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George Clooney and Noah Wyle Vying to Play Steve Jobs on Film?
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It's become quite common and easy to digitally exaggerate an actor's physique in big budget productions. For example, look at the recent Captain America where the actor's head was pasted on a scrawny anemic body before the hero gains his powers, and then his physique was altered to appear far more bulked up than the actual actor is afterwards.
I think Wylie was pretty good as Steve Jobs and deserves a 2nd shot.
Ashton nearly ruined the emotional parts of 'The Butterfly Effect' which was otherwise a good mind bender. I think he could pull it off though, with a very good director. I also think it would be difficult to change actors mid movie with out some sort of serious break of focus from Steve Jobs. That or a montage, but seriously.... It's hard to wrap your head around a different face playing the same person within 2-3 hrs (dear god don't let it be too long). I like Noah in many of his roles, even the Librarian, but I don't think he's versatile enough to play young and old steve. Young and old are two very similar, yet very different people. I can't wait to make my kids watch this in a decade or so.
They should re-unite the very successful social network team..
Aaron Sorkin to write the script
David Fincher to direct
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross to do the soundtrack
We already know that Trent is a huge Apple/Steve Jobs fan and has used Apple technologies for years so he would be willing to do it imho. Fincher and Sorkin have worked together before obviously on the social network and did a brilliant job with that. It's the natural choice imho.
Although I suppose the fear might be it would end up too much like the social network but I can't see that being too bad a thing really.
Aaron Sorkin to write the script
David Fincher to direct
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross to do the soundtrack
We already know that Trent is a huge Apple/Steve Jobs fan and has used Apple technologies for years so he would be willing to do it imho. Fincher and Sorkin have worked together before obviously on the social network and did a brilliant job with that. It's the natural choice imho.
Although I suppose the fear might be it would end up too much like the social network but I can't see that being too bad a thing really.
Someone got Photoshop and thinks we're interested in "cute" 'Shopped images.
We're not.
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Um, does anyone on this forum keep up with current Hollywood techniques?
They will just CGI the "young" Steve (or the "old" Steve, or both). Take a look at Chris Evans' transformation in Captain America or Natalie Portman dancing in Black Swan to see how they can put any head on any body they want, and modify the face if necessary. (Not saying it looks perfect yet, just that that's what they do.)
BTW, George Clooney would be terrible.
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Keanu can't play dead in a Western . . .
Mandy Patinkin for the older Steve.
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Johnny Depp, he's in everything thing else!
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But Zachary Quinto would be awesome in this role.
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But Zachary Quinto would be awesome in this role.
Maybe...I can see them doing that with "old" to make him look even more like what we all remember.
I still think it will be someone around 30 and not much older.
Who is the bigger jerk? Playing Jobs will require a jerk. I just got done with the biography and am much less of a fan than I was before. Good businessman, yes. Good person, heck no. And all the corny LSD crap and weird rituals, come on. He comes off as ridiculous and pretentious.
Someone less known...
I personally think they should go with someone less famous. Clooney is way too much of a celebrity, so I'd like to see something similar to The Social Network, an excellent rising star. And it also has to be someone a bit crazy too, just like Jobs himself... Don't make it a Hollywood movie, make it a Silicon Valley movie, because that's what it is.
I personally think they should go with someone less famous. Clooney is way too much of a celebrity, so I'd like to see something similar to The Social Network, an excellent rising star. And it also has to be someone a bit crazy too, just like Jobs himself... Don't make it a Hollywood movie, make it a Silicon Valley movie, because that's what it is.
Adrien Brody
Adrien Brody would be great he can do geeky (Darjeeling Limited) and pathos (The Pianist), he looks somewhat similar to a younger Steve Jobs and he is an *insanely great* actor
Adrien Brody would be great he can do geeky (Darjeeling Limited) and pathos (The Pianist), he looks somewhat similar to a younger Steve Jobs and he is an *insanely great* actor