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Steve Carell's Maxwell Smart finds his Agent 99!!!
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. I had a mad crush on Barbara Feldon as Agent 99. I grew up watching GET SMART on Nick At Nite and have many fond memories of the show. I'm really curious to see what Steve Carell has in store in the film version. If anyone can fill Don Adams' telephone-equiped shoes, it'd be him.
And now they've made a casting decision that sits pretty well with me. The new 99 is Ann Hathaway. She's cute and hopefully she'll have the spunk that made Feldon's 99 so adorable. What do you folks think?
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I feel good today...
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I have high hopes for this moview. Hopefully Mr. Carell can pull this off. I'm really looking forward to it!
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This guy is riding that virgin wave all the way huh... If these projects aren't gold at the box office, he's done!
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I haven't seen the show since I used to watch it on Nick-At-Nite in the early 90's when I was in elementary school, but it seems like the perfect choice to me.
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better be funny, because I;m laughing just picturing it in my head now
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And I have an insatiable penchant for worn out catchphrases. Um... Damn you Michael Bay! Something something dead raped deer.
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Not too worried. Steve Carell was dead on as Uncle Arthur in the completely horrible Bewitched remake. So I'm not worried about Steve being good. The movie around him, however . . . maybe it'll be good. Not holding my breath. My suspicion is, in the end, they will have missed it by _that_ much.
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I wonder if Hathaway will prove to be as interesting as Elizabeth Hurley was as Vanessa Kessington. I thought she was Austin Powers' best side woman and really Get Smart is competing against that franchise. They just can't put any crap up there.
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I hope they are doing this right. Mel Brooks wants to stay away from it as far as possible!
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...millions will die. By me. Just now.
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Never heard of Agent 99 and I don't care for Steve Carell much. Meh.
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That is all.
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If they keep the 60's feel to it, and not some tepid remake like The Nude Bomb redux, it'll be good.
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I think she needs to show her boobies.
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Carell supposedly wanted her for the role.If only Lana had died in that car wreck, she'd have kickstart to her movie career and Pa Kent would still be around.DAMN YOU BRYAN SINGER! ;)
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I don't know, I'm not a fan of hers, but I would've preferred someone in their 30's since he's in his 40's. Even though I myself have no problem with older men...
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she's pretty, she's perky, i assume she can roll her eyes. All the requirements to play Agent 99 (who, incidentally, Mel Brooks wanted to name Agent 69 but got nixed by the network censors. true story.)
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Are you saying you *DON'T* want to see Anne Hathaway in "The Nude Bomb"? Jesus, I'd want to see her in anything that has to do with 'nude'!
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...old shows turned comedy films of the last ten or so years that I'm truly looking forward to (although the Brady Bunch movie was a pleasantly amusing surprise). Carell is pretty perfect for the part and it seems like they've found a solid female counterpart for him. Any idea who's playing the Chief?
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I don't know about this. The thought of Carrell canoodling with Ann Hathaway is a little icky. What's wrong with a smart, cute older actress like Mary-Louise Parker?
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Hollywood says, "we need somebody young". Damn kids. I hate having all these kids forced into movies. Must make me an old man. What's great for Carell is that even if the movies tank, he's still got The Office to fall back on for a few more seasons, anyway.
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She needs a hit, anyway. If this movie is a hit, by the way.
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I had no idea this project was even out there. Pretty nice job of casting!
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Anne Hathaway. Drool.
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Her eyes are too big for her head or something. She looks like an animated Disney girl...I'd still hit it, though.
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Old enough to believably pair up romantically with Carrell yet looking far younger than her 42(!) years, plus she can do "spunky" perfectly. It's not like Carrell had to bang Katie Holmes in The 40 Year Old Virgin...
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Anne is twenty years younger than Carell. In contrast, Don Adams was only nine years ahead of Barbara Feldon. This is gross, and many audience members are going to be turned off because of it.
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Nov 21, 2006 9:12:32 AM CST
What's wrong with looking like an animated Disney girl?
by osmosis jones
Ariel? Belle? Pocahontas? Scha-WING!
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...in that movie scene with the Latino bad boys, I find I cannot take her seriously as an actress. I question the need for actresses of her stature to disrobe in such a sexually explicit manner, and find it - hold on, what am I saying??!
Anne! Show me the money, baby...show me the MONEY!!!!!
Without a trailer I can't say anything other than...bad idea! Who cares about this old tv show...I mean really...who??
Sigh...I look forward to the remake of the old tv classic, Highway to Heaven....cinema gold, my friends...cinema gold... -
Eek.
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Like bags of sand.
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I bascially agree with what you are saying. My appreciation of Miss Hathaway increased tenfold after seeing her whip off her shirt in the back of that car in Brokeback Mountain. However, some actresses do fine not getting naked like Winona Ryder...sometimes it's better to tease your fans instead of giving it all to them. Natalie Portman is not very busty, so she should probably keep her top on so as not to disappoint. Keira Knightley was topless in a film and after seeing her little bee stings, I became much less interested in her. Yes, it is very shallow but that is human physiology and psychology for you...it's just the way it works.
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I think she's cute and spunky. I give this casting my stamp of approval. WIll she be naked? No matter, either way I like the casting choice. Naked is always better though.
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Should be fun
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Robert Altman has died.
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I think both are excellent choices. I'm really looking forward to it. It's the writing I'm worried about. No telling how that'll turn out.
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Not a bad choice... although with Carell it's going to be hard-pressed to suck.
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I'll admit, like Bond, Get Smart has the kind of formula that should be remade every generation. Good idea to adapt this.
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I love those bee stings. seeing those just made me love her more.
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Fuck! Al least he got his gold watch at the oscars finally.
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If I were Carrell this is not what I would have lined up after Ishtar Almighty, is all I can say.
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i hate steve carell, and anne hathaway is not 99 material. dammit, let don adams rest in peace. this is one of my all time favorite shows, and we don't need a big screen version. it's already been done, "the nude bomb". and this film flopped even though it had don adams.
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Just drop a nude bomb in frame 1 and Ms. Hathaway can do the rest.
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who will play Siegfried, Agent of KAOS?! Bernie Kopell's still kicking.
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comedy genius steve carrell will own the silver screens all summer long with this insta-classic, just add young meat to intrance key demographic and you get Pirate B.O.
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I don't think that is going to work at all. I love Steve Carell as Smart and I think Anne Hathaway could probably do a good job with the role of 99, but together --- they just do not mix.
I am hoping that they tweak the story a bit so that there is no serious romantic relationship between them. Maybe Smart can lust after 99 during the course of the movie and then she can introduce him to her mother at the end....mmmmm Agent 99's Mom. -
Why is this not the first time I've heard that Ann Hathaway loves anal sex. Where are these rumours coming from??
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other than that, love the show, was addicted to it while growing up.
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I approve.
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Stop being so cliched and dare to be different and cast a female lead that's actually close to the male leads' age. How about Teri Hatcher or someone in that age range. Steve Carrell is almost old enough to be this girls' ancestor.
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The obvious choice was Parker Posey. I don't see how anyone can argue any differently.
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I would have chosen Zooey Deschanel - still quite young, but a tiny bit older than Hathaway. What is it with films pairing barely-legal women with men old enough to be their dads? I mean, I love Carell and think he's really attractive, but really. There's a reason he was paired with Catherine thingy in "The 40 Year Old Virgin:" she's the right age for him! Jeebus.
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But, they're right. She is too young. She's got the right attitude and look, though. Hope they'll age her a little; Max and 99 should be close to contemporaries.
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and she'll be fine. As good as this idea is, it's super easy to fuck it up. We got Fang the dog and Hymie the robot, if I remember correctly.
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I really like Anne Hathaway, but pairing her with Carrell as 99 is just a bit Ick Factor 12. I liked AnnoyYou's call for Zooey Deschanel, though. She's only a couple of years older than Hathaway, but wouldn't be quite as pervy-looking a match for Carrell and she was also one of the best things about the HITCHHIKER'S movie.
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I'm pretty sure she was born around the time of my last dental checkup, but for spunky (heh) cuteness, Hathaway can't be beat.
Don't think she'll be gettin' nekid though. She can do pretty funny too, i imagine, but I don't think anyone has given her room yet to be herself (or she hasn't found it) but Carrell is quirky enough to bring it out in anyone.
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Of course the female co-star has to be a way too young for the job, 23 year old. Just like they did in Superman Returnms with Lois Lane.
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wouldn't suprise me
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bah!
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I think Anne Hathaway is good, but obviously she is too young. The age difference between her and Carell is distracting. He played a 40 year old just shortly after she played a high school student. I guess that's it for Sandra Bullock.
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Sheesh, there are a ton of 30 something actresses who would be ideal. Carell, on the other hand, is obviously perfect. I'm still waiting for my Avengers remake that doesn't suck and is actually clever and stuff.
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...would have been Catherine Zeta-Jones. She's exquisite, exudes class/sophistication, and is close to Carell in age. Besides, talk about someone who looks spectacular in a catsuit! ;-) The irony is that she apparently doesn't mind mating with mature men in real life. I mean, her husband's what, 62?!? Then again, I shouldn't be so harsh -- he was only 50-something when they married...
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... and added hotness doesn't hurt. Even if she is a little young. Shit, are you all disgusted with Hef gettin it from 20 year olds? I thought he was a hero. ...... Hey, in the back, shut up you cheap bastards! 50 years ago we'd have had you strung ..... Uhhhh, yeah. Michael Richards is such a cockwad. What a fuckin loser. And I loved Seinfeld too. So sad.
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Oh, leave Harry alone already.
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Comedic actor of the month making a movie about an old TV show co-starring stunning actress... what does that remind me of... *coughBewidtched* ... Oh well, hope it's not a dud!
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...with the man-eating plant? Scared the FUCK out of me as a kid.
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I care. Alot. And so do you, else you would not bother to post your dissent or approval. The fact your even reading this means you care, and If you post again, your in love. Word.
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I really don't know.
Carrell is a champion and I was totally stoked for this Get Smart project but if she's as young as you guys are saying, well...
Sandra Bullock should be banned from making movies for ten years after "The Lake House". -
I'm fine. How are things with you?
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...about the remake that says it all.
RIP Don Adams and thanks for the decades of laughs -
Carell will be a rougher, tougher Maxwell Smart than we've seen before. We'll be keeping it real! When he says "Missed it by that much" it'll be tinged with regret. When he says "Would you believe...you're surrounded by three boy scouts with slingshots?" we'll see the desperation that brings him to that lie! When he says "Sorry 'bout that Chief!" he'll really mean it! And no shoe phone or cone of silence or other preposterous gadgets! What was the question? Oh, right, Anne Hathaway. Yeah, she's too young.
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Try and imagine Toto singing "69" in place of "99", which song was inspired by Barbara Feldon.
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Uma Thurman would have been a kick-azz choice. Or how about Aunjanue Ellis (Sista Girl from Undercover Brother)? Nothing against Hathaway. She's got presence. And she's got chops. Oh, and to whoever said Parker Posey, way too on-the-nose dude.
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She's 24 years old, just dress her like a grown up and she'll be fine. The problem is she's been in too many teenager flicks and people are conditioned to think of her that way.
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That was damn funny! The real question is...who do they cast as HYME?
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Probably won't. Not into the idea of Po-Mo Bond. I hear it is quite good, though. Have you seen the Ferrell movie about him being offed by the author? Have a great Turkey Day!
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Rue McClanahan?? Would that be the salve for your tender age sensibilities?
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Nov 23, 2006 5:31:19 AM CST
A 20 year age difference is really no big deal anymore
by triumph poops!
Seriously, maybe it's just me since I live and work out here in Los Angeles where you constantly see couples like that, but pairing Carell with Hathaway seems fine to me. It's GREAT casting for both roles and I think someone above said it best -- Hathaway has always played roles that skewed her actual age DOWN, so mentally you're just conditioned to think of her as being younger than she actually is. Besides, the Carell/Hathaway age difference is LESS than Michael Douglas Jr and Catherine Zeta-Jones, who actually share the SAME birthday and are thus EXACTLY 25 years apart. And let me tell you, if I was Michael Douglas and I had a chance to nail Catherine Zeta, I'd have been all over that -- and I'm sure most of you would have been too! And if you want to talk age point spreads in terms of a couple, here's one for the geeks out there: James Doohan -- yes, Scotty on STAR TREK -- was THIRTY SEVEN YEARS older than his wife, with whom he had children. In fact, right off IMDB trivia (quote): "In 1974, Wende met her future husband, James Doohan, at a theater performance and married later that year. Wende was 17, and Doohan was 54."
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