The next big name to sign up to Martin Scorsese’s latest movie The Departed could well be Jack Nicholson. BBC carries the news from Variety.
Nicholson told Variety’s newshound, “[I’ve been] looking for a bad guy – I did three comedies”. It’ll be the first time Jack’s been in front of the camera in two years, but he says he’s been eager to work with mates Matt and Leo for quite some time.
I still have reservations about this remake, but considering they’ve changed wads of the story and there’s a fantastic team on board, you can’t really begin to criticise until the movie is here. If it wasn’t a remake of such an excellent movie there would be tons of eager anticipation out there. A return to the Gangster world for Scorsese.
Hey, I’ve just noticed something, if you check out the listing for the movie on IMDB you see a slight error or homage to the movies origins. Mistake or placeholder?
Anyway, could this be a glorious return for Nicholson, coming back to his bad roots instead of comedies? Here’s hoping, he just shines in such roles.
