Re: RARA-AVIS: Leonardo DiCaprio IS Travis McGee

From: Brian Thornton (bthorntonwriter@gmail.com)
Date: 02 Oct 2009

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    Speaking of guys who owe parts of their careers to Sam Raimi, why not Bill Campbell for McGee?

    Bill Paxton, too, for that matter (it's not as if he'd hold out for too much money with the way his career's been going!).

    That said, after seeing Leo's tour-de-force as Hughes in THE AVIATOR (he got SCREWED come Oscar time on that one), I'm convinced he can play McGee. Everyone used to make the same knocks on Johnny Depp, come to think of it, and look how his career has taken off in his 40s.

    Here's one last other possibility for McGee, not just because the actor in question could do it, but because it'll likely cause Bludis to gnash his teeth and tear his hair: Adrian Brody. Anyone who thinks he couldn't pull it off needs to go watch his performance as Louis Simo in HOLLYWOODLAND.

    Your Mileage May Vary-

    Brian

    On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 8:29 AM, Patrick King <abrasax93@yahoo.com> wrote:

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    > To me Dafoe is too creepy: The Green Goblin & Wild At Heart, the psycho in
    > THE CLEARING, he's scheduled to play Tars Tarkas in John Carter of Mars! He
    > specializes in very strange characters. I just don't see Willem as
    > square-jawed, sentimental ol' McGee. How about Tommy Lee Jones. Now he could
    > carry McGee!
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    > Patrick King
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    > --- On Wed, 9/30/09, jacquesdebierue <jacquesdebierue@yahoo.com<jacquesdebierue%40yahoo.com>>
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    > From: jacquesdebierue <jacquesdebierue@yahoo.com<jacquesdebierue%40yahoo.com>
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    > Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: Leonardo DiCaprio IS Travis McGee
    > To: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com <rara-avis-l%40yahoogroups.com>
    > Date: Wednesday, September 30, 2009, 3:51 PM
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    > To my mind, an ideal actor to play McGee is Willem Dafoe (also one of the
    > very best American actors for the past three decades). Now, I don't remember
    > exactly how old McGee is in the books, so perhaps Dafoe is too old for the
    > part. Di Caprio is a very good and very professional actor, I doubt that he
    > will do a bad job. He may be too _young_ for the part...
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