So after seeing–and enjoying!–the trailers for Despicable Me, it’s interesting to see that another supervillain-centrated cartoon will be hitting theatres.
After catching my colleague Kenna’s take on the whole thing, I had to throw in my own two cents–this is just bizarre. Really, bizarre. Took about two minutes to scrape my jaw off the floor after THAT little chunk of news hit. I mean, in what universe do you replace ROBERT DOWNEY JR. with Will Ferrell? Isn’t this like replacing A-Rod with Charlie Brown?
And, even on the off chance you’re going to try and replace Robert Downey Jr. with ANYONE, why Will Ferrell? I can think of a hundred better candidates off the top of my head! Seriously–couldn’t Stiller call in some help from his Mystery Man days? Surely William H. Macy could’ve handled the job. After playing The Shoveler, I can’t see how he couldn’t get Metro Man down. Dan Castellaneta’s Blue Raja comes easily to mind, and even Paul Reubens’ The Spleen could’ve probably done a better job than Will Ferrell.
Will this incredibly brave–or incredibly stupid–move pay off? We’ll have to wait to see–this is slated for a November 2010 release.
annonymous said
August 18 2009 @ 1:44 pm
You can’t replace a real actor with a mediocre one. RDJ and Will Ferrell are not even on the same level. RDJ is a genious and a great talent. He’s the man of a thousand voices, to replace him with Will Ferrell is kind of a joke. They must not want this movie to do very well. Oh, this movie opens on November 5, 2010 by the way. RDJ and ZGs’ movie Due Date also opens on November 5, 2010. I really doubt that this movie is going to have a chance. Will Ferrell is just not funny and RDJ and ZG are both two extremely funny guys! I’ll be seeing Due Date!
annonymous said
August 18 2009 @ 1:46 pm
Oh, I forgot. I really did like the A-Rod and Charlie Brown comparison. That was really good!
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