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Cancer, angels and demons, a Ewan McGregor update
Front-Ranger:
I'm looking forward to seeing I Love You Phillip Morris! Glad it's not about cigarettes!
About Angels and Demons, I loved the book (read it in Rome!) but I'm not excited about Tom Hanks as Robert Langdon. Call that sacreligious if you must. I actually see Robert as a Daniel Day-Lewis or maybe Hugh Jackman.
delalluvia:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on July 03, 2008, 09:16:51 pm ---I'm looking forward to seeing I Love You Phillip Morris! Glad it's not about cigarettes!
About Angels and Demons, I loved the book (read it in Rome!) but I'm not excited about Tom Hanks as Robert Langdon. Call that sacreligious if you must. I actually see Robert as a Daniel Day-Lewis or maybe Hugh Jackman.
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I haven't read the book yet. Am looking forward to it.
Agree completely with you.
I wasn't pleased at all with Hanks as casting choice. It was made for various obvious reasons - he wanted the role, he's buddies with the director, he's an Oscar winner and popular EveryMan of our generation and, most importantly, IMO, he gives off no sex appeal whatsoever. He's a neutral teddy bear. In the book, there was a sexual tension between the two characters and if you know who the female character turns out to be, you can see how some might have been squeamish about having lustful thoughts being bandied about the screen. Hence, the hiring of Mr. StaySoft Marshmallow Man.
I was thinking Hugh Jackman, Clive Owen, DD-Lewis, someone tall, dark and handsome. The book described Langdon as the "Indiana Jones" of cryptography.
And when I think of Indiana Jones, Tom Hanks immediately comes to mind. ::)
So I'm looking forward to seeing McGregor in the role. He can't help but be sexy. ;D
Kd5000:
Excuse me Delalluvia, I didn't see this thread you had already started on I LOVE PHILLIP MORRIS. I was talking to someone who worked on the film who told me the sex scenes will be racier then Brokeback Mountain. Couldn't give me more details. I wonder what were gonna see. :D I wonder what Carrey's frat boy fans are gonna think.
delalluvia:
The movie "I love you Phillip Morris" is due out in March 2009.
oilgun:
--- Quote from: delalluvia on July 10, 2008, 08:06:34 pm ---I haven't read the book yet. Am looking forward to it.
Agree completely with you.
I wasn't pleased at all with Hanks as casting choice. It was made for various obvious reasons - he wanted the role, he's buddies with the director, he's an Oscar winner and popular EveryMan of our generation and, most importantly, IMO, he gives off no sex appeal whatsoever. He's a neutral teddy bear. In the book, there was a sexual tension between the two characters and if you know who the female character turns out to be, you can see how some might have been squeamish about having lustful thoughts being bandied about the screen. Hence, the hiring of Mr. StaySoft Marshmallow Man.
I was thinking Hugh Jackman, Clive Owen, DD-Lewis, someone tall, dark and handsome. The book described Langdon as the "Indiana Jones" of cryptography.
And when I think of Indiana Jones, Tom Hanks immediately comes to mind. ::)
So I'm looking forward to seeing McGregor in the role. He can't help but be sexy. ;D
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Thank you for explaining the unfortunate decision to (mis)cast Tom Hanks in the role! Now it makes weird sense in a too-pussy-for-controversy kind of way, but what a bad decision! A good contender for worst casting choice in the history of cinema IMO. I didn't even bother seeing THE DAVINCI CODE.
Now back to Ewan McGregor who has a surplus of sex appeal, lol!
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