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Sean Penn to play Einstein (No, really)
2006-09-20
Sean Penn may play Einstein for TV film
Oscar-winning actor Sean Penn may wind up portraying legendary physicist Albert Einstein for a joint U.S.-Italian TV film production.
They couldn't get Yahoo Serious?
Nick Nolte, call your office...
... he must not subscribe to the method school of acting ...
Penn, 46, is reportedly interested in working with writer/director Liliana Cavani, the Italian news agency ANSA reported Tuesday. The project is a joint effort between the U.S. premium cable TV network HBO and Italy's RAI state broadcaster, ANSA said. An RAI spokesman said Penn appears enthusiastic about the project. "He's read the screenplay and he likes it," RAI's Agostino Sacca told ANSA. Penn's latest film, "All the Kings Men," opens Friday in U.S. theaters.
Posted by:Speater Flump2829

#22  Chuck Norris doesn't sleep. He waits.
Posted by: Abdominal Snowman   2006-09-20 18:53  

#21  It's sort of like Peewee Herman staring in "The Life Of Chuck Norris".

Red hot contender for Snark of the Day Award™. Good 'un, USMC6743.
Posted by: Zenster   2006-09-20 17:30  

#20  Typo-casting?
Posted by: Clereth Whetle6660   2006-09-20 16:43  

#19  Acting doesn't require an ability for original thinking. As a matter of fact, acting doesn't necessarily require thinking, which may help explain why Sean is able to be an actor.

In any case, I'll try my best to not confuse Sean with his persona after the movie comes out. :-)

I wonder how many bags of weed each week Einstein will end up averaging in the movie . . . .
Posted by: gorb   2006-09-20 15:08  

#18  Chuck Norris? Oh no you didn....
Posted by: mcsegeek1   2006-09-20 14:33  

#17  It's sort of like Peewee Herman staring in "The Life Of Chuck Norris".
Posted by: USMC6743   2006-09-20 13:27  

#16  Now everyone will think of the wonderful Sean Penn whenever we speak of Einstien. I'm not going to watch it.
Posted by: Jesing Ebbease3087   2006-09-20 13:23  

#15  Great quote from the same source:

With stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.

— FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER —
Posted by: Zenster   2006-09-20 12:16  

#14  As if we needed any further proof, let's all remember that it was Einstein himself who bequeathed us this quote:

Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.
Posted by: Zenster   2006-09-20 12:12  

#13  I think they mean a movie about the Einstein of Einstein's Bagels.

Al
Posted by: Frozen Al   2006-09-20 11:22  

#12  http://www.newscientisttech.com/article/mg19125681.400;jsessionid=NMGHKBGMCGMM
Posted by: Bright Pebbles in Blairistan   2006-09-20 11:20  

#11  Ya, ironic in that Penn doesn't have the mental brain power to even come close to understanding the theory of relativity.

Poor Einstein.
Posted by: DarthVader   2006-09-20 10:42  

#10  I would actually go see a movie titled: "Ant Man of Gitmo" with Sean Penn in the lead.
Posted by: Cyber Sarge   2006-09-20 10:32  

#9  LOL Tu!
Posted by: 6   2006-09-20 10:07  

#8  This of cousre won't happen until after he plays Shaky Ameer in "The Ant Man of Guantanamo"...
Posted by: tu3031   2006-09-20 09:30  

#7  The cast also included Agnes Moorehead, Robert Conrad and Lee Van Cleef. Comments at IMBD noted:

When Howard Hughes sold RKO soon after, his only request was that he keep the rights to two movies- "Jet Pilot" and this epic. Legend has it that he kept playing them over and over again in his room. If he got as tetched as they say he did in his later years, you can blame his malady, in part, on the adverse effects of seeing "The Conqueror" one too many times.

The set was down wind of the Yucca Flats atomic test range. The crew were all exposed to massive doses of radioactive fallout. Later, nearly half the crew died of various forms of cancer. Including John Wayne, Susan Hayward, and Agnes Moorehead, and the director Dick Powell. This is no Urban Legend, 91 members from the crew of 200 had contracted cancer by 1984.


Perhaps they can arrange for Penn to do his work at Yucca Flats.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2006-09-20 08:07  

#6  Defender & Scimitar Times-Picayune favorite Susan Hayward. What I did not recall was that the flick "The Conqueror" was directed by Dick Powell. No wonder the lines were so funny. Perhaps he was playing it as camp from the start. IMDB notes the script was originally written for Brando.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2006-09-20 07:46  

#5  Ironic, that's the word I was thinking, ironic.
Posted by: bigjim-ky   2006-09-20 07:43  

#4  What a miscast. Remember John Wayne as Ghengis Khan? I forget the name of the actress that he played against, but the script had Wayne say in an awful accent, "You are beautiful in your wrath."
Posted by: Snease Shaiting3550   2006-09-20 07:28  

#3  As long as he knows he is only ACTING. Too funny!
Posted by: newc   2006-09-20 04:38  

#2  Spicoli was unavailable for comment.
Posted by: Zenster   2006-09-20 03:58  

#1  Sean Penn to play Einstein


Quote "In this space-time continuum


No Way, Not Gonna Happen!"
Posted by: RD   2006-09-20 02:15  

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