May 27 2009Scarface Now a Humane, Merciful Killer
In perfectly-matched haggard old face casting news, THR is reporting Al Pacino is in talks to star in an cleverly-titled HBO biopic about Dr. Jack Kevorkian:
Al Pacino is in negotiations to star in "You Don't Know Jack," an HBO Films biopic about Dr. Jack Kevorkian that Barry Levinson will direct.Kevorkian, also known as Dr. Death, assisted in more than 150 cases of suicide and had beaten the state court system in Michigan numerous times, but was finally convicted after he willingly sent a videotape of himself euthanizing a terminally ill man to "60 Minutes." He was convicted of second-degree murder in 1999 and is serving his sentence in a maximum-security prison in Michigan.
The film will trace his rise as he builds his infamous "Mercy Machine," conducts his first assisted suicide, and starts a media frenzy with his epic legal battles defending a patient's right to die.
But who to play Kevorkian's creepy sleazebag lawyer, Geoffrey Fieger? Alan Rickman?
Can anyone come up with someone better in the comments? Or maybe get involved in a lengthy debate about the ethics of euthanasia? Please don't.
Reader Comments
1. Kid Braggart - May 27, 2009 3:35 PM
Rickman is perfect.
2. Hal - May 27, 2009 4:11 PM
I love Rickman more than any other aging British actor, but that guy who played the villainous industrialist car manufacturerer in Speed Racer who's name escapes me is a close second. Anyone care to back me up?
3. Rod - May 27, 2009 4:12 PM
Yeah... Jesus... Rickman is a perfect cast. Good call.
4. bribios - May 27, 2009 4:21 PM
Anyone else get the "you don't know jack" theme song stuck in there head?
5. Rog - May 27, 2009 5:18 PM
I gotta go with Richie Sambora.....obviously the hair would need to be colored, but he would be fantastic...just do a side by side with his last mugshot and Fiedler. But I guess from that logic, Mel Gibson would be a great cast, too
6. Marc - May 27, 2009 5:28 PM
If Rickman is too busy, how about The Fonz?...Anyone see a little Henry Winkler in there?
7. paulosham - May 27, 2009 6:37 PM
I think that Henry Winkler is a way better choice for Fieger.
8. sully - May 27, 2009 11:58 PM
i think feiger is the perfect feiger
9. Helen - May 28, 2009 6:17 AM
If Rickman's not available, Richard Gere is looking more and more like that guy every day he lives.
10. Rhialto - May 28, 2009 3:36 PM
Dr.Kevorkian,sounds creepy! Interesting story!
11. jeff - May 28, 2009 6:30 PM
aren't both of those pics of rickman?!
12. frank - May 28, 2009 11:50 PM
I support this if it means Al will discard that mop on his scalp.
"My PATIENTS... have the riiiiight... TO DIE!"
Can't wait!
13. Stinky - June 2, 2009 11:54 AM
I don't know if Rickman can pull off Fieger's permanently-congested-in-the-nose midwestern accent, but the face is close enough...
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