Apr 3 2008Crudup Playing J. Edgar Hoover? Hmm...
Variety reports that Almost Famous and Watchmen's Billy Crudup has joined the cast of Michael Mann's Public Enemies in the role of the infamous cross-dressing FBI director J. Edgar Hoover. Hmm, looking at a side-by-side comparison of the two, something seems off somehow. I can't quite put my finger on it...
Wait, I think I got it. It's that Billy Crudup is a traditionally handsome leading man, while Hoover looked like Yoda.
Crudup to play Hoover in 'Public' [Variety]
Reader Comments
1. SlyAndThe FamilyStallone - April 3, 2008 4:19 PM
Hoover? Damn!
2. SlowMonkey - April 3, 2008 4:22 PM
Please do not blaspheme. Hoover doesn't look like Yoda, he looks like a lizard with skullomegaly.
3. starbuck - April 3, 2008 10:47 PM
simple rule: Mann directs it, i am there
4. Bobeyo - April 4, 2008 9:47 AM
Actually, he DOES look a bit like Yoda... Get some photoshopper to green him up and add the ears and I think he'd almost pass as a somewhat crappy prototyle for the CGI Prequel Yoda, who looked messed up anyway.