Oh, Jesus. They're making a Tennessee Williams biopic.- Page 2
Oh, Jesus. They're making a Tennessee Williams biopic.
#25Oh, Jesus. They're making a Tennessee Williams biopic.
Posted: 11/13/15 at 12:11pmHopefully they'll actually depict his sexuality in a meaningful way.
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#26Oh, Jesus. They're making a Tennessee Williams biopic.
Posted: 11/13/15 at 12:58pm
I would have liked Philip Seymour Hoffman.
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#27Oh, Jesus. They're making a Tennessee Williams biopic.
Posted: 11/13/15 at 1:04pm
I don't know how they couldn't, Kad, considering that his entire body of work was based on themes of homosexuality.
#28Oh, Jesus. They're making a Tennessee Williams biopic.
Posted: 11/13/15 at 1:47pmWell, both Truman Capote and Alan Turing had remarkably de-gayed films. The magic of Hollywood.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
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#29Oh, Jesus. They're making a Tennessee Williams biopic.
Posted: 11/13/15 at 1:49pm
Starring Barbra Streisand
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#31Oh, Jesus. They're making a Tennessee Williams biopic.
Posted: 11/13/15 at 2:40pm
Agreed, Kad. Tennessee's gayness, especially given his environment, is so crucial to who he is. The Turing film especially was kind of discouraging. A friend of mine described his sexuality in The Imitation Game as "theoretical," which I thought was great.
#32Oh, Jesus. They're making a Tennessee Williams biopic.
Posted: 11/13/15 at 2:43pm
The go-to guy of the moment: Bradley Cooper.
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#33Oh, Jesus. They're making a Tennessee Williams biopic.
Posted: 11/13/15 at 4:40pm
I can't see them "de-gaying" it either unless they focused purely on one of his female friendships but even there it would be pretty odd to do (yes, even with the precedent of The Imitation Game.) Of course it might also depend on just how mainstream/high profile they're going here (maybe some of the Stonewall backlash would also cause them to think away from doing that but who knows.) Focusing on his relationship with Frank Nero and how, IMHO, tragic it became would be an interesting frame for the film.
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#34Oh, Jesus. They're making a Tennessee Williams biopic.
Posted: 11/13/15 at 8:48pm
Russell Crowe as William Inge in a cameo. ("Follies" makes quite a case for that relationship). Actually, he looks a little like him. Quinto as Frank Merlo? Hoffman, may he RIP. Not really. Williams had a twinkle in his eye, and sometimes a twinkie. Hoffman, brilliant, I saw him twice on stage, too, didn't have Willliams' sexual charisma. And Hoffman's Capote was so definitive, I doubt he'd take on another iconic gay writer. A pointless if sad parlor game.
Great, substantive subsidiary roles: Audrey Wood. Kazan. Sister Rose. Brando. "Kip," his first love. Gore Vidal.
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#35Oh, Jesus. They're making a Tennessee Williams biopic.
Posted: 11/15/15 at 4:46am
James McAvoy, please.
#36Oh, Jesus. They're making a Tennessee Williams biopic.
Posted: 11/15/15 at 5:12am
Well that's a random choice. I like him, so I'm open to hearing WHY you think he'd be a good Tenn?
#37Oh, Jesus. They're making a Tennessee Williams biopic.
Posted: 11/15/15 at 10:32am
I wonder if they'll include the man who lived with him, his secretary.
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#38Oh, Jesus. They're making a Tennessee Williams biopic.
Posted: 11/15/15 at 1:05pm
That would be Frank Merlo who some of us mentioned on casting questions above 
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#39Oh, Jesus. They're making a Tennessee Williams biopic.
Posted: 11/15/15 at 1:39pm
Not at all likely he'd be cast but I'd go with Vincent Kartheiser.
#40Oh, Jesus. They're making a Tennessee Williams biopic.
Posted: 11/15/15 at 3:17pm
"That would be Frank Merlo who some of us mentioned on casting questions above"
I'm talking about John Uecker.
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#41Oh, Jesus. They're making a Tennessee Williams biopic.
Posted: 11/15/15 at 3:39pm
Ah... Merlo was his secretary (and continued in the role off and on depending on their relationship till his death,) so I assumed. Ueker was only there for the last few years of Williams' life, so I assume it depends if they want to focus on that or not. I kinda hope they don't--it would make for a pretty depressing film.
#42Oh, Jesus. They're making a Tennessee Williams biopic.
Posted: 11/15/15 at 3:42pm
Yeah, I know, but if they decide to explore Williams' death, Uecker would have to be included.
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#43Oh, Jesus. They're making a Tennessee Williams biopic.
Posted: 11/15/15 at 4:04pm
Absolutely--and the drama of those years may be too much for a director to resist.
#44Oh, Jesus. They're making a Tennessee Williams biopic.
Posted: 11/15/15 at 4:11pm
Uecker is the one who directed me in a one act play years ago.
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