By now most of you know Clint Eastwood is working on his new project Flags of our Fathers, a World War II epic. The choice of topic for his next directoral work isn’t surprising to me… but what is surprising is his choice of casting.
When you look at his list of films (especially lately), Eastwood has pretty much chosen to only work with top notch casts. I mean hell, in his last 2 motion pictures, Million Dollar Baby and Mystic River, there are no less than 5 Oscar wins for acting (Himself, Morgan Freeman, Hillary Swank, Sean Penn and Tim Robbins). That’s a lot of Oscars.
All that makes his cast selection of this new epic of his quite strange. Paul Walker and Ryan Phillippe? Here’s what the good folks over at ComingSoon have to say:
Paul Walker will star in Clint Eastwood’s World War II epic Flags of Our Fathers, says The Hollywood Reporter. He joins a cast that includes Ryan Phillippe, Jesse Bradford and Adam Beach. The DreamWorks Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures co-production is based on the book “Flags of Our Fathers: Heroes of Iwo Jima,” by James Bradley with Ron Powers. Paul Haggis (Million Dollar Baby) adapted the book.
Ummm… yeah Paul Walker and Ryan Phillippe are both dreamy… but quite the major step down from the calibre of cast we’re accustomed to seeing Eastwood work with. Hey, Eastwood knows what he’s doing so I’ll just wait and see how this works out. I just thought it was curious and worth mentioning. Your thoughts?
