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OT: HEATH Replaces COLIN
rtprod:
This is good news for Heath (and us), but sad for Colin, one of my personal favorites and very underrated.
Dylan Biopic
Thursday, May 04, 2006
By Roger Friedman
Colin Out, Heath In For Bob Dylan Film
Here’s the big word from the world of film: Colin Farrell is supposedly out and “Brokeback Mountain” star Heath Ledger is in for the Bob Dylan biopic getting ready to shoot this summer called “I’m Not There.”
I am told that director Todd Haynes, of “Far from Heaven” fame, was forced to change lead actors at the last minute. The reason for Farrell’s departure is unknown, but what is known is that he’s been in rehab already this year.
Neither actor was actually going to play Bob Dylan alone in Haynes’s imaginative script. Indeed, the screenplay calls for six different people to play the legendary singer-songwriter, including Cate Blanchett, Richard Gere and Christian Bale.
Julianne Moore, also in the film, is set to play another role (not Dylan), sources tell me.
The fact that John Lennon was recently represented by six actors in a failed Broadway musical is of no consequence to Haynes and company. “We had the idea first,” an insider told me.
The script also calls for the use of more than a dozen Dylan songs, which will be chosen by Haynes from the songwriters’ huge catalogue. Dylan is said to be so enthusiastic about the project that he’s given up his half of the publishing income to make the budget work. The other half is owned by Sony/ATV Music Publishing, and they’re not giving up anything. After all, some of it will go toward paying Michael Jackson’s debt.
And don’t worry; the songs will not be sung by the actors. Many well-known acts like The White Stripes and Aimee Mann will get a shot at re-interpreting Dylan’s work.
MaineWriter:
Well, so much for taking a year off to stay with the baby. I guess he has some bills to pay or the lure of the grease paint is just too strong.
I got a laugh from the article that follows the Dylan/Heath one about dopey Tom Cruise. How about this quote:
"Then Cruise pulled director J.J. Abrams into the interview and things lightened up: Cruise is like tofu in a way. He takes on the personality of whoever is around him. In an instant, he became Abrams."
rt: ya took the link out. Here it is again:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,194199,00.html
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j.U.d.E.:
Oh! I like Colin. But Heath is just fine too! ;D
--- Quote ---This is good news for Heath (and us), but sad for Colin, one of my personal favorites and very underrated.
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Yes, I agree.
--- Quote ---The reason for Farrell’s departure is unknown, but what is known is that he’s been in rehab already this year.
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What?
--- Quote ---Indeed, the screenplay calls for six different people to play the legendary singer-songwriter.
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Really? Odd.
--- Quote ---Dylan is said to be so enthusiastic about the project that he’s given up his half of the publishing income to make the budget work.
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He's hoping for a "Walk The Lane" success, I guess.
--- Quote ---The other half is owned by Sony/ATV Music Publishing, and they’re not giving up anything. After all, some of it will go toward paying Michael Jackson’s debt.
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I don't get that..
Still, I'd go see it.
~ j U d E
nakymaton:
Ok. I want to know the story behind Cate Blanchett playing Bob Dylan. Yes, she's capable of playing people she doesn't resemble at all (like Katherine Hepburn), but, ummmm, Bob Dylan?
rtprod:
I'm sure the Cate Blanchett thing will be her playing some dimension of his personality or variation on a segment of his life, but not him in the literal sense.
Though I agree she could do it even if it were literal, as she is the most accomplished actress of her generation and the heir apparent to Meryl Streep, if anyone would look at and listen to her inredibly varied body of work, looks, accents, manners and etc. She is the real deal, the only chameleon amongst her peers and versatile bar none.
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