Casting: Zach Galifianakis In It’s Kind Of A Funny Story; Nicolas Cage Explains (Disses?) The Green Hornet
It’s Kind of a Funny Storyis the title of an upcomingZach Galifianakisdramedy from the writer/director team behindHalf Nelsonand their rising gemSugar. And in a way, the line also describes wild-manNicolas Cage’s reasoning for recently bailing on theThe Green Hornet. These tidbits of casting news after the jump…
I wouldn’t be one of those “fairweather fans who quote hisPurple Onionalbum” without suggesting that Galifianakis reprise his mentally-effed role asThe SnugglerfromTim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!But wait! There’s also a requisite kooky love interest.Emma Roberts, lucky daughter of Eric Roberts, will star as a “quirky teenage girl.” Are teenage quirky girls in Galifianakis movies the new babies on board /talking guinea pigsthat burrow in hard cash? We’ll find out in 2011, which I guess means the film will be released afterDue DateandDinner For Schmucks, but beforeThe Hangover 2. I look forward to seeing what theHalf Nelson/Sugarteam comes up with; foreseeing a hipster Hal Ashby type of deal. Death match: Michael Cera and Jesse Eisenberg.
After hearing early birds discuss the bat shit antics of Nicolas Cage in Werner Herzog’s upcomingBad Lieutenant, I can’t picture him making any type of career decisions sans cocaine and the consultation of an iguana. To the relief of some (not me), Cage dipped out onSeth RogenandMichel Gondry’sThe Green Hornetbefore shooting any scenes; he was set to play the top villain, Chudnofsky. And as our readers know, Rogen and Gondry then announced one of the greatest rebounds in recent memory bycastingChristoph “Hans Landa” Waltzin the role. Cage explained (and dissed the character imo) viaSuperHeroHype…
“‘The Green Hornet’ was something that I wanted to do, I think Michel Gondry is very talented and I had hoped it would work but I think Seth Rogen and Michel had a different take on the character,” said Cage, who starred in 2007’s supernatural comic book film, “Ghost Rider.““I had to have some humanity and to attempt to give it something where you could understand why the character was the way he was but I don’t think there was enough time to develop it.“Before this statement, rumor had it that Cage’s paycheck wasn’t fat enough. Also, gossip has it that he wouldn’t trim his Howard Hughes-like fingernails and wanted them zapped with CGI. While I’m not 100% stoked on Waltz being sucked into a semi-superhero movie, it’s all the rage and I’m certain he’ll add an unpredictable twist. Cage, you will eat those words, or your iguana with the bloodshot eyes will do it for you.
