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About that rumor of Bruce Campbell and PREACHER...
Recently I've been getting mail, and hearing from A LOT of folks about how now that Ben Affleck passed or didn't get the part of PREACHER in Garth Ennis' cool as hell comic, that now an offer was out to Bruce Campbell... or that he had the part... or that he killed people to get the part... You know what I'm saying.
Well, given how cool Preacher is, and the script is pretty darn cool too... Well, I got excited and decided to ask Bruce if this was true. Here is what I got back...
Howdy. The official response falls under the category of: Wishful Thinking.
Rumors, I have found, are often born out of a fan's desire to see something
come about...
So folks... There ya have it. Wishful Thinking. In the meantime you Bruce Campbell fans up in Oklahoma... well at least in TULSA... go check out WWW.BRUCE-CAMPBELL.COM and get the skinny on how you can interrogate the man about his future projects and about the documentary he's shooting and the end of Hercules and so on. Personally I'm rooting on the rumor about Bruce Campbell playing The Green Hornet and Jet Li playing Kato to come true.... (BTW that was completely made up by me. Feel free to make it come true.)
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God dang-it, this movie must be mad! And Bruce Cambell would be so perfect for the part.
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Damn right this movie must be made!!.... with Leo DiCaprio as Arseface!
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Sorry Guys, I Love Bruce Campbell to death, but Jesse HAS to have a baby face, and Bruce is much to square jawed. You need a Johhny Depp, a Jason Priestley, or that lead guy from Disturbing Behavior. He's got to have a face of an angel, and turn that face to pissed off as hell when he uses "THE WORD" or goes off into an asskicking fury. Keep looking, Garth; I'm waiting for the greatest movie ever. Yet, Bruce as the Green Hornet......YESSSS!!!!
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Stone Cold Steve Austin. I would laugh my own arse off if that happened.
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Hmmm... How about Carrie-Anne Moss from "The Matrix", or (forgotten her name) from "Replacement Killers"?
Cassidy: Denis Leary'd definatly first choice... but how about Tim Roth? Just a thought...
What part of the comic series is the script based on? Do we get Starr? T.C. and Jody?
I vote they dig up Katherine Hepburn to play Gran'ma. ;)
--Riff
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Hopefully, much time and effort will be put into this film to make it as cool as the comic series. Skeet Ulrich would be perfect as Jesse, as would Tim Roth for Cassidy. As far as Tulip, maybe Reese Witherspoon? I'm not sure anyone other than Clint Eastwood (pre-90s) could play the Saint of Killers. And why not get somebody like David Fincher or Robert Rodriguez to direct as opposed to that Freddy's Dead/Tank Girl person? Oh well, that's my two cents. Thanks for listening.
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Alright all you sonsabitches... know that the only person who could pull off Jesse Custer ain't no johnny-come-lately, "baby-faced" fan-boy prebubescent hearthrob. He is, to quote From Dusk 'til Dawn, "a mean, mmm-fmmm, man of God. He's pure Americana: Tough as nails, with a tarnished heart of gold. As far as physically looking the part, try Jeff Goldblum. (Don't think he could be Jesse Custer? Watch "Powder". Especially the cafeteria part where he saunters in. And watch "Silverado" yeah I know he's a bad guy, but what one hell of a western!) For Tulip, try Mira Sorvino (maybe, I'm not 100% sure about that one, but she's a start...) I definately agree with casting Tim Roth as Cassidy. No one else could play that fun-lovin' irishman the way Roth could. (Watch "Rob Roy", yeah I know it's Scottish, bear with me...) For Saint of Killers? Only Clint, hell just watch "Unforgiven" and you'll see that Samuel L. (the Bad@$$ Mutha-F*cka) couldn't hold an icicle to the chilling look in Eastwood's eyes. For Herr Starr, try Patrick Stewart. I'm just not sure he'll want to do another comic-book movie right after he does X-Men. And of course, we can't forget one of the most important characters in the book: The Duke. Don't crucify me for saying this... but have Val Kilmer do it like he did Elvis in "True Romance". Garth would be proud...
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That fucking lamer asshole better not get this part. That fucking loser! He *WAS* a kind of good actor, until he decided to take the role in that fucked up piece of horrendous shit known as _Takedown_. Exagurating the hell out of stereotypes!I hope Skeet Ulrich is fucking killed before shooting, if he gets the part. That bitch!
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I'd like to see Ashley Judd as Tulip. She was great in "Normal Life," blowing away a bank customer one minute, blowing Luke Perry the next. And when a fellow Preacher freak and I thought about who could play Starr, all we could say is "Walken." With a knowing nod: "Walken."
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Bruce Campbell as Jesse Custer?
I don't know.
I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say Matthew McConaughey. He has the right accent and looks and it would certainly give his career a push in the right direction, which have gone downhill since Dazed & Confused.
I agree that Tim Roth would be perfect as the blood sucking Irishman. (and Leonardo Dicaprio as Arseface, he he...)
Not that Clint would ever do it but no one would be better as the saint.
Tulip is a tough one but I'll say Ashley Judd or Patricia Arquette.
Cristopher Walken as Herr Starr does sound like a given choice too. That is if he'll be in the movie.
I can't really imagine what the story will be considering how long and complex it is in the comic.
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Sorry, I know it is fun as hell to play producer/director and cast all the parts for a movie that we would all love to see happen, but realistically I am doubtful PREACHER will ever be made. I think Bruce Campbell sums it up best with "Wishful Thinking". Comic book movies hardly ever get made. At the same time, rumours abound that just about every comic book on the stands is about to be turned into a movie. SPIDERMAN, THE HULK, THE AVENGERS, X-MEN, IRONMAN (didn't I read that Tom Cruise wanted to play Tony Stark?), DANGER GIRL, the next SUPERMAN... etc, etc. My bet, none of these movies get made anytime soon. Add to that, PREACHER is a hot potato. Have you read about the trouble that DOGMA has had just because it allegedly deals with religious issues? Disney aside, religious folks are ready to protest that movie without even seeing it! Imagine when word gets out about a movie called PREACHER and a character named Custer that kicks ass and drinks hard. I believe it will be entirely impossible for this movie to get made unless it is done very independently. Even then, PREACHER isn't the kind of movie that you can just throw some stars at and turn out like ARMAGEDDON. Even with Ennis writing, it would be a tough movie to make work. Not exactly "high concept" stuff like asteroids pummeling the Earth. If you were to make a PREACHER movie what would it be? Would it be an action movie, a drama, maybe a comedy? If it played out anything like the comic it would be a VERY WEIRD movie that might never have an audience beyond those that read PREACHER comic books. In a cooler world, yes PREACHER could be made into a remarkable movie. Here and now, I think it is as unlikely as ordering a hamburger at Taco Bell. This movie will never be made.
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Meg Ryan. She has the looks (oh la la, does she have the looks), now lets see if she has the chopps to convey what a bad ass mo'fo', Miss Tulip O'Hare is ...
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In my opinion, both Ulrich and Depp are too scrawny to play Jesse. Campbell (sorry, Bruce) is a bit too old for the role. Do I have a better suggestion, though? No. Not yet.
I still think Cameron Diaz would make a stunning Tulip (Hell, she'd make a stunning ANYTHING), and I agree with Roth as Cassidy. I think Charles Dance is the man to play Starr (Remember him? He was the Doc in "Alien3", and the one eyed baddie in Last Action Hero.) He's got the menace AND sophistication down, and it won't seem like the same old "Stunt Cast the Villian" thing we've seen in so many movies. He's still an unknown quantity with American audiences.
This Saint of Killers thing bothers me a bit though. Eastwood gets mentioned the most... But Ennis and Dillon purposely shied away from that when they created him. Lee Marvin is dead though... Sam Jackson *could* play the role, as could Lance Henriksen. But it's still not right. They've got the AURA in spades, but not enough physicality. Plus they are instantly recognizable. So who would my choice be for The Saint?
The Kurgan himself... Clancy Brown.
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I do not understand wanting a Preacher Movie. Read the Comic! It is better than the movie could ever be. That hold true for about 99.9% of Comics books and plays. Let them stay in their original medium
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A friend and I were in Belfast's premier sci-fi store the other day when we saw something that greatly amused us: the action doll of Bruce Campbell as Autolycus. "Is that...?" asked my friend. "Yes," I replied, "it's the man himself. Bruce Campbell, lovingly recreated in plastic." I sat the figure down on the counter, turned to my friend and said, "y'know, he really should have been a huge star." And he should have been. One of the biggest. Instead, as he hovers around the 40 mark, we are left to reflect on what might have been if the major studios had seen Evil Dead II; if Frank Marshall had cast him as lead in Congo instead of that wet wimp, Dylan Walsh; if Raimi had had the guts to cast Bruce, and not our own beloved Liam as Darkman; if, in short, Bruce had sacked his agent, who constantly secures his/her client unbelievably shit jobs in shit movies. Hmm...
Bruce has style. Charm. Talent. Even good looks, if that's your thing. He's friendly, genuine with his fans, and he could have been the sort of dashing leading man Hollywood was crying out for throughout the 80s and 90s. This man could have been Batman. Instead, he was Briscoe County, Jr.
And now he is linked with the coolest role in movies: Jesse Custer, the Preacher (written by Garth Ennis, another Northern Irish link!). Now, although I cast doubts on just how much the movie version of a comic that sells 50,000 copies a month can make at the box office (at $10 a head, that makes...erm, half a million bucks?), a lot will depend on the casting. And so, even though this is a moot point now that Bruce has denied all involvement, let me say this: Bruce Campbell is too old to play Jesse Custer. Bruce's time as a potential leading man is fast passing us by. It's sad to see, and sad to say, but someone around 25-30 should take on Jesse. Physically, I don't see any reason why Man of the Moment, Dougray Scott couldn't fill Jesse's boots. All he has to do is master that tricky Texan accent, but if he can pull off the Canuck in X-Men, that shouldn't be a problem.
But you never know. Bruce could be bluffing, not wanting to blow a deal that could finally make him. Perhaps he could make me eat my words, if he really cares what I think. Until all is revealed, I shall remain sceptical and saddened about Bruce's career. He is happy, and his website is wonderful, by the by, but he could have been so much more. -
All this talk about Bruce Campbell having a "sad" career (PantingMenace ain't the only one), especially when it comes to blaming others (Raimi, Marshall, the Agent in the Grassy Knoll--triangular assassination, eh?), is patently unfair. Look, Bruce spent half his life busting his ass raising money and earning the modest fame he no doubt enjoys. I don't know if he's ever dreamed of being a superstar or not, but I have a feeling he's happy where he is, and for PantingMenace or anyone else to gripe about it, while complimentary of his talents, really CHEAPENS his and his co-producers' struggles to get where they are. I don't think a guy who invested years of his life turning out "Evil Dead" movies, and now has the comforts of steady TV work and character-actor movie roles, really gives a shit about $20 million paydays, IMH-Freudian-O.
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I'm not deriding Bruce himself. I'm sure he's perfectly happy doing what he's doing, and I appreciate the hard work he has done to get where he is today: a hard-working actor/producer/director with some classic films under his belt, a comfortable financial position (I hope!) and a loyal fanbase. I was, however, lambasting the short-sightedness of Hollywood for giving leading roles to people like the aforementioned Dylan Walsh, and the anodyne Val Kilmer, when a man with more charisma, style and talent than most was sitting there, under their noses. As for the comment about Bruce's agent, it has to be said that Bruce has made some utter crap in his lifetime...happy though he may be, there must have been times when he has wondered "if only...". If only, indeed. I must stress, also, that this is only IMHO. Oh, and please call me Panting Menace. PantingMenace has no spaces, 'cos Harry wouldn't allow it. Go figure.
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Jun 21, 1999 4:30:51 PM CDT
I agree, Panting Menace, and there may be a middle ground for Br
by freud
Got your name right that time. I agree that Bruce should be on a higher tier, but maybe leading-man status isn't it. (You're right about timing--if not five years ago than probably never.) It's being an "and" actor. By that I mean he has the kind of supporting role that's featured in the opening credits thus: "and Bruce Campbell as Hymen Schlep." Just like "and Jeffrey Combs as Herbert West." Or James Woods, who has "and" roles in both "True Crime" and "General's Daughter." To get to that "and" stage, though, he has to be a serious ham, on a theatrically-trained-scenery-chewer level. Like Combs. But that's probably not his style. Hey, thanks for responding; that was my first post and I didn't get flamed!
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I'm sorry, but I've been following the Preacher comic from the very beginning and before that, I was hooked on the Ennis/Dillon years of Hellblazer.
So far, none of the actors mentioned for the part of Jesse even come close to having the kind of John Wayne type grit that the part calls for. Bruce Campbell maybe, but he's always played such a cut up I'm not sure I would believe him. I agree with juanc1, leave it alone. Why fix it if it ain't broke! Two hours couldn't even do the story justice. Support comics, they have some of the best stories around, let the movies come up with their own stories! -
Bruce Campbell as Jesse Custer? - Fuckin' inspired
Patricia Arquette - Tulip (not many people thought of this yet but in Alabama Worley mode she'd be perfect.
Robert Carlyle as Cassidy - I dunno if he can do Irish.
The Saint of Killers was made for Clint Eastwood but Walken would be great.
John Malkovitch would be cool as Starr.
Russel Crowe would be a good Jody and TC could be played by the hick fella from Evil Dead 2.
That's my opinion. Thank you and fuck you.
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