Paid Members Wretch Posted July 14, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted July 14, 2013 With Brooke Hogan as Hulk Hogan. Â Kinda creepy seeing this topic and looking at who posted last. Â Today, 11:12 AM Last post by: Chris B Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members CoreyVandal Posted July 17, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted July 17, 2013 If they get Bruce Willis in to play Austin then this can't fail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members IANdrewDiceClay Posted July 17, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted July 17, 2013 With Brooke Hogan as Hulk Hogan. Â Kinda creepy seeing this topic and looking at who posted last. Â Today, 11:12 AM Last post by: Chris B Â I know. Chris B posting. Fucking horrendous thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gagnam Style Posted July 23, 2013 Author Share Posted July 23, 2013 According to Deadline.com, director Vincente Amorim will helm the upcoming Chris Benoit biopic "Crossface." Amorim has previously directed "Good," "Dirty Hearts" and "The Middle of the World." Â Amorim had the following to say to Deadline regarding the film: Â "Chris Benoit's story is the perfect vehicle for a fiercely honest film that is as much about him and the world of wrestling as it is about America and show business. I am very happy to be on board to help tell this story." Â Earlier this month, actor Liev Schreiber shot down rumors that he had signed on to play Benoit in the film, however it has been confirmed that personalities such as Triple H and Vince McMahon will be characters in the biopic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Scott Malbranque Posted July 23, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted July 23, 2013 Schreiber's far too tall. End of... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Didn't Chad Collyer wrestle as Chad Benoit for All Star over 10 years ago? Â I assume his wrestling career is still going nowhere, so with no fear of burning bridges he should try to get the payday. Â Though he may be too short for some on here. Â EDIT: he may have been Chad Malenko for All Star. All these vanilla midgets are the same to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Lion_of_the_Midlands Posted July 23, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted July 23, 2013 Having seen Ray Donovan I thought that Liev Schreiber had a look of Davy Richards about him. Richards is doing the best impression he can of Benoit out on the indy circuit (Without all the murdery-suicidey stuff obviously) so perhaps he could play Benoit after all. As for the whole height issue. Matt Damon played Francois Pienaar in Invictus and Tom Cruise played Jack Reacher in Jack Reacher and they were both tiny compared the character they were playing, so height can be ignored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Scott Malbranque Posted July 23, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted July 23, 2013 Having seen Ray Donovan I thought that Liev Schreiber had a look of Davy Richards about him. Richards is doing the best impression he can of Benoit out on the indy circuit (Without all the murdery-suicidey stuff obviously) so perhaps he could play Benoit after all. As for the whole height issue. Matt Damon played Francois Pienaar in Invictus and Tom Cruise played Jack Reacher in Jack Reacher and they were both tiny compared the character they were playing, so height can be ignored. Â I don't think so in this case. Benoit, as magnificent as he was, looked like he suffered with mild dwarfism and looked so short and stumpy compared to his peers. A king of the Ewoks in a land of Chewies, to put an analogy on it. He also looked awkward when he moved his arms coz they were so short, yet pumped. Schreiber is a very tall, burly man with long arms and legs. It just won't work unless they put him in some sort of bodysuit or use CGI. I can see why he's thought of for the role, as he does slightly resemble him in the face and has that scowling intensity, but to me he more resembles someone like Bobby Roode. Scott Caan is short and stumpy enough to do it, but he has a very annoying face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Lion_of_the_Midlands Posted July 23, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted July 23, 2013 It is not like Hollywood cares about the accurate portrayal of things though is it. The film won't be aimed at wrestling fans, we know the story, it will be aimed at the general public who probably couldn't give a shit how tall he was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yullie79 Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 Bill Bailey is a lock for Kevin Sullivan surely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.PeterVenkman Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 Bill Bailey is a lock for Kevin Sullivan surely? Â Giving out finishes to the locker room while pissing about on a piano? Worth the ticket price alone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Statto Posted July 24, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted July 24, 2013 It is not like Hollywood cares about the accurate portrayal of things though is it. The film won't be aimed at wrestling fans, we know the story, it will be aimed at the general public who probably couldn't give a shit how tall he was. Â Whilst I agree to an extent, there is some relevance to it in this particular instance. Â Just today I've seen an article which points out that Sacha Baron Cohen, who has quit the proposed Freddie Mercury biopic, was "6 inches taller than the Zanzibar-born singer anyway". In that instance, no bother. Â In a Benoit movie, however, his small stature in comparison to his peers could be considered a plot point. In order to get where he got, he pumped steroids into his arse & worked out obsessively in order to pack more muscle onto his frame than it really should have supported. He also needed (in his own mind) to develop a style that involved him sacrificing his body more than many, patterning himself after a guy who did both of those things too and is now in a wheelchair. Â These two things working in a cycle have been cited as potential causes of his freak-out. OK, I agree that Hollywood would probably gloss over the finer points - he was just a wrestler, all wrestlers are fucked-up steroid abusers regardless, right? - but it's not ENTIRELY irrelevant, in this instance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Lion_of_the_Midlands Posted July 24, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted July 24, 2013 That is a more than fair point Statto. I cant think of an actor small enough. Would getting Sean Sherk to play him be a goer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Scott Malbranque Posted July 25, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted July 25, 2013 That is a more than fair point Statto. I cant think of an actor small enough. Would getting Sean Sherk to play him be a goer? [/quote  Scott Caan is about 3'4" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyT Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 Mark whalberg in height and physique, shame the face isn't right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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