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[wickedflea]

Egad. It seems that Will Ferrell is slated to play Ignatius Reilly in the upcoming film version of A Confederacy of Dunces. According to what I read on the Internet, anyway, and we all know that you can always believe that. But apparently Ferrell did do the part in some sort of staged reading put on by the producers in Nantucket in June. I think they were considering Philip Seymour Hoffman, but I guess that fell through. That's too bad--I think he would have been really good.

But Will Ferrell?!? I don't think so. I liked him on Saturday Night Live, and he's probably fine in the goofy little movies he's done (most of which I haven't seen), but I can't see him being able to handle this. To me he's one of those guys who is fantastic on SNL but doesn't have much of a place in a full-length movie of any consequence. So I'm just not seeing it. It makes me wonder if the people producing the movie understand the book at all.

I probably shouldn't watch this movie if and when it comes out. It'll quite possibly only piss me off.

Comments

[dangerpest.livejournal.com]

WTF! if anybody from SNL should be Ignatius it's Horatio Sanz! jeebus!
way to go hollywood, ruin another good thing.
christ on a crutch!

-p

[wickedflea.livejournal.com]

Yeah, if they fuck this up, someone's going to get cut so bad. Will Ferrell?!? That doesn't even make good sense, man!

[ex-ten.livejournal.com]

I can't see that at all.

[wickedflea.livejournal.com]

Me neither. I can't see how someone would want to make a movie from the novel--which, it would seem, would mean that they appreciated it somehow--yet so misunderstand it that they'd cast Will Ferrell as Ignatius Reilly! If they make this book into some ridiculous yukfest I'm going to hurt someone.

Ack!

[asleeponsunbeam.livejournal.com]

That is so wrong! Ignatius is such a complex character-I don't think Will has enough acting chops for that.

PSH would have been DAMN good!

xoxo
J

Re: Ack!

[wickedflea.livejournal.com]

Yep, it's all wrong to me too. PSH is actually about the best person I can think of. But Will Ferrell? I could see Bill Murray before I could see Will Ferrell. WAY before.

[deadflowers.livejournal.com]

hmmmm.

okay, icandiggit.