The Peter Westbrook Story -- who plays whom?

[edew]

So, we've all read the news that Disney may make a bio movie of Peter Westbrook.

The game now is, who's going to play whom?

Peter Westbrook:
Michael Lofton:
Steve Mormando:
Csaba Elthes:
Aladar Kogler:
Ruby Watson :
Keeth Smart:
Akhi Spencer-El:
Erinn Smart:
Ivan Lee:

I pick Halle Berry for Sharon Monplaiser, but how do you fit her into the story?

[HilandDoug]

If I remember correctly, Sharon was a babe! Just get her to play herself!

If Levar Burton weren't getting on in age, he'd have made a good Peter. How about Oscar-nominated Will Smith?

Also, Keith, Ahki, and Erinn are young enough, and good enough on camera from what I've seen, to play themselves as well! New carreers for them all!

[edew]

[quote]Originally posted by HilandDoug:
<strong>If I remember correctly, Sharon was a babe! Just get her to play herself!

If Levar Burton weren't getting on in age, he'd have made a good Peter. How about Oscar-nominated Will Smith?

Also, Keith, Ahki, and Erinn are young enough, and good enough on camera from what I've seen, to play themselves as well! New carreers for them all!</strong><hr></blockquote>

Certainly a good thought, but as history has shown us, except for Howard Stern, Robin Quivers, Fred Norris, and Gary Dellabate, very few people can play themselves in movies. And in the above case, they were playing themselves in a comedy, which might be a bit easier than in a serious film.

And, you want to sell the film to the audience. Can't have a bunch of no-names, even if they look good and sharp.

I'll bet Steve Mormando will be in there in a cameo playing some big Russian fencer ("I vill knock yew down, negro pirson!")

[its_me_mango]

i'd like to be in the film, we could go as really miserable novice students milling around in the backround while peter westbrook gets really great lessons from a monster, and then we could all challenge him and then he wins and goes to the olympics.
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[big poppa]

You're right Doug Sharon is a babe but , the idea of Hallie Berry in whites(fantsy moment here). My choice for Peter Westbrook is eithe Michel Ja White ( Spawn/Tyson) Or Marcus Chong( the son of THAT Chong)

[Tomas N]

Hadn't heard that news...can only be good for sport fencing, whoever the actors are.

[big poppa]

In a way it's only right that Disney make this kind of movie. After al is not Disney's Zorro the patron saint of a generation of American fencers including Mr Westbrook himself.

[edew]

Disney has gone way too corporate. Look at the recent fiasco with Ted Koppel and David Letterman. Look at what they did with their sports programming and even their digitally adding clothing to twenty-year old James Bond movies.

I'd like to see Steven Soderbergh or John Avildsen direct. Avildsen did the original Rocky, Lean On Me, and knows how to make those inspiring movies. Soderbergh does a lot of the little-guy-does-good movies. How about John Singleton to direct? But puhleaze, no Spike Lee (I liked a lot of his earlier stuff, but now...well).

And, how about Laurence Fishburne as Peter? From Morpheus to Medallist...Hmmm.

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[Puppet Master]

Heh Morpheus as Peter. I can see it now, Peter goes to attack, freeze mid-lunge, do the 180 camera thing, Peter finishes attack!

[Purple Fencer]

[quote]Originally posted by Puppet Master:
<strong>Heh Morpheus as Peter. I can see it now, Peter goes to attack, freeze mid-lunge, do the 180 camera thing, Peter finishes attack!</strong><hr></blockquote>

Well...you'd also have to have Peter's opponent do the bend wayyyy over backwards bit like Reeves did as well.

Nice displacement of target!

[Inquartata]

Cuba Gooding as Westbrook
Steve Austin as Mormondo
Abe Vigoda as Elthes
Will Smith as Lofton, assuming his ego would permit him to take a secondary role

[edew]

Is Abe Vigoda still around? He had seven toes in the grave when he was doing the Godfather in 74.

Ok, looked in IMDB. The guy's still kicking. But you need one to have that "one eyebrow" look for the role.

[neevel]

Abe Vigoda was probably born looking like he had seven toes in the grave . He's still alive (81 years old-- his age finally caught up with his appearance) and was working as recently as 2000.

-Dave

[Inquartata]

Horrifying to think what his portrait in the attic must look like...

[Purple Fencer]

For those who know him, who looks older/deader SwordPlay's Donald Benge or Abe Vigoda?


And the portrait in his attic probably looks like "Little Boy Blue."

[edew]

I don't know how Abe looks now, and without make-up. But comparing Abe in whatever recent show I've seen him in to Donald, I'd say Donald looks older and deader.