Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. I love the original Arthur and I know there are people who just hate Russell Brand to death, but I find the dude funny. I'm not totally against this remake, especially after the incredibly smart casting of Helen Mirren in the John Gielgud role. Gielgud won the Oscar for his performance as Hobson, Arthur's butler, and deserved it. Mirren being in the role can only put more distance between her performance and Gielgud's.
Also, I didn't realize Luis Guzman was in it! The Guz! Or just how geeky this Arthur is. Apparently he's obsessed with Batman... there are even set pics that surfaced a while back featuring the Joel Schumacher Batmobile.
Zimbio has a series of pictures of Luis Guzman playing Robin to Russell Brand's nipple-suited Batman that just make me laugh. Click the pic below to see 'em all.
I know Brand can't top what Dudley Moore did with the character or even match the sweetness and heart that counteracted Arthur's annoying, drunk pampered rich kid role, but if they can give this flick its own identity, let it stand on its own two feet, then it just could work. Thoughts?
-Quint
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