In a really huge stretch of his acting ability, Robert Downey Jr, who just nailed the role of millionaire playboy Tony Stark has been approached to play the lead in a biopic of Hugh Hefner… THE millionaire playboy.
HEF has given his blessing for Downey Jr. to bring his story to the big screen.
He may have given his blessing, but with no script and no director it sounds like this project may be going nowhere fast.
So as good an idea as this sounds, it just might be bad timing. Logically he isn’t going to throw his stones in with this deal since Ironman 2 is right around the corner (which I am sure he wouldn’t risk) and not much has been developed in this yet.
Unlike a regular script based on fiction this one is going to have to have Hef’s seal of approval, which adds one more stage this will have to pass through before coming to light.
I like the idea, really I do. But I am not all that optimistic we will see this happen until well after Ironman2. He does look sharp in a smoking jacket, and he is a fine actor. So if and when this does happen, I am in.
