The Fake-arite
Friday, November 22, 2019 at 11:31AM by Jason Adams
I'm not sure what the current status is on The Favourite director Yorgos Lanthomis' adaptation of the 1964 Western novel Pop. 1280 from author Jim Thompson -- it was announced as his next film all the way back in February but nothing's been said since and it's not on his IMDb page right now -- but now we know what else Yorgos has got in the pipeline, at least.
Yesterday Deadline reported he's turning his formidable talents towards the small screen for a limited series adaptation of David Gilbert's book The Man In The Rockefeller Suit: The Astonishing Rise and Spectacular Fall of a Serial Impostor, which tells the true-life story of "Clark Rockefeller," whose blue-blood lineage became unraveled once his suspicious wife Sandra began pulling at threads.
The story was already turned into a Lifetime movie in 2010 starring Will & Grace actor Eric McCormick and ER actress Sherry Stringfield, which is just about the most "2010 Lifetime Movie Cast" I can imagine. Yorgos' take will be a little more complicated than whatever those folks came up with though, probably, one would guess. A film adaptation's been floating around for a bit -- Benedict Cumberbatch was attached at one point but no word now if he still is. Who might you cast as this chap:
Reader Comments (13)
He's too old at this point, but a younger David Paymer is a good visual pick.
Michael Shannon or Michael Stuhlbarg. 😉
Matthew Rhys for the win!
Michael Stuhlbarg would be an inspired choice, but Bradley Whitford also could be a good choice. (Believe it or not, he and Christian "Clark Rockerfeller" Gerhartsreiter are around the same age.)
Knowing Hollywood, however, Lanthimos & Co. probably will wind up casting Taron Egerton with a prosthetic schnoz.
Andrew Garfield
@Mareko - Bradley Whitford is exactly who came to mind when I looked at that picture. I imagine they'll probably go with a younger/bigger name, though. I also love the suggestion of Michael Stuhlbarg.
I hope Pop. 1280 moves forward. I am dying to see what Yorgos will do with an adaptation of one of my favorite writers Jim Thompson.
I mean, these choices are good to very good if they're going for Modern Oscar Approved Comedy. But what if they go even harder into the wacky-nonsense mold? I'd suggest John Hodgman if that's where they're going.
James Urbaniak, anyone??
Or James Ransone if they need someone younger...?
Scarlett Johansson
Jared Harris