The Coen Brothers Get a Woody
Filed under: Drama, Casting, DIY/Filmmaking, Newsstand
The Hollywood Reporter is, well, reporting that the Coen Brothers have added some more meat to their contemporary Western thriller, No Country for Old Men. Just hearing the words 'Western' and 'Coen Brothers' in the same sentence gets me so juiced, Barry Bonds would be jealous. Ooohh, was that a sports reference on Cinematical? Arrest me now!
Woody Harrelson and Stephen Root have signed on to play roles in the pic, which is based on the novel by Cormac McCarthy. Story will center around a gent (as Martha would say) who happens upon a bag full of money and drugs while out hunting antelope. Needless to say, the guy takes the bag home where he and his mates have one helluva night. Okay, that's not correct. Though he does take the bag, its owners soon come looking, landing our hero on the run and in serious trouble. Assuming Tommy Lee Jones (who also stars in the film) will play the lead, Harrelson could be heading toward a part as the nasty, drug-addicted villain. Seems like the perfect fit -- after all, the dude was pretty convincing in Natural Born Killers. Eh?
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6-07-2006 @ 12:29PM
ESK said...
This is a great book, and if the movie follows it would seem that Harrelson would be the lead, Tommy Lee Jones would be the Sherrif trying to figure out what is going on, and they would need a Hispanic actor for the killer who is tracking the money.
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6-07-2006 @ 12:52PM
veggiegal said...
I think that Harrelson will play Wells, one of the people trying to get the money. It was announced some time ago that Josh Brolin will play the man who finds the money. Jones will definitely play Sherrif Bell. And Javier Bardem will play the psychopathic assassin.
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6-07-2006 @ 1:33PM
Ajay Shroff said...
You dont have to worry about the movie doing the book justice ESK. The Coen Brothers are masters of film making, or atleast I think so :)
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6-07-2006 @ 2:40PM
josh said...
Their last two movies were low points in their career, however. Both in my opinion and in general critical opinion, if I recall correctly. I hope this is an uptick for them.
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6-07-2006 @ 4:35PM
ESK said...
I was only saying "by the book" in terms of casting. The story of the book itself is pretty cut and dry if you ask me, the most interesting thing about it is the style in which it is written, which will be impossible to translate into a movie. Unless you've read the book it's difficult to explain what I mean.
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