The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus

Eire 4Ever

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/a89433/gilliam-tests-bb-twins-for-ledger-film.html

Director Terry Gilliam has considered casting Big Brother twins Sam and Amanda Marchant in his new movie The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus, say reports.

Gilliam is reportedly keen to cast the reality stars in the role of two-headed monster.

A source told the Daily Star: "Terry doesn’t want to use too much CGI, so they have the perfect faces for the part. It’s much harder to find freaks than you’d think."

Commenting on the rumours, Sam said: "It would be perfect for us. It’s so exciting. That would be the cherry on the cake."

Yes they would be perfect to play a monster

Eire 4Ever

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/a89432/three-stars-cast-in-ledgers-dr-parnassus-role.html

Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Colin Farrell will star in Terry Gilliam's The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus, reports Ain't It Cool News. The trio will take on the role played by Heath Ledger in the film.

Ledger's character falls into a magic mirror four times during the film, allowing Gilliam to re-cast the role as a tribute to the Brokeback Mountain star.

Dr Parnassus had completed filming in London at the time of Ledger's death but still needed to undertake blue-screen work in Canada.

The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus stars Christopher Plummer, singer Tom Waits and St. Trinian's star Lily Cole.

lizann

Farrell: "Playing Ledger's Part Is a Painful Honor"
Movie star Colin Farrell has confirmed he'll be among the stars acting out scenes tragic Heath Ledger never got to shoot in his final film, confessing it'll be an "incredibly painful tribute." The Irish actor, Jude Law and Johnny Depp will help director Terry Gilliam complete the film he started with the late Ledger. The superstar trio will pick up the role Ledger was playing in The Imaginarium Of Dr. Parnassus before he accidentally overdosed on prescription drugs last month. And Farrell admits he was flattered to be asked to help Gilliam complete Ledger's last film. He tells the Sydney Daily Telegraph newspaper, "I will be honored to be part of that. It makes me feel uncomfortable to think about it too much and to get into it really here, but it's an incredibly painful honor... and an honor I wish wasn't bestowed (on me), but an honor none-the-less. It's about getting Heath's work out there... He's too good for any of his work not to be seen, you know, and I'm really keen and looking forward to doing it and just doing the best job I can do." The film, about a magical traveling theatre, also features movie veteran Christopher Plummer. Production on the London set has been suspended since just before Ledger's death.

Well done CF

Mrs Roy Keane

RIP Heath

I think Colin, Jude and Johnny are great cast additions.

I thought Jake Gyllenhaal was going to play a role also ????

phit_demon

The teaser is up on Quick Stop Entertainment:

http://www.quickstopentertainment.com/2008/09/13/quick-stop-exclusive-teaser-trailer-from-terry-gilliams-the-imaginarium-of-doctor-parnassus/

I'm getting excited about this already!

FionnMatthew

Oh Gawd.

Jude Law and Colin Farrell?

They might as well have shat on Ledger's ashes.

phit_demon

FionnMatthew wrote: »

Oh Gawd.

Jude Law and Colin Farrell?

They might as well have shat on Ledger's ashes.

Yeah, and something tells me you would have said the same about Ledger before he died. There's no pleasing some folk.

FionnMatthew

I made the comment mostly indifferently to Ledger's popularity or talent, and also indifferently to Farrell's and Law's talent.

The sense in which I made the comment, if it must be clarified, is that here's the PR machinery for Gilliam's film, and the media at large, making an issue of the solemn homage-like nature of these actors filling in for Ledger's blue-screen work (which might have been done by anyone, frankly), and they chose two utter tossers to do it.

If I was a dead guy (which I will be someday), I wouldn't want the homage of a pair of tossers like Farrell and Law. And I certainly wouldn't want either of those people benefiting their careers by feigning "traumatisation" and shedding showbiz tears for me. I'd prefer to be dumped into a ravine.

The basic import of what I said was, then: "Some tribute..." It's like having Jade Goody pontificate at your funeral. There are people who would expect you to be glad of that, if you were around. Expect you to think it was all right and proper - an honour, no less. No thanks, though. Don't bother. I'd much rather be hamburger meat.

I'm not in any way "defending" the jumped up integrity of Heath Ledger or anyone else. It's not that I think Ledger is "worthy of better," it's that I don't think anyone is so devoid of worthiness as to deserve the utterly indifferent homage of Colin Farrell. I'm simply remarking on how underwhelmed I am when I read this type of schmaltzy human-interest story. I'm overcome with bathos. From the tone of the article, we are expected to read it, and nod gravely at the great wisdom and big-heartedness of people like Farrell. Well, I find that hard to do, because I think he's an odious, self-aggrandizing narcissist, who just knows how to make the right noises at the right time.

For all I know, their blue-screen work might even be good! It might be the best blue-screen work we've ever seen! I don't care. My comment was a response to the article, not to the film (which I haven't seen yet.)

P.S. Why is everyone else in here banned?

Roar

phit_demon wrote: »

The teaser is up on Quick Stop Entertainment:

http://www.quickstopentertainment.com/2008/09/13/quick-stop-exclusive-teaser-trailer-from-terry-gilliams-the-imaginarium-of-doctor-parnassus/

I'm getting excited about this already!

bah, that trailer was removed..

pixelburp

Don't worry, it's the most pointless trailer imaginable. All it consisted of was a bunch of concept art montages & clips from Gilliam's previous movies. There's a nice little introduction by Gilliam himself, but otherwise one learns nothing about this movie.

Am keen to know if Gilliam's back to his Brazil/Time Bandits best.

JP Liz

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aCNejjnr30

pixelburp

That's the same teaser trailer that was posted earlier in the thread, but thanks for flagging it anyway

JP Liz

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wW03tsICrU