No, no, no!!!!! Confederacy of Dunces movie

[luvtinayothers]

Starring Will Ferrell as Ignatius J. Reilly and Drew Barrymore as Darlene.
I want to kill myself. Or Drew. Maybe I should kill Drew instead. That would be
better. Oh, God I'm so depressed :(

[NoZed Avenger]

I know what you mean. I felt the same way when I saw "The Cat in the Hat" movie promo. I wanted to kill Drew Barrymore, too.


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[headscratcher4]

Will Ferrel?

Oliver Platt, maybe, but it will make a horrible movie no matter who is in it.

[luvtinayothers]

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20031029/capt.cx10310292157.baby_giraffe_cx103.jpg

[Rosencrantz]

Oh, dear. That's very sad. :(

Will Ferrell? I just can't picture it. Who on earth could possibly have thought that this would be a good idea? They probably plan to put him in a fat suit.

What is it with bad casting lately? I really like the actors in the BBC version of Coupling, but I think the American version is very badly cast. Aren't casting directors supposed to be the "experts"? Why is it that everyone seems to look at this and go "huh?"

I haven't noticed Ignatius posting here in a while. I wonder what his opinion of this development is?

EDIT: The website (http://www.thezreview.co.uk/comingsoon/c/confederacyofduncesa.shtm) I found also mentions Lily Tomlin, Mos Def and Olympia Dukakis.

[Ignatius]

Originally posted by Rosencrantz
Oh, dear. That's very sad. :(

Will Ferrell? I just can't picture it. Who on earth could possibly have thought that this would be a good idea? They probably plan to put him in a fat suit.

I haven't noticed Ignatius posting here in a while. I wonder what his opinion of this development is?


Wow, thanks for noticing. I posted my indignant, foul-mouthed reaction to this news on Renata's board. As you can imagine, I think that the casting director should be disembowled with a small, dull pen knife for this abomination.

If it is even 1/20 as bad as I'm guessing it will be, I'm changing my name to "Mr. Wiggly". HS is right, this would be a very difficult book to put on film even IF they had done a good job at casting.

[Phil]

I don't know about WF as Ignatius either. Doesn't seem like a good choice. Maybe they just want to cast a currently hot actor instead of following the book.

Check out this interview (http://www.theonionavclub.com/3942/feature1.html).

[Monketey Ghost]

They oughtta cast you for the lead role, old man! Your name fits so perfectly too... I mean, the main character is a guy named Ignatius, and your username is Ignatius, and you're a character, and you've even read the book!

It just occurred to me, is Ignatius really your name or have you been deceitful?

[7th sextile]

...my valve....

[Foofer]

Will Farrell? That is so....wrong.

[ceo_esq]

Walker Percy, if he were alive, would never have let this happen to Toole's book.