of all time. canonical: https://time.com/4180943/gender-swapped-gone-with-the-wind-amy-schumer-bryan-cranston/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-14T18:11:29.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:28:49.466Z og:title: Watch Amy Schumer and Bradley Cooper 'Audition' for Gone with the Wind og:description: Frankly, my dear...this video is amazing og:url: https://time.com/4180943/gender-swapped-gone-with-the-wind-amy-schumer-bryan-cranston/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Amy Schumer and Bradley Cooper 'Audition' for Gone with the Wind twitter:description: Frankly, my dear...this video is amazing twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Amy Schumer Audition for Rhett Butler In Gender-Swapped _Gone with the Wind_ > Sponsored content. 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The heart-wrenching moment when Rhett Butler, played by Clark Gable, turns to Scarlett O’Hara, played by Vivien Leigh, and delivers his famous parting line is what comes to mind for many when the Best Picture winner is mentioned. But what if the roles were reversed? **Read More:** [What Is It About _Gone With the Wind_ That Still Enchants Us?](http://time.com/3631977/life-gone-with-the-wind-excerpt/) _W_ Magazine recently enlisted 29 [awards-season contenders](http://time.com/4178963/oscar-nominations-2016/) to re-create the memorable exchange, but with a twist: the parts were gender-swapped. Actors such as Bryan Cranston, Eddie Redmayne, Bradley Cooper and Samuel L. Jackson delivered their best, “If you go, where shall I go? What shall I do?,” while actresses including [Amy Schumer](http://time.com/4178880/amy-schumer-ronda-rousey-hanging-out-picture/), Cate Blanchett, Kristen Wiig and Brie Larson followed up with the renowned rebuttal, “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.” See all of the different takes on the legendary phrases above. 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