Magnum PI is one of those rare TV show to movie adaptations that I’m actually curious to see (aside from The Transformers). The script for the Magnum PI movie is just about finished, and the casting controversy that will probably out buzz Bond, is “WHO WILL BE MAGNUM”?
Personally, to me the answer is obvious… George Clooney should be Magnum PI. The guy is PERFECT for the roll. He’s also considered the favorite to get the part. However, since the guy who is writing the script ALSO wrote the screenplay for Dodgeball, Vince Vaughn’s name has come up as well. The good folks over at Digital Spy give us this:
So far George Clooney has been the favorite to take the role, but Vince Vaughn has also been named as a possibility: “The scriptwriter is Rawson Marshall Thurber, who wrote Dodgeball, and there are several other guys on the Magnum movie with connections to Vince,” a source close to the project is quoted on Sky Showbiz as saying.
I LOVE Vince Vaugh. I really do. But if they go with him as Magnum PI, then the whole movie changes flavour in my opinion. Suddenly it becomes a “zanny comedy”, and although Magnum PI is supposed to have some laughs… it’s not supposed to be a zanny comedy (you know what I mean).
So I vote for George Clooney… who would you cast as Magnum?
