Crowe to direct film about Bill Hicks

http://www.theage.co...0722-22i9d.html

Fighting around the world

Hicks was 32 when he died. Russell Crowe is a bit too old to play him, amirite?

They could pull it off, just about. I don't reckon he'll play Hicks though. There was a rumour round 2008 that Crowe would play Hicks in a Coen brothers adaptation that never materialized..Edit: unsure if it's the same script, but it seems like it

Who could play him and do his story justice?

Really.

I kinda hate it when Hollywood tries to reflect a larger-than-life personality through mediocre script and casting choices.

Did we all forget Man on the Moon already? That was the same guy who directed Amadeus.

Shit won't work.

Crowe couldn't be the lead actor. He has no comedic sense. As for dicrecting, vanity pic. It would fail.

But, the content is many, and if he accepts advice from the learned. It could work. But acting in it as the lead is out of the picture. Sure he has the same forehead, but a forehead maketh not a convincing portrayal.

And as we pan down the rabbitohs guernsey becomes apparent.

Above is an actual image of russell motivating his troops to lose. (he is part owner of the rugby league team)

There is a documentary about him that I thought was pretty good. Not sure why we need a film as well.

  On 7/22/2012 at 6:05 PM, delet... said:

But, the content is many, and if he accepts advice from the learned. It could work.

Would anyone be brave enough to offer him any real criticism/advice though, lest they receive an angry phone to the face?

  On 7/22/2012 at 6:09 PM, zkreso said:

There is a documentary about him that I thought was pretty good. Not sure why we need a film as well.

There is no way that the movie will do justice to the legacy of Bill Hicks. Best avoided imo

another actor pet project biopic that has been in hollywood production hell along with Paul Giamati's PKD 'owl in dayligt' film. Even doing an Andy Kaufman movie was a risk from a financial perspective, i think even less people know about Hicks.

  On 7/23/2012 at 8:49 AM, Atop said:

Again, Spacey is much older than 32. If he wasn't, then maybe. Definitely closer to the mark.

yeah I know he is old, almost got to ask him if he would ever want to play Hicks in a film at question and answer I was at with Spacey talking about American Beauty. I felt it was too obscure to ask, so I didn't.

I miss Bill Hicks. Nothing or Noone can bring him back.

  On 7/22/2012 at 5:32 PM, Npoess said:

Fighting around the world

http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/104204/the-russell-crowe-show

fuck this shit.

At first I thought it meant Cameron Crowe. Even that would make slightly more sense.

  On 7/26/2012 at 6:02 PM, Candiru said:

At first I thought it meant Cameron Crowe. Even that would make slightly more sense.

Every time I see this thread, that is exactly what I think.

unnnnkkk noooooo blarrrgh

And yes I also thought it meant Cameron Crowe initially.