Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. I'm a big fan of both of these actors, especially John Goodman. I grew up with ROSEANNE and discovered his Coen Bros work in my teens. The dude always makes me smile, so any news of a new John Goodman performance makes me smile.

He and Sarandon are joining Al Pacino in Barry Levinson's Dr. Kevorkian bio-pic. Of course it is widely known that Kevorkian was famous for breaking the law and assisting terminally ill patients commit suicide and was recently paroled after 8 years in prison.

According to a Hollywood Reporter article Goodman will be playing Nicol, supporter of Kevorkian and assistant in some of the suicides.

Sarandon will be playing Janet Good, a staunch right to die activist and Kevorkian supporter who herself asks for his aid when diagnosed with terminal cancer. Seems like a helluva role for her and it's good to see her and Goodman together again (I thought they were great in SPEED RACER, which despite internet haters' screamings is a damn good movie).

Very quickly, I have a Goodman story to share. I met the man in Central Park after he left a performance of THE SEAGULL in 2001. I had driven out there to see him, Natalie Portman, Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Christopher Walken in this play (directed by the great Mike Nichols, I might add) and the night before I was in line for tickets for the next night's performance when the entire cast comes walking out.

I went up to meet Walken (who is a living idol as far as I'm concerned), but the second I saw him I froze up. He seemed so intense, head down, shoulders stooped, that I couldn't bring myself to approach. Plus I was a bit starstuck.

But I did go up to Goodman who was more than a little drunk. He was super nice, chatting for about 15 minutes. I asked him what he was doing now. He mentioned "I just did this cartoon with Billy Crystal..." I was like, "Yeah, MONSTERS, INC!" It struck me as funny for some reason when he called a Pixar movie just this "cartoon" movie.

I told him I'd like to interview him for the site and he said sure and took my card. We parted ways and he bellowed back at me "And yeah, I'll call you! I'm not a dick! I'll give you a call." Well, he never called me, but he certainly isn't a dick. It was really cool of him to take the time to chat with a nerd who loved his work.

Anyway, that's my John Goodman story. This Kevorkian flick looks to be shaping up rather well. Can't wait to see how it turns out. You?

-Quint
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