3 Stooges by the Farrelly Brothers

[ifilus]

MGM and the Farrelly brothers are closing in on their cast for "The Three Stooges."

Studio has set Sean Penn to play Larry, and negotiations are underway with Jim Carrey to play Curly, with the actor already making plans to gain 40 pounds to approximate the physical dimensions of Jerome "Curly" Howard.

The studio is zeroing in on Benicio Del Toro to play Moe.

http://www.variety.com/VR1118001643.html

 

[buckweaver]

Whoa.

I have no idea how I feel about this. But whoa.

 

[Small Town Guy]

That sounds...weird.

 

[imjustagirl]

Couldn't pay me to watch it.

 

[Trey Beamon]

Original ideas, anyone?

This remake crap has to stop.

 

[Bob Cook]

"Press."
"Press."
"Pull."

 

[expendable]

I'm repulsed, yet intrigued at the same time.

 

[Captain_Kirk]

Has potential. I'm definitely in.

But, who plays Shemp?

 

[andyouare?]

When I think laugh-out-loud, kooky hijinks, I think Benecio Del Toro and Sean Penn.

 

[Mystery_Meat]

I saw it when I looked up Sean Penn movies on IMDB for the sheep game. It has Johnny Depp as the rumored Moe, though that could change.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0383010/fullcredits#cast

Jim Carrey wouldn't be a good Curly. Maaaaaaybe 15 years ago, but not now. Of course, 15 years ago it would have gone to Chris Farley, who only would have been perfect for it.

Are there ANY good fat comedy actors these days?

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Couldn't pay me to watch it.

I'll not go watch with you.

I can't imagine this movie being half as good as the original shorts.

 

[Ben_Hecht]

Nyuck, nyuck, nyuck.

 

[buckweaver]

Are there ANY good fat comedy actors these days?

Kevin James is, although he wouldn't make a good Curly. Frank Caliendo can't act, but he's fat and funny (in verrrrrry short bursts.)

Carrey can pull it off if he can get the look down. That's a big if. (And it still won't work if the other Stooges suck. Better to just watch the old ones over and over again.)

Couple bad fat comedy actors: Horatio Sanz (who's got the look, but nowhere near the comedy chops), Jim Belushi.

 

[mustangj17]

I saw it when I looked up Sean Penn movies on IMDB for the sheep game. It has Johnny Depp as the rumored Moe, though that could change.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0383010/fullcredits#cast

Jim Carrey wouldn't be a good Curly. Maaaaaaybe 15 years ago, but not now. Of course, 15 years ago it would have gone to Chris Farley, who only would have been perfect for it.

Are there ANY good fat comedy actors these days?

Fat guys are always funnier than skinny guys. Farley would have been great for this.

Jim Carey lost his touch.

 

[sportschick]

Sean Penn?

 

[ifilus]

Are there ANY good fat comedy actors these days?

 

[CentralIllinoisan]

The weight is not the issue; that can be handled.

Carrey, though, is about 6-foot-2 and Curly was 5-5.

 

[Claws for Concern]

You mean this isn't a movie about the last presidential administration?

 

[andyouare?]

Are there ANY good fat comedy actors these days?

Man, Rosie O'Donnell has really let herself go.

 

[Mystery_Meat]

I saw it when I looked up Sean Penn movies on IMDB for the sheep game. It has Johnny Depp as the rumored Moe, though that could change.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0383010/fullcredits#cast

Jim Carrey wouldn't be a good Curly. Maaaaaaybe 15 years ago, but not now. Of course, 15 years ago it would have gone to Chris Farley, who only would have been perfect for it.

Are there ANY good fat comedy actors these days?

Fat guys are always funnier than skinny guys. Farley would have been great for this.

Jim Carey lost his touch.

One of the sad things about watching Yes Man (outside the fact I was watching Yes Man of my own volition) was that you could tell it was a move made for 1995 Carrey, but it starred 2008 Carrey. He's not the slapstick guy anymore (though he's going to be Scrooge in this winter's remake of A Christmas Carol, and I bet he's really good in that role).

Bucky: Horatio Sanz would be easily the third of three in that trio, but Curly's humor draws from short blasts of comedy, so he might be OK for that. Except Curly makes the Stooges go round, so putting someone like Sanz there would be like signing everyone on the All-Pro offensive lines, and Ryan Leaf.

Drew Carey's another fatty, but he's not really a slapstick guy. He could be Joe, who was useless and sucked. Right down his alley.