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Paul Walter Hauser to star in "Press Your Luck" movie
BrandonFG:
--- Quote from: SamPrainito on May 09, 2024, 10:27:55 AM ---I could see Johnny Knoxville as Peter Tomarken, especially if he plays it as the smarmy game show host stereotype.
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Whereas I saw Walton Goggins as Tomarken, but that might also be because he plays a host so well as Uncle Baby Billy.
Knowing what we know about the aftermath, this has the potential to be a story where you initially root for the protagonist, but he or she starts going off the deep end and you wonder what’s going on in their head.
Joe Mello:
--- Quote from: BrandonFG on May 09, 2024, 12:29:30 PM ---
--- Quote ---I could see Johnny Knoxville as Peter Tomarken, especially if he plays it as the smarmy game show host stereotype.
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Whereas I saw Walton Goggins as Tomarken, but that might also be because he plays a host so well as Uncle Baby Billy.
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I was thinking Goggins as well and maybe Knoxville as Ed, but based on the Variety article it sounds like the film will have a Bill Carruthers character or similar, so maybe Goggins goes there. Who knows?
tyshaun1:
Virtually the entire cast is comprised of character actors. Like Matt said, and after reading the director's comments about the film, I'm expecting a very serialized take of Larson's story.
Nick:
The makeup department did a wonderful job making Hauser look like Larson.
Can't help but notice the letters on the nametag should be bolder, though.
--- Quote from: Matt Ottinger on May 09, 2024, 11:03:03 AM ---I bet Knoxville is playing the host.
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Seems legit. I'm glad to see they did not choose John Michael Higgins.
--- Quote from: Matt Ottinger on May 09, 2024, 11:03:03 AM ---From what I can tell, this sounds like it might be a slightly askew version of the story. Or maybe even not so slightly. Be prepared.
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Well, that's just it. For its subject matter, the writers behind Quiz Show developed a plot out of more characters and events to fill around 130 minutes. For the Michael Larson story, you have a guy who worked his way onto a game show and caused an hour of pandemonium across two episodes (and just by doing the same thing over and over again, which I'm not sure how you translate that to screen in any fashion aside from just watching a recreation of the game he played; and how do you make that interesting?). He doesn't have a backstory that's in any way fascinating (He was underemployed, and instead of investing his time in more constructive pursuits such as job hunting, he watched too much TV, though I guess he managed to make it pay off for himself). There really aren't other characters in this story (aside, I suppose, from his relatives who could tell you he was a bit of a slippery character, but they weren't involved in the event that made him infamous. OK, maybe his opposing contestants, but they've got no role in this story aside from having sat there to lose to him doing what he did), so it seems like the only way you're going to have a plot for a film is to make up something.
Could work out, I suppose. There are plenty of films "based on a true story", though taking too many liberties with the history and trying to claim historical ties is generally off-putting.
It's like the Perfect Bid thing to me. It's an interesting story, but I don't think you have enough here for a feature-film treatment. Still, I'm a bit interested to see what comes of it.
TimK2003:
Looking at a random Johnny Knoxville photo, it wouldn't take much for him to assume the Tomarken role:
https://images.app.goo.gl/iHeq9PUr7xJ9oNoA7
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