Christian Slater and Cuba Gooding Jr. Join “Lies And Illusions”
There was a time when Christian Slater was THE man. He was the hot young star… and personally I really liked him. There was a time when Cuba Gooding Jr. was considered by many to be the “next” one. A prodigy, a bottomless well of acting talent with an Oscar to his name and surely many more to come. Yeah… well there was also a time when gas was $2 a gallon… those days are gone too.
Science has yet to discover what happened to these two guys. They had talent… so did they just lose their edge? Did they lose their passion for the art? Did they just become rich and realized they could just coast through the rest of their careers and still collect paychecks bigger than most of us will ever see? Did they just realize that time spent with sweet underaged hookers in Thailand was more fun than practicing or developing their craft? Who knows.
10 years ago, news of Christian Slater and Cuba Gooding Jr. doing a movie together would have been BIG news. It’s kinda sad that it’s now just a footnote on a slow news day. But here’s the word from Variety:
Christian Slater and Cuba Gooding Jr. are toplining Nu Image/Millennium Films’ action/comedy “Lies & Illusions.” Richard Salvatore, Johnny Martin and David Ornston are producing while Nu Image/Millennium’s Danny Dimbort, Avi Lerner, Trevor Short and Boaz Davidson exec produce. Shooting begins this week in Spokane, Wash.
“Lies” is directed by Tibor Takacs (”Mega Snake”) from a script by Eric James. Story centers on a novelist being hunted by a spy who believes the writer holds millions of dollars in diamonds stolen by his dead fiancee.
WHAT?!?!?! It’s being directed by the man who did “Mega Snake”?!?!?! Well that changes everything! This movie will rule!!!! (Please note sarcasm).
Deep down I secretly yearn for a return to greatness for both of these guys. I’ve enjoyed them so much in the past. It brings a tear to my eye that I can’t muster even the slightest bit of enthusiasm for this.
6 Comments, Comment or Ping
Jesse
I didn’t want to even read what this was about. Once I saw thier faces next to one another I could smell the crap.
Their time has come and gone. And they should do some smaller work to gain credit again.
Blah.
May 15th, 2008
Bishop
Actually they HAVE been doing smaller work, and have been doing very well with it. While Slater had his “Alone in the Dark” he also did a great turn in “Bobby” while really knocking it out of the park in “He Was A Quiet Man”. Similarly while CGJ had his “Daddy Day Camp” he also did very well in “Dirty” and “Shadowboxer” opposite Stephen Dorff and his penis.
I have never been a huge fan of either actor, and I never saw why they got as “huge” as they did (minus Slater in “True Romance”), but perhaps they will do well with what they are taking on.
Mega Snake aside.
May 15th, 2008
Rafa1215
Can you imagine them in a bar having a beer - what would their conversation be? - “Dude I was the bomb in the 80’s.” “Dude I was the bomb in the 90’s.” - “Hmm those were the days” “Yep - they sure were”
“You working” “Yeah, but not too proud of it - but I gotta pay the rent” “You know how that goes” “yup”
May 15th, 2008
Dylan
Slater was seriously impressive in He Was A Quiet Man. Don’t write him off. On the other hand, this movie does not sound promising at all.
May 15th, 2008
Joe
I don’t know where information is coming from for this film but many articles have that it began filming in the later part of May when filming actually wrapped in mid-April. I’m also not sure about it being an ‘action-comedy’. I worked on the set and it didn’t seem comedic at all. Admittedly, I mainly worked on the outside action scenes but I skimmed the script and it seemed to me to be more of a dramatic action movie.
I dunno.
Jun 10th, 2008
Joe
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