You can say that Chaplin reimagined his cane as a cue stick.
reimagine
To imagine again or anew especially : to form a new conception of : RE-CREATE m-w
Reinterpret (an event, work of art, etc.) imaginatively.
I questioned how the goddess symbolism might constitute a cultural resource for religious women wanting to reimagine gender relations. Lexico
This is the lonest set piece, or routine, Chaplin has injected into one of his films so far, and it's and exemplary one, examining at great length that most essential aspect of his art: the impulse to reimagine the universe, the absurd but wildly ingenious compulsion on the part of the Tramp, of Chaplin, to change the meaning of objects, to invent new meanings. Kyp Harness; The Art of Charlie Chaplin