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		More: Fail, Eric Bana, President Richard M. Nixon, Cary Elwes, Elvis Presley, Danny Huston, directorial debut, feature films, WME

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ArkAngel

2011-10-23 11:33:01 PM

I like him as an actor (Hulk wasn't his fault), but I don't see him having the charisma or proper level of sexuality needed to play Elvis. I would say Tom Hardy or Nicholas Hoult. Maybe Johnny Depp for an older Elvis

SilentStrider

2011-10-23 11:34:51 PM

Well, he could play submitter's mom, but then, everyone plays submitter's mom.

dj_bigbird

2011-10-23 11:58:41 PM

I'm not sure that a guy who played Chopper is a good Elvis analog.

fusillade762

2011-10-24 12:10:28 AM

Better than the other option, seeing as he looks *nothing* like Elvis Costello.

cameroncrazy1984

2011-10-24 01:08:55 AM

I was hoping for Grbac.

bighasbeen

2011-10-24 01:36:32 AM

cameroncrazy1984: I was hoping for Grbac.

I said to myself, "There's no way someone has already made an Elvis Grbac reference."

Sonofabiatch.

MeinRS6

2011-10-24 02:05:22 AM

They already made an Elvis & Nixon movie that was pretty funny. How many do we really need?

but I guess we didn't technically need any of the movies based on 70s tv shows either.

cameroncrazy1984

2011-10-24 02:25:22 AM

bighasbeen: cameroncrazy1984: I was hoping for Grbac.

I said to myself, "There's no way someone has already made an Elvis Grbac reference."

Sonofabiatch.

Nothing is obscure on Fark!

Archie Goodwin

2011-10-24 05:18:59 AM

He was heard to say "I'm just a hulk, a hulk of burning love."

AverageAmericanGuy

2011-10-24 06:19:43 AM

It's been a while since I've heard about Elvis sightings. Have we all just accepted that The King is dead?

swahnhennessy

2011-10-24 06:33:51 AM

AverageAmericanGuy: It's been a while since I've heard about Elvis sightings. Have we all just accepted that The King is dead?

I think it has more to do with the type of person who'd "want" to see Elvis having pretty much died out over the last decade or so. You don't see many old ladies in beehives these days.

Alphax

2011-10-24 06:37:45 AM

A movie about Elvis meeting Nixon? Is it a film short, or are they going to recreate the whole event in real time, including getting security clearances?

maddermaxx

2011-10-24 06:38:50 AM

AverageAmericanGuy: It's been a while since I've heard about Elvis sightings. Have we all just accepted that The King is dead?

Well, he'd be just about nursing home age by now, so he's probably not getting out as much for sightings these days.

Alphax

2011-10-24 06:42:11 AM

maddermaxx: AverageAmericanGuy: It's been a while since I've heard about Elvis sightings. Have we all just accepted that The King is dead?

Well, he'd be just about nursing home age by now, so he's probably not getting out as much for sightings these days.

The last time I saw a group picture of his wife, daughter, and grandaughter, due to the wonders of plastic surgery, they all looked about the same..

Moonraper

2011-10-24 06:47:28 AM

Why is everyone ignoring the fact that the movie is going to be directed by Dr. Gordon!

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thetrenchcoat

2011-10-24 06:49:01 AM

He might be able to pull off Elvis Stojko.

stebain

2011-10-24 06:58:28 AM

Jeez, not even the right race...

stuhayes2010

2011-10-24 07:15:45 AM

Might make sense, Elvis was a good looking guy for the first 1/2 of his career. But not when he met Nixon.

rocky_howard

2011-10-24 08:20:37 AM

ArkAngel: I like him as an actor (Hulk wasn't his fault), but I don't see him having the charisma or proper level of sexuality needed to play Elvis. I would say Tom Hardy or Nicholas Hoult. Maybe Johnny Depp for an older Elvis

But Johnny is a stick of a man while older Elvis was a balloon.

:S

JohnCarter

2011-10-24 08:24:52 AM

The best part was when Trickie Dick sang Blue Suede shoes

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ThisNameSux

2011-10-24 08:45:31 AM

Bana is a good actor, I'll allow it.

GavinTheAlmighty

2011-10-24 08:47:19 AM

He could totally pull it off.

radioman_

2011-10-24 08:52:08 AM

Nixon was a pretty decent casual piano player. Wouldn't surprise me if he and Elvis jammed.

The Kurt Russell we know and love today is because of his big comeback role as Elvis in an HBO movie directed by John Carpenter. So stranger things have happened than Bana being cast.

Zombie Eater

2011-10-24 08:54:11 AM

I don't see it. Then again, David Keith played Elvis once...

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No, not Keith David. David Keith.

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I'm the only person who saw Heartbreak Hotel?

Brad_Will

2011-10-24 09:07:37 AM

maddermaxx: Well, he'd be just about nursing home age by now, so he's probably not getting out as much for sightings these days.

Indeed.

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GungFu

2011-10-24 09:14:55 AM

let's face it...ANYONE can play Elvis.

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Because People in power are Stupid

2011-10-24 09:17:39 AM

LesserEvil

2011-10-24 09:30:06 AM

cameroncrazy1984: I was hoping for Grbac.

Well, he was once named People's sexiest athlete.

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MeinRS6

2011-10-24 09:30:32 AM

From the 1997 flick -

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LonMead

2011-10-24 09:33:16 AM

Let's see, we got:

El Vez
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Tortelvis

(if you've never listened to Dread Zepplin, you're really missing something)

And, of course, The Flying Elvis (Elvi?)
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OtherLittleGuy

2011-10-24 09:42:05 AM

He's already played Henry VIII. Might as well go for the Daily Double.

/put on the damn fat suit!

bhcompy

2011-10-24 09:47:59 AM

Brad_Will: maddermaxx: Well, he'd be just about nursing home age by now, so he's probably not getting out as much for sightings these days.

Indeed.

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Little known fact that Elvis asked JFK to be an agent-at-large in the Federal Re-animated Antiquities Department prior to asking something similar of Nixon

flaminio

2011-10-24 09:51:29 AM

TimeWaste

2011-10-24 09:56:46 AM

What about the dude that played him in Walk the Line? I don't know a lot about Elvis, but I thought he did well.

Or, to a lesser extent, Jack White. He has experience with the part.

Handsome B. Wonderful

2011-10-24 10:27:49 AM

Well that's good, no one wants to watch a movie about Elvis Stojko.

JohnAnnArbor

2011-10-24 10:46:52 AM

bighasbeen: cameroncrazy1984: I was hoping for Grbac.

I said to myself, "There's no way someone has already made an Elvis Grbac reference."

Sonofabiatch.

Yeah, me too.

bigmattress

2011-10-24 10:51:17 AM

I had such high hopes for Bana after Munich. Alas, a Drew Barrymore movie came calling.

FunkyRedrum

2011-10-24 11:00:23 AM

Why the Fail? Eric Bana is a great actor. He just happens to pick crap movies on occasion.

velvet_fog

2011-10-24 11:27:56 AM

Hokum

2011-10-24 11:32:13 AM

ChrisDe

2011-10-24 12:20:07 PM

That's gold, Jerry, gold!

mooseyfate

2011-10-24 12:24:09 PM

Eric Bana sucks. Immensely.

/only two movies I didn't hate him in were Munich and Hanna...

JLEM

2011-10-24 12:30:28 PM

Hell, a bulked up John Rhys Myers would have been a better choice.

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And while Danny Huston's the sh*t, I don't see him as Nixon. Apparently, Cary Elwes isn't going for resemblance.

macross87

2011-10-24 01:04:55 PM

Hokum:

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DeaH

2011-10-24 01:27:10 PM

I have trouble telling Eric Bana from the guy who plays the latest live-action Batman. Hasz anyone ever seen them in a room together?

tudorgurl

2011-10-24 01:30:25 PM

JLEM: Hell, a bulked up John Rhys Myers would have been a better choice.

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And while Danny Huston's the sh*t, I don't see him as Nixon. Apparently, Cary Elwes isn't going for resemblance.

He's already played Elvis. It's the role that made him famous in the United States. (new window)

Shenanigans!

2011-10-24 03:01:46 PM

I don't get why Eric Bana keeps getting parts. He seems like a decent enough guy, but he's so dull as an actor. No way can he pull off a larger than life character like Elvis...unless they're going for a quiet, brooding Elvis.

Mentalpatient87

2011-10-24 03:27:13 PM

Eric Bana

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