If I had a bazillion dollars, and was doing a film version of King Lear, I'd cast Ben Kingsley.
Dawn: Any luck? Willow: If you define luck as the absence of success--plenty.
'Touched'
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Gandalfe - Dec 24, 2004 1:06:38 pm PST #7367 of 10001
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
DavidS - Dec 24, 2004 1:14:11 pm PST #7368 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
If I had a bazillion dollars, and was doing a film version of King Lear, I'd cast Ben Kingsley.
You'd need a midget Cordelia for him to carry in at the end.
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 24, 2004 1:16:41 pm PST #7369 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Or just a current Hollywood actress that stands 5'4" or so but weighs 90 pounds.
Gandalfe - Dec 24, 2004 1:28:10 pm PST #7370 of 10001
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
He's not that small - 5'8".
beekaytee - Dec 24, 2004 1:52:06 pm PST #7371 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
Biopics?
Well. Since Robin Williams doesn't remotely resemble Patch Adams (who is a) cranktastic! and b) not particularly funny, but an inspiration none the less), I'd have to go with Sissy Spacek as The Coalminer's Daughter. Broke my heart.
Low-retta Lynn. There is a character.
While not a biopic, I loved Val Kilmer as Doc Holliday.
Angus G - Dec 24, 2004 3:21:50 pm PST #7372 of 10001
Roguish Laird
I'm not much of a fan of biopics as a rule, but John Hurt in The Naked Civil Servant and Eric Bana in Chopper are both pretty fabulous.
Scrappy - Dec 24, 2004 3:24:13 pm PST #7373 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Bana is amazing in Chopper.
dcp - Dec 24, 2004 3:28:51 pm PST #7374 of 10001
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
How about Robert Downey Jr. in Chaplin ?
WildDemon Cornelius - Dec 24, 2004 4:17:51 pm PST #7375 of 10001
Take your fingers off it, don't you dare touch it, you know it don't belong to you, to you...
According to the Vancouver Sun, some fellow named Josh Whedon is getting involved with the Wonder Woman movie. And you can tell you're an overly obsessed Buffista when find yourself yelling "it's Joss!" Or is Josh his evil twin?
Good biopics: My Left Foot, the one where Ewan MacGregor's James Joyce (Nora I think it's called)...I'll think of others.
Sean K - Dec 24, 2004 4:46:10 pm PST #7376 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Because Landau's Lugosi performance may be the best I've ever seen by a male actor.
Nodding in complete agreement with Matt over this one.