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Offline Front-Ranger

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Who would you have picked to play Ennis and Jack?
« on: April 14, 2008, 10:29:50 pm »
Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal were perfect as Ennis and Jack. Now that they have turned in their immortal performances, they have indelibly marked themselves in our brains, and, as Annie Proulx noted, they knew the characters better than she did. But if you read the descriptions of Ennis and Jack in the story, they are quite different than Heath and Jake. If you were casting the movie, who would you have picked?

Reading the story, here's who I would have selected to play Ennis. He's a songwriter turned actor, with the required high-arched nose, caliper legs, and body made for fighting:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005164/

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Re: Who would you have picked to play Ennis and Jack?
« Reply #1 on: April 14, 2008, 10:32:15 pm »
Interesting Front-Ranger!

And your choice would sing?

Did Ennis sang in Annie's story?

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Re: Who would you have picked to play Ennis and Jack?
« Reply #2 on: April 15, 2008, 01:43:13 am »
The guy you picked reminded me of this guy from Richard Avedon's In the American West:



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Re: Who would you have picked to play Ennis and Jack?
« Reply #3 on: April 15, 2008, 06:43:34 am »
Lyle Lovett!!

Hmmm, not sure about him as Ennis...But I love his music. :)

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Re: Who would you have picked to play Ennis and Jack?
« Reply #4 on: April 15, 2008, 05:02:21 pm »
Quote from: Artiste on April 14, 2008, 10:32:15 pm
Interesting Front-Ranger!

And your choice would sing?

Did Ennis sang in Annie's story?

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You bet, Artiste. He had a good raspy voice, and knew the salty words to The Strawberry Roan!! But, then Heath was a good singer too and so is Lyle.

Now that brings me to Jack. In the story, Jack had curly hair and played the harmonica. Remind you of anybody??



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Re: Who would you have picked to play Ennis and Jack?
« Reply #5 on: April 15, 2008, 07:38:52 pm »
Quote from: Front-Ranger on April 15, 2008, 05:02:21 pm
Now that brings me to Jack. In the story, Jack had curly hair and played the harmonica. Remind you of anybody??
Hmm, that's a tough one..... Bob Dylan? [  ;) ]

Lyle Lovette is a brilliant piece of casting.  He's perfect physically, and he can act really well, and he 'gets' the western man thing.  I'm in awe!
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Re: Who would you have picked to play Ennis and Jack?
« Reply #6 on: April 15, 2008, 10:10:34 pm »
Well, when they do "Brokeback Mountain: The Musical" ... they've got their cast!

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Re: Who would you have picked to play Ennis and Jack?
« Reply #7 on: April 15, 2008, 10:44:15 pm »
Quote from: seriouscrayons on April 15, 2008, 10:10:34 pm
Well, when they do "Brokeback Mountain: The Musical" ... they've got their cast!

 :D



Thinking of musical versions... have we ever heard any more rumblings about the idea of a Brokeback opera?  I remember there was some semi-serious discussion about that happening in NYC at some point.
 ???

Anyway, sorry to stray slightly off topic. 

This question is really very interesting!  And very hard!  It's so difficult to imagine Ennis and Jack looking or sounding any different than Heath and Jake's versions of the characters.  I'll keeping thinking about this one and get back to you...

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Re: Who would you have picked to play Ennis and Jack?
« Reply #8 on: April 15, 2008, 10:58:45 pm »
On the basis of Annie Proulx's description, I see someone who looks a lot like Owen Wilson as Ennis, and someone who looks a lot like Vince Vaughan as Jack.
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Re: Who would you have picked to play Ennis and Jack?
« Reply #9 on: April 15, 2008, 11:10:46 pm »
Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on April 15, 2008, 10:58:45 pm
On the basis of Annie Proulx's description, I see someone who looks a lot like Owen Wilson as Ennis, and someone who looks a lot like Vince Vaughan as Jack.

Though I think even Owen and Vince are a bit higher on the hotness scale than Annie's Ennis and Jack.  ;)

I was thinking more in the realm of John C. Riley and Tim Blake Nelson.


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