Roxanne Jones shared a link.
Spacey's
predation aside, why didn't they make this casting choice in the first place?
You know. Have an elderly actor play an elderly character?
Brent Richardson Christopher Plummer
was better casting for the part, anyhow. He looks more like Getty and Spacey's
heavy make-up looked too obvious.
Tom Haggas Need to put butts in
seats. Until a month ago, Spacey would have done that a little better than
Plummer.
Roxanne Jones Yeah, that's true. Some
people probably don't even know that Plummer is still alive.
Alberto J Leal I planned on going to
see this movie with Spacey in it, and I still plan to see it without him.
Tom Haggas They probably think that
was him at the beginning of Force Awakens.
Alberto J Leal Tom Haggas Christopher Plummer is an
iconic actor. There is no confusing him with anyone else.
Tom Haggas Alberto J Leal Eh. Don't overestimate the
intelligence of the average American filmgoer.
*cough*Transformers*cough*
*cough*Transformers*cough*
Elizabeth Lloyd-Kimbrel Plummer is
not only still alive but kicking ass with three films in post-production
besides this Spacey switch. (Highly recommend tracking down the PBS broadcast
of his "Barrymore."
Roxanne Jones The fact that they
announced Plummer so quickly leads me to believe he was considered at first but
thrown over for someone else.
Jonnie Barrow My understanding is
that Scott wanted him initially but the studio pushed for Spacey because he
*was* more appealing to audiences.
Roxanne Jones Ugh.
Alberto J Leal I agree. Even though I
admired the makeup work, I never understood the reason behind having Spacey play
an older man. I thought there might be flashback scenes but it doesn't seem to
be the case.
Tom Haggas It does make me wonder how
few scenes J Paul Getty has in this.
Brent Richardson Going to guess, not
many. This appears to be the story of the kidnapped grandson and the horrifying
impact it had on his life. His grandfather wasn't a close loving family member.
He was a distant but powerful entity to be obeyed or suffer his wraith.
Probably how he'll be played.
Jonnie Barrow Apparently Spacey only
shot for ten days - trailer looks to be far more about Michelle Williams tbh
Tom Haggas Jonnie Barrow An honest trailer? How
refreshing.
Maureen Daniels I hope that if
Plummer was considered for the part before it was given to Spacey, he has now
at least doubled his fee.
Roxanne Jones Damn skippy!
Tom Haggas One thing is for certain,
this movie could have the best Blu-ray supplements we've seen in a long time.
As long as they don't puss out and act like Spacey was never going to be in it
in the first place. I'd love to hear the decision making process and the
process of getting this on screens in six weeks.
Greg Stewart Bet they puss out.
Ed Sadowski Plummer is a better actor
than Spacey anyway
Don Larkin no he isn’t
Ellen Liang Looks like no other actor
has been so reviled and punished in this manner. Surely this hasn't been
uncommon behavior. I wonder how many more acting careers will be ruined.
Greg Stewart Molesting children is at
least relatively uncommon!
An Open Secret is an American
documentary film directed by Amy J. Berg[2][3] exposing…
Elizabeth Lloyd-Kimbrel Corey Feldman
has been trying to talk about this for years, not just now.
Pickles Mcgee Acting career ruined
but not the life of an innocent child? That's an unfortunate statement.
Patrick McEvoy-Halston Pickles Mcgee Yeah, I agree. On our end
however we should be prepared if a good portion of Hollywood gets crippled...
we have almost willed the place to be a place where either your dreams are
realized or you get completely ground up. I think a lot of the American
populace wanted there to be lots of Weinsteins there, for it embodying the
American dream more than any other place other than perhaps New York... as well
as their uncertainty about it. It is possible that people working there either
sensed the collective latitude towards their playing the role of the
dream-maker but also the predator, or, even, responded to our felt needs to
absolutely provide both, which we all now completely disown.
If we were capable of this kind of sophisticated thought, we might well save Hollywood, as well as Washington D.C., as well as New York, which the rightwing of America are sensing are in the process of being revealed as cesspools... the places that have preached the most against them, revealed to be beyond hypocritical into a reptilian scale of evil.
If we were capable of this kind of sophisticated thought, we might well save Hollywood, as well as Washington D.C., as well as New York, which the rightwing of America are sensing are in the process of being revealed as cesspools... the places that have preached the most against them, revealed to be beyond hypocritical into a reptilian scale of evil.
Ellen Liang My point was that this
hasn't happened to actors that I know of, only directors such as Polanski and
Allen, and they continued their careers. Am not debating the morality of this
behavior.
Greg Stewart Commercial impact.
Period. Other articles mention that Plummer was Scott's first choice but he was
overruled by the studio.
Thato Kabelo Sekhoto Yes. Ridley
wanted Plummer but Sony wanted Spacey.
Griselda Haygood I saw the trailer
for "All The Money in the World," and even though he was only in the
trailer for a brief minute, I thought he nailed the lookk of J. Paul Getty.
Look at what these great artists do to commit career suicide...
“I'm super fast.“
Carol Steel I'm disgusted by this
action by Sony.
They force a director to use their choice then bail?
I hope no one goes to see it.
I know I won't.
They force a director to use their choice then bail?
I hope no one goes to see it.
I know I won't.
Patrick McEvoy-Halston Pickles Mcgee
Yeah, I agree. On our end however we should be prepared if a good portion of
Hollywood gets crippled... we have almost willed the place to be a place where
either your dreams are realized or you get completely ground up. I think a lot
of the American populace wanted there to be lots of Weinsteins there, for
it embodying the American dream more than any other place other than perhaps
New York... as well as their uncertainty about it. It is possible that people
working there either sensed the collective latitude towards their playing the
role of the dream-maker but also the predator, or, even, responded to our felt
needs to absolutely provide both, which we all now completely disown.
If we were capable of this kind of sophisticated thought, we might well save Hollywood, as well as Washington D.C., as well as New York, which the rightwing of America are sensing are in the process of being revealed as cesspools... the places that have preached the most against them, revealed to be beyond hypocritical into a reptilian scale of evil.
If we were capable of this kind of sophisticated thought, we might well save Hollywood, as well as Washington D.C., as well as New York, which the rightwing of America are sensing are in the process of being revealed as cesspools... the places that have preached the most against them, revealed to be beyond hypocritical into a reptilian scale of evil.
Stephen Conn Guilty until proven
innocent (at least Trump's people really met with the Russians).
Joyce Rubin Deschamps Agree not only
because of age but Plummer is Olivier compared to a very whiny voiced Spacey.
Patrick McEvoy-Halston Spacey has
just come out as a homosexual. "Whiny voiced" might carry some
associations -- of men who aren't really men.
Joyce Rubin Deschamps Patrick McEvoy-Halston never entered my
mind. He was very whiny in The Usual Suspects, American Beauty...Plummer has a
superior voice, imho. But any reference to his coming out is completely
unintended.
Patrick McEvoy-Halston Cool.
Nicolas Bordet The nice thing with
acting is you can play something else than yourself.
Lizzie Nicholson but ...they also
removed a big draw from the movie. I adore Plummer, but Spacey is a bigger box
office draw than Christopher...and all this so they can issue the movie for the
Oscars...a bit hypocritical
Mmarrk CommandoJjullstrrom No one
seems to mind the bad things that Wahlberg (he's in this movie too) wrought in
his younger days. It does make a difference to some, whether seeing that kind
of person perform is enjoyable.
Roxanne Jones Wahlberg is one of the
reasons I wasn't going to see this anyway.
Brian Duggan "Daisy Clover"
still is his best cinematic effort.
Tom Haggas The court of public
opinion is fickle. What Weinstein, Spacey, Louis CK and Wahlberg have done is
disgusting and I don't really care if they ever appear on a screen again.
As an observer of pop culture, I think there's an element of who we perceive these people to be versus who they are in real life. Kevin Spacey's revelation was a bit jarring because it was counter to what a lot of us expected. On the other hand, Louis CK had a pretty low bar because his comedy was so self-deprecating that we weren't nearly as surprised.
With Wahlberg, that news has been out for a while, and he's been very forthcoming about his 25 year old felonies and again, picturing a young Southie Mark Wahlberg as someone who would beat up people isn't an impossible mental feat. As with most things, expectations affect bias.
As an observer of pop culture, I think there's an element of who we perceive these people to be versus who they are in real life. Kevin Spacey's revelation was a bit jarring because it was counter to what a lot of us expected. On the other hand, Louis CK had a pretty low bar because his comedy was so self-deprecating that we weren't nearly as surprised.
With Wahlberg, that news has been out for a while, and he's been very forthcoming about his 25 year old felonies and again, picturing a young Southie Mark Wahlberg as someone who would beat up people isn't an impossible mental feat. As with most things, expectations affect bias.
Roxanne Jones Gawker (RIP) kept a
running tab on the rumors about Spacey and Louis C.K. for years. They posted
many stories of younger men being approached and propositioned by Spacey.
Louis' situation was open knowledge among women within the comedy community because his victims talked about it. Tig Notaro even called him out in an episode of her show.
If you don't follow celebrity news or gossip, then yes, this stuff is shocking.
Louis' situation was open knowledge among women within the comedy community because his victims talked about it. Tig Notaro even called him out in an episode of her show.
If you don't follow celebrity news or gossip, then yes, this stuff is shocking.
Tom Haggas With celebrity news and
gossip, how do you draw the line? So much of it is made up. I follow
entertainment news closely, but don't even glance at the grocery checkout rags.
For every one thing they get right, there's 20 that are made up.
Roxanne Jones True. For me, it's
depends. I'm more likely to believe something coming from TMZ than US Weekly.
I was willing to give Gawker/Defamer the benefit of the doubt regarding Spacey and Louis CK because they went out of their way not to offer mere gossip but actual industry news, just not flattering news. However, in both cases they couldn't get folks to speak on the record. So I took it with a pinch of salt.
I was willing to give Gawker/Defamer the benefit of the doubt regarding Spacey and Louis CK because they went out of their way not to offer mere gossip but actual industry news, just not flattering news. However, in both cases they couldn't get folks to speak on the record. So I took it with a pinch of salt.
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