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Where were these casting directors when Brokeback Mountain was being made?!?
According to the cover article from the latest issue of EW, Matt Damon was originally going to be in Brokeback Mountain directed by Gus Van Sant, but he had just finished The Talented Mr. Ripley, followed by a cowboy movie, and he didn't want to follow a gay movie and a cowboy movie with a gay cowboy movie.
gay cowboy movie.
It was pointed out to me this weekend (by a person who has the antithesis of my taste in movies and fandom) that they weren't so much cowboys as shepherds. But I think he was making fun of me.
Matt Damon was originally going to be in Brokeback Mountain directed by Gus Van Sant, but he had just finished The Talented Mr. Ripley, followed by a cowboy movie
That would be All the Pretty Horses, which I constantly see touted as the best 3-hour movie that ever got cut to pieces. Anyway, by the time Brokeback was made, he was way too old for either of the leads. (Actually both the actors they cast were way too old, but they were within Hollywood Plausible range.)
I went to see “The Golden Door” yesterday. It was a very good movie about emigrating from Italy to the U.S. taking place in Sicily, on the boat, and on Ellis Island. It was mostly in Italian, with subtitles, but there were English speaking parts as well. It also had Vincent Schiavelli (Uncle Enyos in Buffy) in one of his final roles.
(Actually both the actors they cast were way too old, but they were within Hollywood Plausible range.)
I was totally fine with it, especially since they had to do a bit of aging -- Anne Hathaway was probably just exactly the right age for when we first meet her character, but her aging makeup read incredibly poorly (to me, anyway -- she went from glowy twentysomething to glowy twentysomething with a touch of grey and big fake nails). Heath and Jake were both right on that line where they could be plausibly aged up or down by a decade in either direction without looking too improbable.
I think after Gladiator, Russell Crowe would have been out of price range (besides being too old for the part).
However, I like the cut of Matt's jib in that casting idea.
It was pointed out to me this weekend (by a person who has the antithesis of my taste in movies and fandom) that they weren't so much cowboys as shepherds. But I think he was making fun of me.
You met my Dad? One cannot bring up "Brokeback Mountain" or "gay cowboys" in front of my father without being told that it was not a gay cowboy movie.
I think after Gladiator, Russell Crowe would have been out of price range (besides being too old for the part).
Maybe it could have been part of a community service deal after Crowe beaned that hotel worker with the phone.
"The court hereby sentences you to making out with Christian Bale for a period of not less than 120 days."
begins contemplating crime spree...
Yep, waaaay back in April. I barely remember it now, though.
Clunky writing, decent acting? *sigh* Don't know if I want to bother.
It was pointed out to me this weekend (by a person who has the antithesis of my taste in movies and fandom) that they weren't so much cowboys as shepherds. But I think he was making fun of me.
Well, they were shepherding on Brokeback but once Jack went on to rodeo and Ennis turned back to ranch hand, they qualify as cowboys in my book.