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Tomasso said:
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THAT'S IT!
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Very close, but Joaquin Phoenix is a bit too puffy for it ...
I think that RALPH FIENNES would be perfect for the role. Ralph radiates intelligence, and has the intensity, the irritability, and the lean physique to carry it off well.
Plus, Ralph Fiennes has starred in loads of "Golden Era" pics (Schindler's List, The English Patient, Sunshine, The End of the Affair, and The White Countess), and this one is right up his alley.
Ralph Fiennes also does regional American accents very well: see Quiz Show and The White Countess.
The actor has a following, this role is a perfect fit for him, and audiences would accept it.
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I think that RALPH FIENNES would be perfect for the role. Ralph radiates intelligence, and has the intensity, the irritability, and the lean physique to carry it off well.
Plus, Ralph Fiennes has starred in loads of "Golden Era" pics (Schindler's List, The English Patient, Sunshine, The End of the Affair, and The White Countess), and this one is right up his alley.
Ralph Fiennes also does regional American accents very well: see Quiz Show and The White Countess.
The actor has a following, this role is a perfect fit for him, and audiences would accept it.
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Whaddaya think? Should we hire Ralph?
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I would not even consider him after he butchered Cash.. :rage:Tomasso said:
Fiennes is a very good choice!
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He is a Fiennes choice.
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:eusa_doh: Doh! Very punny, Hem.
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RALPH FIENNES
Not a bad choice, he does have some what of a shaw look and could play him well I think... but, only if he combs his hair like Artie did.
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Not a bad choice, he does have some what of a shaw look and could play him well I think... but, only if he combs his hair like Artie did.
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Fiennes is probably about twice as high, and somehow too British, i'n 'e? Ben Stiller is someone I shouldn't have thought of, but if he doesn't grin too whimsically, he might actually be worth a try.
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Shaul-Ike Cohen said:
It's true that Fiennes is taller, but I doubt that audiences would know or care. (At least, I wouldn't.) As for being British, he has played Americans very, very well. Fiennes is a master at accents and body movement. See his spot-on portrayals of Americans in Quiz Show (and, more recently, The White Countess).
As for his hair, he has a hairline that is very similar to Shaw's. (See the first two comparison photos.) It's just a matter of combing it as Shaw did. Should be easy to achieve.
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Anyway, better pick a good actor than a badly acting look-alike.
"True story" movies often enough don't have a good plot (because people's lives aren't drafted according to The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing a Screenplay), and a mere similarity instead of good acting doesn't make it easier. It's seldom that the two come together: The Glenn Miller Story and Gandhi come to mind.
"True story" movies often enough don't have a good plot (because people's lives aren't drafted according to The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing a Screenplay), and a mere similarity instead of good acting doesn't make it easier. It's seldom that the two come together: The Glenn Miller Story and Gandhi come to mind.
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Has anyone ever played Jesus well, before or since Robert Powell (in Franco Zeffirelli's Jesus of Nazareth)?
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The real Artie Shaw was a bad actor and was in a number of movies. Yes, most find those late 30's and early 40's movies to be corny with good music but, heck, I think it would be swell to find some one who looks just like him... kid of like "The Man with Bogart's Face" and just play him up as Artie Shaw... it would be a cool movie if it were serious but, also kind of fun like "Tucker a man and his dream" something like that would make it a fun and enjoyable movie. And the costuming HAS to be SPOT ON! With the things we can do with film today, they can recreate so many things... even the '39 World's Fair!
It could be a movie about Shaw and his music but, also a good educational type of film about the late 30's and early 40's when Shaw's band was on fire! Also, we'd need a gal who looks like Helen Forrest! She sang with Shaw for some time in 1938 to 1940 I think. Some of my favorite songs ever are hers when she sang with Shaw.
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It could be a movie about Shaw and his music but, also a good educational type of film about the late 30's and early 40's when Shaw's band was on fire! Also, we'd need a gal who looks like Helen Forrest! She sang with Shaw for some time in 1938 to 1940 I think. Some of my favorite songs ever are hers when she sang with Shaw.
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Tough one. Would depend a lot on the makeup artist and hairstylist. How about Cate Blanchett, or Gwyneth Paltrow?Wild Root said:
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There Is An Artie Shaw Documentary.
It won an Oscar for Best Documentary in 1987.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088740/
It won an Oscar for Best Documentary in 1987.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088740/
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Think bigjake_fink said:Casting a film before it's written tends to be bad form.
Doris Dowling -> Carrie Anne Moss
Evelyn Keyes -> Natalie Portman
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Not now, surely!
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Wild Root
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jake_fink said:Casting a film before it's written tends to be bad form.
Well, Jake this is more fun then something that will really happen any way.
Who looks like Helen? Hummmmm...
Doesn't need to sound like her... voice dubs are very old fashioned! Then again, Megan Ivy who used to sing back in the 90's with the Eddie Reed band sounded very much like Helen! Hummmm... I wonder.
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