It appears we have the leaves of Sherwood Forest to thank (or blame, depending on your viewpoint) for a possible outing of Aussie thespo Russell Crowe as legendary US comedian Bill Hicks.
According to the Sydney Morning Herald, filming on Crowe's latest project Nottingham has been postponed until at least March next year "because director Sir Ridley Scott wanted the leaves on the trees in England's Sherwood Forest to be the right colour".
Crowe has therefore opted to spend some quality time with his family in Oz while "working on other projects". He said: "I have another project based on the life of comedian Bill Hicks, which is going from treatment to draft stage with Kiwi writer Mark Staufer."
I mean really, really, really, really, really bad. Why so bad? Well, right now, name me one instance in which Russell Crowe has ever been shown to have had any kind of a sense of humor. Whatsoever.
Exactly. When playing a comedian as rightly admired as Hicks, it is good to have some kind of sense of humor one's own self. According to all availible evidence, Crowe has none.
Hey, Russell...Russell? Be smart, Russell. Talk to Dustin Hoffman about playing Lenny Bruce. Talk to Hicks' friends and see if you can make them fall down laughing.
Because if you can't (and I wouldn't bet on it)...this is a really, really, really, really, really, really bad idea...
(really, really, really really...)
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