Brad Pitt and George Clooney fight over Professor Higgins Role in MFL remake!

[DrTheatre]

Posted: 9/24/08 at 1:02pm

SPLIT FOR BRAD AND GEORGE?
A-LIST PAIR HAVE A FALLING OUT
Posted: Tuesday 23 Sep 2008
Above: The pair are no longer talking to each other

GEORGE Clooney and his A-list best friend Brad Pitt have had a scathing argument and are refusing to talk to each other.
The handsome pair, who starred together in Ocean's 11, 12 and 13, are embroiled in a bitter feud over a film role.

George said: "We both badly want a particular role and neither is backing down. It's sort of become an intense competition between us now and it just keeps escalating."

Both George and Brad are keen to play the role of Henry Higgins in the upcoming remake of My Fair Lady.

But the pair have become so competitive that they are no longer talking.

George added: "For now we're both so angry we're not even in contact any more."

Updated On: 9/24/08 at 01:02 PM

[South Fl Marc]

Posted: 9/24/08 at 1:06pm

Thats easy - neither one should get it.

[Patash]

Posted: 9/24/08 at 1:09pm

Let Brad play Freddy and let George play Karpathy. Problem solved. Now could we get someone great for Higgins to go with John Cleese as Doolittle?

[BustopherPhantom]

Posted: 9/24/08 at 1:13pm

Yknow, somehow I think this is a joke. I could be wrong...

[uncageg]

Posted: 9/24/08 at 1:18pm

I don't think either one should get the part.

[philcrosby]

Posted: 9/24/08 at 1:19pm

Oh please. This cannot be true. Neither actor is stupid enough to think they could play Higgins.

[philcrosby]

Posted: 9/24/08 at 1:19pm

Oh please. This cannot be true. Neither actor is stupid enough to think they could play Higgins.

[ladybegood]

Posted: 9/24/08 at 1:20pm

This has to be a joke! They would both be so completely wrong!

And Brad Pitt wouldn't be remotely right for Freddy either. Far too old.

[jpbran]

Posted: 9/24/08 at 1:28pm

Source?

[jennyish]

Posted: 9/24/08 at 1:48pm

I want so much for everything about this remake (including its existence) to be a joke.

[legally_popular]

Posted: 9/24/08 at 2:00pm

This story about the fight is obviously stupid tabloid nonsense.

They shouldn't be remaking MFL in the first place.

[SporkGoddess]

Posted: 9/24/08 at 2:11pm

I think that a British linguist should be played by someone with an authentic British accent, personally.

And wasn't Daniel Day-Lewis supposed to play him?

[Weez]

Posted: 9/24/08 at 2:13pm

Of the two, I'd pick Clooney. Not because he's better... just because he's... less worse. And I find him VERY easy on the eye. Gotta be a filthy lie though. ^_^

[Jon]

Posted: 9/24/08 at 2:14pm

Clooney is known as the biggest practical joke artist in Hollywood.

[DrTheatre]

Posted: 9/24/08 at 2:23pm

Sources:
http://news.sma****s.com/297234/-39My-Fair-Lady-39-role-causes-rift-between-Brad-Pitt-George-Clooney.htm



http://story.argentinastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/409155/cs/1/



http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24382722-2902,00.html



http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,24376436-5001026,00.html

[Dollypop]

Posted: 9/24/08 at 2:33pm

Hugh Grant should be playing Higgins in this re-make. He can sing well enough to handle this role, has the required sexiness and is just about the right age. I'd actually SEE the film if he was in it.

[blaxx]

Posted: 9/24/08 at 2:43pm

Oh, Dolly, you'll see it anyway.

[EponineAmneris]

Posted: 9/24/08 at 2:46pm

What a bunch of ... untrueness *lol* How ridiculous... This is obviously a joke.

I adore Clooney, but admit he is no way fit to play Higgins.

I am not a Pitt fan... so... yeah...

Neither one fits at all, regardless of who I/we do or do not like.

Updated On: 9/24/08 at 02:46 PM

[Ed_Mottershead]

Posted: 9/24/08 at 2:47pm

IMO, if they're hell-bent on remaking MFL (which I think is a mistake), how about Hugh Jackman?

[MCfan2]

Posted: 9/24/08 at 2:52pm

"I want so much for everything about this remake (including its existence) to be a joke."

Hear, hear.

[ladybegood]

Posted: 9/24/08 at 2:54pm

At least Hugh Grant would get the accent right, but he is no aesthete.

I listened to Cameron Mackintosh talk about the forthcoming film (albeit no commment re casting) on the radio a couple of weeks back, and I think it is going to be fine!

But whoever does get cast re the film in general, apart from maybe a nod to America, they will/should all be British. The only exception might be someone like Angela Lansbury, who was suggested ages ago might be Mrs Pearce.

[The Ghost of Kringas]

Posted: 9/24/08 at 2:55pm

Well if the Argentia Star is reporting it...!

[Paul W. Thompson]

Posted: 9/24/08 at 3:26pm

Lansbury should play Mrs. Higgins to the Henry of Hugh Jackman. And I recommend Julie Andrews for Mrs. Pearce. No, seriously.

As for Eliza--who is playing Galinda this week?

[Roscoe]

Posted: 9/24/08 at 3:27pm

The remake can't be much worse than the original.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 9/24/08 at 3:32pm

I was just going to say what Jon said. Clooney is famous for his tongue-in-cheek remarks, it is so obvious that he is just poking fun at the tabloids (and those who buy into what they write).
Colin Firth is as perfect as it gets for Higgins.