A little dickie tells me Guy Ritchie is considering his next movie move, and it’s not what you’d think.
The director, who is most famous for his hardman gangster flicks is thinking about making a new big-screen adaptation of the classic musical Guys and Dolls, which is er, basically gangsters wearing jazz shoes…
If true (and my souces are pretty good) it begs certain questions, like I wonder what his ex-missus will have to say about this, as music’s her department, and who would Guy cast in the lead roles?
Well you all know what a big Jason Statham fan I am, and Guy has always been one for putting his mates in his movies, well from what I hearing Jase Stath has long fancied himself as a bit of a ‘Sinatra-style’ crooner. If there’s ever been a man with the swagger to bring back the pearly king for 2010, it’s surley got to be uber-man Statham, he’s Tommy Steele on viagra, so playing the all singing and dancing gangster might be right up his (ahem) alley.
Then there’s Vinnie Jones, he might well like a stripy suit in real life, but could I really see him shuffle-ball-changing across a sound stage…? Erm maybe not!
As for Ewan McGregor he is the likeliest candidate to take a part if offered. McGregor trod on the boards back in 2005 playing dashing gambler Sky Masterson in London’s West End to rave reviews, his A-list pedigree would certianly be what’s needed to carry such a movie.
I can’t wait to see Ritchie’s upcoming film, Sherlock Holmes, which stars Robert Downey Jr doing his usual wry, wisecracking schtick as the title character, and Jude Law as his sidekick Watson, I saw the trailer the just recently and I have to say it looks brilliant. It’s an egregious twist for her but now Guy is finally out of Madonna’s spotlight it looks as if he is on course for a massive blockbuster…
I really hope Ritchie can pull this one off, after all Chicago did wonders for its director Rob Marshall, not to mention the career of Catherine Zeta Jones, Rene Zellweger and Richard Gere, although I can’t quite imagine how Guy’s favoured cockney accents, slow-mo fight scenes and action editing techniques will work in a musical. But ‘ang abaaat maybe that’s just what this musical needs…
Oh well, at least now he’s back on the market he won’t be forced into casting a certain someone as Miss Adelaide!
