Love him or hate him, you’ve got to admit Sean Penn is one hell of an actor. Clint Eastwood says he’s the best in the business. But if you know anything about Penn you also know that his personal life always seems to be in a state of total disaster. The man is no stranger to drama.
Anyway, it looks like Sean Penn has announced that he’s going to take a break from acting for a while to sort of get his life together a bit. Can’t really blame a guy for doing that. But the unfortunate thing about the timing of this is that he’s supposed to be one of the leads in the new “The Three Stooges” movie getting ready to start shooting in August (with Jim Carrey as Curly and Benicio del Toro as Moe). The folks over at The Hollywood Reporter give us this:
It is understood that the two-time Oscar-winning actor-writer-director is taking a leave from his Hollywood career for personal reasons. It’s unclear how long the absence could last, though sources have said up to a year. Peter and Bobby Farrelly have spent the better part of a decade trying to get “Stooges” off the ground, and in March they pulled off a major casting coup: Penn as Larry, with Jim Carrey as Curly and Benicio del Toro as Moe. Now MGM and the Farrellys, who wrote the script and are slated to direct, need to decide whether they will wait for Penn or seek to find a new actor. Time and availability are the issues: “Stooges” was eyeing a late August start date, and MGM has slotted it for a 2010 release. If the studio waits, it could risk losing Carrey and del Toro.
Man that totally sucks for the Farrelly brothers. Penn, Carey and del Toro would have made one hell of a cast and I was really looking forward to seeing what kind of chemistry those three could pull off.
So who could you see playing Larry with those two other guys?
you know what? screw Penn
give the part to Michael Keaton
Thats not a bad idea. Its been awhile since ive seen him in a comedy and hes totally capable.
This all may be a blessing in disguise. The whole idea of making a three stooges movie as a non biography sounds like a fucking disaster. Sean Penn for all we know may be making some bullshit exscuse just to get out of this bbullshit movie. He just came off his second academy award for arguably his best performance. Why the fuck would your next project be a farrelly brothers movie. Maybe if this folloowed fastimes at ridgemont high or after the farrelly brothers made a successful comedy (2000 maybe?} but now that sean penn is considered one of if noot the best actor working today and the farrely brothers last classics were stuck on you , fever pitch, and heartbreak kid I would advise mr. penn to decline this shit and get cast in some more oscar gold. Maybe he can be martin luther king jr. OK maybe not but that sounds better this tis inevitable shit pile.
Harold Ramis
actually no, John C. Rhiley.
The Farrelly brothers have always been overrated in my opinion. Some Thing ABout Mary is their claim to fame and lets face it that movie just came out at the right time and became a hit.
hello Dumb and Dumber…yes…i’m referring to you obi-wan, both the former and the latter.
i hope he’s recovering from the terrible shit-show that was Into the Wild.
Sean Penn is a total douche.
i love penn as a ator but the dude is seriously a fucking douche….ill state my first reason is the same reason i cant stand danny glover….they fucking support the president of a venezuelain prsident Hugo Chávez Frías…this is a dude who basically is a extortianist and lier to his country and has ties with central american terrorists…..sure he has cheap gas and has alligned himself with wealthy actors but this dude is bad and for all the bs penn and glover talk about human rights…..these dudes are bullshit
Who the fuck cares?!?!? It has nothing to do with you!
fiddy!
Tom Hanks would be perfect…too bad he doesn’t play in any comedic roles anymore.
Chuck Norris!
When Chuck Norris falls in water, Chuck Norris doesn’t get wet. Water gets Chuck Norris!
Paul Giamatti
That’s perfect casting… much better than Penn for Larry. He was great as Pig Vomit… W ENNN BC
he doesn’t have the look hes gotten to fat mabey a few years ago
Johnny Depp
Hayden Christiansen…he’s at least as good as Sean Penn
Jim, i hope that your remark was a joke because if it wasnt i would like to tell you that either you dont watch movies or you have no idea what youre talkin about. sean penn is in his own league and hayden christiansen is one of the least talented young actors out there. please watch any sean penn movie (yes any) and it would be better that anything christiansen could ever dream of doing (acting wise)
Carrot Top of course, hehe.
Will Smith!!!
Johnny Depp!!!
Brad Pit!!!
I kid! I kid…..
Just thought I’d get all of the usuall suspects out of the way. Although, Pitt has been pretty good doing comedy in the past.
Kevin James all the way! Woooooooooot!!!
I just of course.
I can’t think of anyone off the top of my head.
Kevin James? FUCK NO!!!! Please! Dear God, don’t choose him!