Jesus, can't Scorese use anyone else?
Not, JLaw!!!!!!
by Anonymous | reply 1 | April 17, 2024 4:07 PM |
He uses DiCaprio and other stars as endless funding to get his movies made, I imagine.
by Anonymous | reply 2 | April 17, 2024 4:08 PM |
I won't even watch Leo anymore. Sick of him and closeed ass.
by Anonymous | reply 3 | April 17, 2024 4:10 PM |
"His closeted ass".
by Anonymous | reply 4 | April 17, 2024 4:10 PM |
If Jon Bon Jovi had the acting skill, he’d be great in a Sinatra biopic.
by Anonymous | reply 5 | April 17, 2024 4:12 PM |
JLaw as Ava Gardner no less.
Scorsese has dementia.
by Anonymous | reply 6 | April 17, 2024 4:12 PM |
Who's playing me? I have some ideas.
by Anonymous | reply 7 | April 17, 2024 4:14 PM |
I’d rather see Sharon Stone crazy ham her way thru a biopic as latter years Mia Farrow.
by Anonymous | reply 8 | April 17, 2024 4:14 PM |
Leo can’t sing. Jennifer looks nothing like Ava Gardner. What could go wrong?
by Anonymous | reply 9 | April 17, 2024 4:16 PM |
He has Frank’s eyes.
by Anonymous | reply 10 | April 17, 2024 4:16 PM |
Yes, R4, DiCaprio is gay, and Darren Criss, and every other male star out there, no matter whether they're married with kids or known pussyhounds, etc. You keep believing that, dear.
by Anonymous | reply 11 | April 17, 2024 4:17 PM |
he was such a bad and unhinged guy. if they wanted to make an interesting sinatra biopic it should be directed by lars von trier or something.
by Anonymous | reply 12 | April 17, 2024 4:21 PM |
Gotta be honest with you, Marty, I'm nearing my saturation point as it pertains to DiCaprio. Those retard teeth in Killers might have been the last straw for me.
by Anonymous | reply 13 | April 17, 2024 4:24 PM |
Young Frank was quite thin. Leo is going to have to lose a lot of weight.
by Anonymous | reply 14 | April 17, 2024 4:27 PM |
Of course he should use Ronan Farrow. No brainer.
by Anonymous | reply 15 | April 17, 2024 4:28 PM |
It's a shame that Scorsese has to use DiCaprio to finance a movie these days in Hollywood. I'm sure there are so many actors he could choose from that could fit this role better than DiCaprio.
by Anonymous | reply 16 | April 17, 2024 4:30 PM |
[quote] Of course he should use Ronan Farrow.
Use him as what, Frank Sinatra's ottoman?
by Anonymous | reply 17 | April 17, 2024 4:31 PM |
Isn't leo getting a bit long in the tooth? He bears no resemblance to Sinatra either.
by Anonymous | reply 18 | April 17, 2024 4:34 PM |
Jesus Christ again? Is he autistic or something?
by Anonymous | reply 19 | April 17, 2024 4:35 PM |
Fucking hell, retire already.
The day Scorsese started casting diCaprio is when he stopped being an important filmmaker. His filmography from that point is shit.
by Anonymous | reply 20 | April 17, 2024 4:37 PM |
R19 Seriously. The Last Temptation of Martin.
by Anonymous | reply 21 | April 17, 2024 4:38 PM |
CGI Shelley Winters IS Dolly Sinatra!
by Anonymous | reply 22 | April 17, 2024 4:42 PM |
Truth be told, with the exception of the movie and subsequent series starring and about Fran Lebowitz, Scorsese's movies since Gangs of New York in 2002 have all been deadly. Flower Moon was the epitome of boring.
by Anonymous | reply 23 | April 17, 2024 4:46 PM |
Why not Timothee for Frank?
by Anonymous | reply 24 | April 17, 2024 4:49 PM |
The question would be why, R24.
by Anonymous | reply 25 | April 17, 2024 4:51 PM |
Infuriating
by Anonymous | reply 26 | April 17, 2024 4:53 PM |
Bone structure, R25.
by Anonymous | reply 27 | April 17, 2024 4:54 PM |
R27, he's a lousy actor and he does not remotely look like Sinatra.
by Anonymous | reply 28 | April 17, 2024 4:55 PM |
Jesus Christ. Jennifer Lawrence? I cannot stand that overrated bitch.
Leo- also an utter bore- however, this may actually work.
by Anonymous | reply 29 | April 17, 2024 4:57 PM |
Will Leo supply his own 14 year-old girlfriend to play Mia Farrow?
by Anonymous | reply 31 | April 17, 2024 5:00 PM |
I'm available!
by Anonymous | reply 32 | April 17, 2024 5:01 PM |
Frank Sinatra had bi polar disorder. Diagnosed. He was also spoiled rotten by his Italian Mama.
by Anonymous | reply 33 | April 17, 2024 5:28 PM |
Selena Gomez IS Nancy Sinatra.
by Anonymous | reply 34 | April 17, 2024 5:31 PM |
The TV movie in two parts, with Philip Casnoff as Sinatra was excellent. Marcia Gay Harden played Ava and she was damned good. Olympia Dukakis was Dolly Sinatra.
by Anonymous | reply 35 | April 17, 2024 5:33 PM |
I liked The Aviator and thought DiCaprio was better than good as Howard Hughes. In fact, all of the supporting male actors did stellar work. The problem was casting Blanchett as Hepburn and Kate Beckinsale as Ava Gardner. Beckinsale’s performance was unremarkable and easy to forget. A blessing in disguise really. Blanchett didn’t fare as well. She looked like Clara Bell the Clown and sounded like Cary Grant. On acid. Scorsese’s direction made her look like a rank amateur and utter fool. Shame.
by Anonymous | reply 36 | April 17, 2024 5:38 PM |
Here is part one of the TV bio pic and it was surprisingly well done.
by Anonymous | reply 37 | April 17, 2024 5:41 PM |
Of course he should use Ronan Farrow *as Mia*. No brainer.
by Anonymous | reply 38 | April 17, 2024 5:43 PM |
R23 The Departed is fantastic and Leo does well in it.
by Anonymous | reply 39 | April 17, 2024 5:52 PM |
[quote]Of course he should use Ronan Farrow *as Mia*. No brainer.
Over my dead body!
by Anonymous | reply 40 | April 17, 2024 5:55 PM |
They better use Frank's recordings; otherwise, old Leo's gonna need the full Lina Lamont treatment on those tight little vocal cords. He's a good actor, but his thin voice has always been his weakness.
by Anonymous | reply 41 | April 17, 2024 5:59 PM |
Oh god please no!!!!
by Anonymous | reply 42 | April 17, 2024 6:00 PM |
I wonder if Scorsese will include the Marilyn Monroe stuff. I have read a million things about MArilyn, and this is one I will never forget. It was heart breaking. It change my opinion of Sinatra forever. I had been ambivalent before I heard this. After Marilyn divorced Arthur Miller things were going very badly. She was devastated. Emotionally fragile. A few months before she died, Frank called her and invited her to Cal-Neva to "rest and relax." She thought they were friends. She had no idea that Sam Giancana was dying to meet her and bed her. She went and she was raped by Giancana and Sinatra. Horrible despicable people. Rumor has it that photographs were taken with prostitutes molesting her while the two guys watched. Someone took pictures. The allegation was that the photos would be used to black mail her in case she decided to go public about her affairs with the Kennedy brothers. I don't know if that is an embellishment or not. But the fact that she was raped by Giancana and Sinatra, and that she then attempted suicide was never disputed. Some said Giancana and Sinatra had a bet that Frank couldn't get her to come out the the lodge. But it was one of the ugliest cruelest things I had ever heard.
by Anonymous | reply 43 | April 17, 2024 6:02 PM |
[quote] Scorsese’s direction made her look like a rank amateur and utter fool. Shame.
Don't feel too bad for Blanchett, R36. She did win an Oscar for it.
by Anonymous | reply 44 | April 17, 2024 6:05 PM |
Didn’t Leo say he was going to make just one more movie after turning 50?
by Anonymous | reply 45 | April 17, 2024 6:06 PM |
Don't any of these people need a nap?
by Anonymous | reply 46 | April 17, 2024 6:09 PM |
His biographical movie about Howard Hughes sucked ass. And why Frank Sinatra? He was such a boring normie
by Anonymous | reply 47 | April 17, 2024 6:10 PM |
Scorsese and DiCaprio are ruining Hollywood. When will they be stopped? Killers of the Flower Moon was a commercial and critical flop.
by Anonymous | reply 48 | April 17, 2024 6:12 PM |
That never changed my mind, r44. And I love her.
by Anonymous | reply 49 | April 17, 2024 6:12 PM |
40% of KOTFM’s budget went to that fat fuck’s salary.
by Anonymous | reply 50 | April 17, 2024 6:13 PM |
I thought Tar was a classically bad performance from Blanchett--hammy and over the top. She was much better in The Aviator.
by Anonymous | reply 51 | April 17, 2024 6:14 PM |
R50, they earn the money if they bring people into theaters (or streaming at home).
by Anonymous | reply 52 | April 17, 2024 6:15 PM |
r51, Vera Farmiga was up for that role, but Blanchett had the bigger name.
by Anonymous | reply 53 | April 17, 2024 6:21 PM |
[quote] I’d rather see Sharon Stone crazy ham her way thru a biopic as latter years Mia Farrow.
So would I!
by Anonymous | reply 54 | April 17, 2024 6:22 PM |
Oddly enough, I didn’t see Tar, r51. Might be a good time to do so. I’ll post my review. 😎
by Anonymous | reply 55 | April 17, 2024 6:38 PM |
The thing about Sinatra is that he embodied such extremes - he was that fantastic pop song story teller instantly identifiable with his phrasing, sound and emotion.
That alone is a tall order for any actor no matter how talented.
But the other extreme is that he truly was a despicable person.
That would be easier for an actor to get across, but the combined requirements described here?
I can’t think of any young actor who could convey those two things. Di Caprio is too old.
Portraying Sinatra is damn near impossible; the Great Gatsby of things that defy filming.
And I write that someone who enjoyed Lurhmann’s attempt at Gatsby, I got what he was going for, but filming Gatsby remains elusive.
I actually think that Sinatra
by Anonymous | reply 56 | April 17, 2024 6:53 PM |
Meant to delete those last words^
by Anonymous | reply 57 | April 17, 2024 6:55 PM |
The only story about Frank Sinatra that needs to be told is the story of his marriage to Mia Farrow and it should be directed by Sofia Coppola as a companion piece to Priscilla.
Frank Sinatra should be terrifying and played by an actor like Michael Shannon.
by Anonymous | reply 58 | April 17, 2024 7:35 PM |
Apparently Satchmo can't sing as well as Big Leo.
by Anonymous | reply 59 | April 17, 2024 7:37 PM |
Austin Butler as Frank
Melissa McCarthy as "Hat Pin" Dolly
Zendaya as Ava Gardner
Elle Fanning as young Mia
Chris Rock as Sammy Davis Jr
Darren Criss as Dean Martin
and Bradley Cooper as Tommy Dorsey!!!
by Anonymous | reply 60 | April 17, 2024 7:37 PM |
Except for Butler, those are good choices, r60.
by Anonymous | reply 61 | April 17, 2024 7:40 PM |
We could believe the bloated Leo as Frankie but Lukas Haas as Ava Gardner is a stretch.
by Anonymous | reply 62 | April 17, 2024 7:44 PM |
[quote] Except for Butler, those are good choices, [R60].
Zendaya as Ava Gardner is a “good choice?”
Get thee to LensCrafters, pronto! 👓
by Anonymous | reply 63 | April 17, 2024 7:45 PM |
Frank Sinatra as a big fat person.
by Anonymous | reply 64 | April 17, 2024 8:02 PM |
Even a young twink Leo 30 years ago would've been all wrong for Sinatra.
by Anonymous | reply 65 | April 17, 2024 8:18 PM |
He should hire Ronan Farrow.
by Anonymous | reply 66 | April 17, 2024 8:20 PM |
Alexa Davalos would be perfect casting as Ava.
J.Law is insane casting.
by Anonymous | reply 67 | April 17, 2024 9:32 PM |
Do they need a Judy?
by Anonymous | reply 68 | April 17, 2024 10:04 PM |
Do they need a Shirley?
by Anonymous | reply 69 | April 17, 2024 10:07 PM |
Do they need a Sammy?
by Anonymous | reply 70 | April 17, 2024 10:14 PM |
Liv Tyler looks more like Ava, but she doesn’t have the strong personality.
by Anonymous | reply 71 | April 17, 2024 10:16 PM |
I'm not sure about Sinatra, but Michael Shannon would make a terrific Richard Carpenter.
by Anonymous | reply 72 | April 17, 2024 10:26 PM |
Frank Sinatra was SKELETAL as a young man!! Even in FROM HERE TO ETERNITY he was scrawny!
by Anonymous | reply 73 | April 17, 2024 10:40 PM |
R53, I think their first choice was Charo.
by Anonymous | reply 74 | April 17, 2024 10:43 PM |
Do they need an Angie?
by Anonymous | reply 75 | April 17, 2024 10:45 PM |
While making On the Town, they had to pad Sinatra’s ass because he couldn’t fill out his Swabbies.
by Anonymous | reply 76 | April 18, 2024 12:56 AM |
I love Sinatra, but he was a short, skinny runt most of his life. As Ava said, he weighed a 120 lbs, but a 100 of it was cock! And he will be played by a 50 year old, tall and paunchy Leo? The real laugh is ordinary Jennifer Lawrence as the glorious Ava Gardner... Hope this project gets dropped or that Scorsese croaks first...
by Anonymous | reply 77 | April 18, 2024 1:15 AM |
They need to rethink this and get multiple actors to play Sinatra, catching his different aspects and personae, like in that movie about Bob Dylan or the earlier one about Hitler.
by Anonymous | reply 78 | April 18, 2024 2:18 AM |
You know who does an amazing singing impression of Sinatra? Seth MacFarlane. He used to go to the Brass Monkey weekly and sing all the old standards:
by Anonymous | reply 79 | April 18, 2024 2:23 AM |
R79, Seth can carry a tune, and he imitates the phrasing pretty effectively, but no. There's just a flatness there that he cannot mask. For me the modern heir to Sinatra is Michael Buble. First IMO no one can be "the next Sinatra." He was singular. And Buble doesn't sound like Sinatra. But Buble has his own distinctive style and he caresses a melody and has a particular quality in his phrasing nad vocalizing that I find very appealing.
by Anonymous | reply 80 | April 18, 2024 3:05 AM |
It's got to be Sinatra: The Fat Rug Years. DiCaprio is too old to lose the weight needed to play a younger Frank.
by Anonymous | reply 81 | April 18, 2024 3:12 AM |
R63, this is r60.
I actually agree with you to the extent that you're expressing how unearthly beautiful Gardner was.
But, that's why I wouldn't mind Zendaya as Gardner.
To borrow r80's words, Gardner was singular. No contemporary actor could capture her, so, might as well cast Zendaya, who at least has star power even if she is a mediocre actor.
by Anonymous | reply 82 | April 18, 2024 3:12 AM |
Ooops r63, I'm r61 at 82.
by Anonymous | reply 83 | April 18, 2024 3:14 AM |
[quote] I actually agree with you to the extent that you're expressing how unearthly beautiful Gardner was.
That and she was a white woman.
Race-swapping real people is quite problematic. She wasn’t a comic-book character.
by Anonymous | reply 84 | April 18, 2024 3:42 AM |
Scorsese's "man crushes" -- de Niro, di Caprio, whoever -- remind me of Sydney Pollack's hard-on for Robert Redford (7 movies, was it? Lord).
by Anonymous | reply 85 | April 18, 2024 3:46 AM |
Frank Sinatra has been shoved down everyone’s throats for decades now. Let it go.
by Anonymous | reply 86 | April 18, 2024 3:46 AM |
r86 would have loved to have the enormous Sinatra Schwansstucker shoved down his throat. His face would have ended up ripped like the Black Dahlia.
by Anonymous | reply 87 | April 18, 2024 4:15 AM |
Only if it were thick and not too long. Hate that.
And none of his GOD-AWFUL music playing in the background.
by Anonymous | reply 88 | April 18, 2024 4:22 AM |
a Sinatra / UFO biopic sounds pretty interesting.
Something like Old blue eyes vs Ming the Merciless
by Anonymous | reply 89 | April 18, 2024 4:30 AM |
I'm so sick of Leo.
I'd rather see Matt Damon cast as Sinatra.
by Anonymous | reply 90 | April 18, 2024 4:41 AM |
Damon doesn't have the range.
by Anonymous | reply 91 | April 18, 2024 4:50 AM |
Neither does Leo.
by Anonymous | reply 92 | April 18, 2024 4:56 AM |
I hope this movie doesn't get made. It was bad enough that Leo was awful in J. Edgar, who he slightly resembles. Frank Sinatra is entirely out of his range.
by Anonymous | reply 93 | April 18, 2024 5:01 AM |
Time for Scorsese to retire.
by Anonymous | reply 95 | April 18, 2024 12:05 PM |
This is a bad idea. It is so bad that it is even worse than Kevin Spacey playing Bobby Darin. A terrible, awful idea. Yes. A shit idea.
by Anonymous | reply 97 | April 18, 2024 4:18 PM |
This is going to be another expensive flop for Scorcese and DiCaprio. With Leo and Jennifer, it'll end up costing over $200 million. How is Scorcese still getting these huge budgets when Hitchcock could barely get anyone to finance his later films?
by Anonymous | reply 98 | April 18, 2024 4:31 PM |
I was looking into it and I had no idea Sammy Davis, Jr. and Ava Gardner died the same year, just months apart. That had to fuck with Sinatra's mind. He was always in love with Ava. She used to go visit his mother even after they broke up. And he loved Sammy. Paid all his bills.
by Anonymous | reply 99 | April 19, 2024 4:38 AM |
Rick Yorn is both Jlaw and Leo's agent. He could've pushed for her to be cast even though she's obviously not right for the role. But make no mistake this is Leo's project. This will go one of two ways: either it will eventually go by the wayside or it gets made in the next few years with another actress. Studios may not be so eager to have her star when they realize how much money she's going to demand.
by Anonymous | reply 100 | April 22, 2024 1:10 AM |
Isn't Leo ashamed? Isn't Marty embarrassed? Isn't ANYONE embarrassed???
by Anonymous | reply 101 | April 22, 2024 1:38 AM |
Marty has no fucks left to give. He does what he wants. What R100 says makes sense. It will be about the money. But if this is a vanity project Leo will figure out a way to get it done. He may not be too enthused about Ava, either. OK. THink about it. Who'd make a good Ava? Because when they chose Marcia Gay Harden for Ava in the TV movie I thought it would be awful and it wasn't. She did an excellent job.
by Anonymous | reply 102 | April 22, 2024 3:17 AM |
A more plausible biopic: “DiCaprio IS Mickey Dolenz!”
by Anonymous | reply 103 | April 22, 2024 3:53 AM |
^^Micky, I mean.
by Anonymous | reply 104 | April 22, 2024 3:54 AM |
I am in the minority but i wanna see Jlaw work with Scorsese. I'm not sure about the part but definitely curious what he's seeing.
by Anonymous | reply 105 | April 22, 2024 3:58 AM |
R102, I find the casting intriguing. When Scorsese cast Kate Beckinsale as Ava in The Aviator, I suppose people assumed she would be a good fit because she's an attractive brunette, yet she barely registered on the screen. All she did was call Howard "baby." For me, she just doesn't command the screen.
Jennifer may not physically look like Ava but she can command the screen and she does have sex appeal.
Watch this scene from American Hustle. She and Amy Adams are both good actresses but Jennifer is a notch above. You may have a different opinion but I thought she blew her off the screen in this scene.
by Anonymous | reply 106 | April 22, 2024 4:02 AM |
Lawrence is a good actress despite what DL pimps. I want to see her work with good directors and see what she does with it.
by Anonymous | reply 107 | April 22, 2024 4:06 AM |
I agree, R107. I think she's the best of this generation.
by Anonymous | reply 108 | April 22, 2024 4:09 AM |
How about Austin Butler as Frank?
by Anonymous | reply 109 | April 22, 2024 4:15 AM |
I'd rather see Michelle Williams, Liv Tyler, or even Minka Kelly as Ava Gardner. Anyone but Harvey Weinstein's cum dumpster.
by Anonymous | reply 110 | April 22, 2024 5:26 AM |
Since they're casting 50 ish DiCaprio as Frank, I'm surprised Ms. Jolie wasn't cast as Ava. Not that that would be a good idea, either...
by Anonymous | reply 111 | April 22, 2024 2:09 PM |
No one thought Raimi Malek could be Freddie Mercury.
by Anonymous | reply 112 | April 22, 2024 2:31 PM |
[quote]Yes, [R4], DiCaprio is gay, and Darren Criss, and every other male star out there, no matter whether they're married with kids or known pussyhounds, etc. You keep believing that, dear.
It's so weird that many DLers in the 21st century believe that if a man is over 40 and still unmarried/childless, then he must be gay.
But even if he's married with children, he's still somehow gay. haha
by Anonymous | reply 113 | April 22, 2024 2:58 PM |
I must admit, I am shocked some here view JL as some pinnacle of her generation. I think you see her that way because her generation has a *massive* void of talent, not because she’s so great. At most, I give her a B-. Obviously, it’s just an opinion, but I have not been impressed by her a single time. I always know that she’s an actor acting. Maybe if she had kept her fat mouth shut with the press more, I could have got lost in her acting. But because of her public behavior, I only see her as the white trash hillbilly who fucked Weinstein for parts. Didn’t you see the photos? She’s ridiculous.
Carry on.
by Anonymous | reply 114 | April 22, 2024 3:05 PM |
I like Jennifer LAwrence. I think she's an excellent actress. I like Emma Stone and Amy Adams too.So what?
by Anonymous | reply 115 | April 22, 2024 3:25 PM |
Rumer Willis as Tina Sinatra.
by Anonymous | reply 116 | April 22, 2024 3:26 PM |
R114, you don't come across as an objective observer. I think she's extremely talented and takes on a variety of roles. She's interesting to watch and she does command the screen.
So weird how she's always associated with HW when she already had a leading actress nom for Winter's Bone. She had the X-Men and The Hunger Games franchises, and Silver Linings Playbook was already completed before Weinstein got involved in its distribution. Unlike others starting out, she was already A-List, she didn't need him.
by Anonymous | reply 117 | April 22, 2024 3:54 PM |
SHE LOOKS NOTHING LIKE HER! HE LOOKS NOTHING LIKE HIM!! Can't find a good dick smoking lookalike male or female. USELESS!!!
by Anonymous | reply 118 | April 22, 2024 4:11 PM |
Put a dark wig on Margot Robbie and she could play Ava.
by Anonymous | reply 119 | April 22, 2024 4:39 PM |
IMO the only woman who could have played Ava was Liv Tyler, and she's too old and doesn't seem to be around much.
by Anonymous | reply 120 | April 22, 2024 5:02 PM |
I don't think it's about resembling the subject. Look at Cate Blanchett in The Aviator. She didn't have Katherine Hepburn's chiseled features yet she seemed to embody the essence of the character and in turn was rewarded with an AA for the performance. Whatever, to each his own.
by Anonymous | reply 121 | April 22, 2024 5:45 PM |
Ok just cast Lizzie then. Shit.
by Anonymous | reply 122 | April 22, 2024 5:58 PM |
LIZZO. FUCKING LIZZO
by Anonymous | reply 123 | April 22, 2024 5:58 PM |
I’ve always wanted Scorsese to direct a Sinatra biopic, but Leo and JLaw scream miscast.
by Anonymous | reply 125 | April 23, 2024 10:54 PM |
Hated Leo in the Aviator, he looked nothing like Howard Hughes.. Kate Beckinsdale as Ava Gardener was a letdown as well.
This film will end in tears and not in a good way.
by Anonymous | reply 126 | April 24, 2024 1:31 AM |
Frank was Bi-Polar. Frank had a gorgeous voice. One of a kind, really. He was from Hoboken. His mother was a midwife/abortionist, his father was a fireman. as he rose in popularity he hung out with mobsters who treated him as their personal mascot. He got married. HE had three kids. He cheated. He got married and divorce and ended up with four wives. ...consecutively. He dated a lot of women. He helped some of his friends. He hated the press. He won an Oscar and he had a successful movie career. Then he died. Point is, nothing unusual or unique happened to him. He didn't have a big interesting life. He was the kind of guy People Magazine would dine out on if it existed back then.
by Anonymous | reply 127 | April 24, 2024 1:41 AM |
The HBO documentary about Frank a decade ago made me think his life would be interesting to watch a movie about actually.
by Anonymous | reply 128 | April 24, 2024 2:10 AM |
I could’ve pictured Leo as Frank if this were the 2000s/2010s maybe, but unless this solely focuses on Frank during his relationship with Mia Farrow, I don’t see it.
by Anonymous | reply 129 | April 24, 2024 2:13 AM |
We need a Sammy Davis Jr. biopic before a Frank biopic.
by Anonymous | reply 130 | April 24, 2024 2:13 AM |
If Mia isn't a role for a young MTF, I don't know what is.
by Anonymous | reply 131 | April 24, 2024 6:27 AM |
Jody Comer or Rebecca Ferguson could play Ava. No to Leo, no to Jennifer Lawrence.
by Anonymous | reply 132 | April 24, 2024 11:30 PM |
Marty, I hate to break this to you, but....not every actor can do everything.
by Anonymous | reply 133 | April 25, 2024 12:18 AM |
[quote]Point is, nothing unusual or unique happened to him. He didn't have a big interesting life.
Sometimes on DL it's hard to know if someone is serious or joking.
I can only assume R127 is joking.
by Anonymous | reply 134 | April 25, 2024 12:58 AM |
Dying to see what Lawrence would do with Ava Gardner. She's not really played a real person before. Don't think Joy counts.
by Anonymous | reply 135 | April 28, 2024 4:58 AM |
R135 why wouldn't Joy count? She is a real person.
by Anonymous | reply 136 | April 28, 2024 12:40 PM |
Because not many people knew who she was enough for her to capture any essence of her.
by Anonymous | reply 137 | April 28, 2024 7:10 PM |
I've never watched a movie because DiCaprio was in it. I never even regard him as an added bonus in a film. But I have no interest in seeing this. And Scorsese really needs to get away from him. It's beyind embarrassing at this point. The next new Scorsese film I watch, will be one without DiCaprio. So, probably never again.
by Anonymous | reply 138 | April 28, 2024 8:54 PM |
[quote] "beyind"
*beyond
by Anonymous | reply 139 | April 28, 2024 8:56 PM |
[quote] Since they're casting 50 ish DiCaprio as Frank, I'm surprised Ms. Jolie wasn't cast as Ava. Not that that would be a good idea, either...
Women (actresses) always have to play the "mom" once they pass 35. Meanwhile, men can continue to play younger characters, despite their age.
by Anonymous | reply 140 | April 28, 2024 10:01 PM |
There are so few actors who actually look like Frank Sinatra. I think Leo is as good as any other, but he's older, now.
Jennifer Lawrence could probably play Ava Gardner, but she'd be a lot younger than Leo. But - typical Hollywood casting: old man, young woman.
JL would need to darken her hair, but I think she could give off the attitude.
by Anonymous | reply 141 | April 28, 2024 10:03 PM |
Jennifer can act and that's what this role will need, an actual actress not just window dressing. Many of the actresses mentioned above may be physically attractive but I don't think they have what it takes to portray Ava.
As R141 said, Jennifer can bring the attitude plus I feel she's capable of showing the many other facets of this woman. I would think Scorsese would focus the most on this pairing as opposed to his marriages to Nancy, Mia or Barbara. Frank and Ava got together in their prime and Scorsese tends to focus on certain periods of his subjects' lives like he did in The Aviator.
If this were a David O Russell film he'd be casting Elisabeth Röhm as Nancy. Why he cast her as an Italian in his films is beyond me.
by Anonymous | reply 142 | April 29, 2024 12:46 AM |