This is quite a strange premise, and will certainly be an interesting movie to watch, a Bob Dylan biography movie with seven characters playing different aspects of his character from different times in his life. How weird does that sound? Weird, but very attractive. Even more so when you see the list of actors currently involved, there are six signed on at the moment. The list from Rope of Silicon from Variety:
Variety is reporting quite the bit of casting news as director Todd Haynes (Far From Heaven) has before him names such as Cate Blanchett, Colin Farrell, Adrien Brody, Richard Gere, Julianne Moore and Charlotte Gainsbourg for a Bob Dylan biography.
The deals are not exactly firm but are expected to be finalized during the Cannes Film Festival.
What a list that is, and you can already see the idea forming when you see the different personalities of the actors involved. Three females? That’s not the only interesting aspect of the casting, apparently the seventh is supposed going to be a black actor. This has got to be one of the most interesting projects I’ve heard about to date, and it’s going to make for a really interesting piece of film making, never mind marketing! Has anyone else been bitten by this idea?
