Martin Scorsese has long dreamed of directing a biopic of infamous singer/actor Frank Sinatra.
Now he’s been talking more openly than ever about his ideas for the project – including his hope to line up Al Pacino as Sinatra and Robert De Niro as Dean Martin.
Scorsese did the name-dropping while talking to Indian press on his Shutter Island promotional tour. Said the director:
“[I've] yet to spot the actor who can bring back Frank Sinatra alive on screen. My choice is Al Pacino, and Robert De Niro as Dean Martin."
Scorsese obviously has a clear plan in mind, but first he’ll need to put together a script decent enough to not only reel in De Niro and Pacino, but also please the tricky Sinatra estate.
But if even Scorsese can’t get a movie about the titan past the start line, what hope do other filmmakers have for the project?
Would Al Pacino make a good Sinatra? Drop us a line…
Source: [The Hindu]
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ChrisWootton
May 25th 2010, 8:11
Sounds to me as though Scorsese spent way too much time in Shutter Islands asylum
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Hadouken76
May 26th 2010, 9:02
To paraphase Denis Leary: "I'm mobbed up I'm nobody, I'm mobbed up im famous, I'm mobbed up I'm dead.
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sunnyrandall
May 28th 2010, 14:51
Hmm, actually I think Pacino would make a good Sinatra as long as he didn't get too shouty - yeah yeah, it's what he likes to do. But no way to De Niro playing Dean Martin - please don't let that happen!
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Nickey09
May 30th 2010, 5:13
I think Spongebob Squarepants and Patrick Star would make better choices than DeNiro and Pacino. Whatever happened to looking for talented people that actually LOOKED similar to the roles they would need to play? Make-up can only do so much.
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