Is Cillian Murphy taking the lead in Danny Boyle’s “127 Hours” his upcoming film about American mountain climber Aron Ralston who had to amputate his arm after it got stuck under a boulder on hiking trip through Utah in 2003?
Well, according to the U.K.’s News of the World he’s Danny Boyle’s top choice, but they have nothing to back that up and they’re essentially one of those bad U.K. tabloid.
Ryan Gosling has been reported — by credible trade sources — as one of Boyle’s top choices, but we report this mostly because, what if? Murphy and Boyle were perfect together in “28 Days Later,” the actor’s lanky, tall frame seems to match Ralston’s, but he’s neither blond or American (not that that’s stopped anyone before).
The report is b.s. surely, but all we’re saying is that it if it came to that, Murphy certainly wouldn’t be someone we were against. He’s one of our favorite younger actors and he seems somewhat underrated these days. He should be up for ace, leading roles, but we haven’t seen him in anything major outside of a “Batman” movie of late. He does star in the “Hippie Hippie Shake” with Sienna Miller that should hit sometime next year, but we haven’t actually heard any buzz on that one yet (and whether it arrives at all remains to be seen). In summation: dude is undervalued and underused.
Much more likely to see this movie with Murphy involved rather than Gosling. Although, with Boyle directing, I guess I'd see it anyway.
Murphy playing a daredevil idiot who has to hack his own arm off after spending five days drinking his own urine? What's next: Danny Boyle directs the stirring tale of the moron who tried to clear the snowblower without shutting it off? The guy who lost both arms to the combine when he tried to unjam it without powering it down? It doesn't have to be all fluffy kittens at the movies, but, frankly, Ralston's story sounds like an endurance test– and an endurance test for horror-porn masochists– more than entertainment. And with Boyle directing it, it's going to be all twitchy camera work and spastic editing, too. No, thanks, Danny. You're trying to be Lars von Trier, and one Lars is already one Lars too many. Oh, and Cillian: "an incredible challenge for an actor" doesn't necessarily translate into "something people will actually want to see." Beginning to think you really should have stuck with the law career.
Well, the dialouge thing will be an interesting aspect to follow. For one thing, Cast Away had plenty of dialouge at the beginning and end, and actually enough in the middle with him talking to himself or Wilson. With this film I would also only expect dialouge at the beginning and end (when there's actually other people invloved), but Boyle said there would be none in the beginning. Well, I wouldn't expect any during his climbing also, so unless he talked to himself alot, which real people don't do, I guess this is gonna be a dialouge free film. Now screaming on the other hand, I would expect.
bout time Murphy caught a break and started getting some recognition.
Talked to Boyle on Saturday after the European Film Awards. Murphy is not gonna be in his film. He does have a lead lined up, though, but he wouldn't say who, because of whatever legal paperwork not being signed. Boyle said, he was gonna start shooting in Utah in March and that the movie will be under 90 minutes long. He referred to it as an action-movie with a hero that's unable to move. During the evening he confessed how much he liked Michael Fassbender as an actor, so maybe there's a connection. Then again, maybe not.
Anon. please email me, i'd love to hear more.