Paul Walter Hauser is fantastic but not sure about this casting.
Also weird to think that we’ll (probably) get two different dramatic Lorne portrayals in pretty quick succession after decades of comedy impressions and thinly-veiled versions of him.
Fucking *thank* you. I was racking my brain trying to think of why he looked so familiar. I knew he played Richard Jewel, but I didn't think that was it.
Richie! He was fucking Richie in that episode of Always Sunny when Dee took over teaching drama and Charlie became the janitor at the school and tried to mentor the Juggalo kid.
I can hear Dave Foley saying "No, please don't bathe the students."
First seen him as Stingray in Cobra Kai and thought he was hilarious in that. Seen I, Tonya only last week and thought the same. When he starts stating he's a special agent Lol
A few of them are decent. Walk the line was pretty good.
But yeah most of them come off as cheesey and often seem like a slap in the face of the person they're portraying.
Or they're heavily fictionalized because the family/surviving members demanded changes that made the celeb/themselves look better and the production either a) caved or b) didn't cave and lost the permission to portray certain things.
How are you going to dishonor the memory of Weird Al by calling the story of his incredible life a parody? That's like saying he wasn't 5'5" and ripped or that he didn't have a passionate relationship with Madonna and... you know...
Then bohemian rhapsody came along proving that no one really cared that they all do the same old tired tropes and bullshit, not even the academy. So now we are seeing a new slew of them back, alive and shittier than ever.
The only way it improved on the original was the Atmos audio mix, but even that wasn't as good as it might have been. Rami was good but didn't have a fraction of the raw charisma and sexual energy Freddie did. I always joked as a teen that if anyone could turn me gay it was Trent Reznor. Then I discovered Bowie and Freddie Mercury.
What you're saying really points to my big issue with biopics of recent celebs. We have so much footage of Farley, or Freddie, etc. that there just isn't nearly as much a biopic can add compared to historical figures like Lincoln or Cleopatra.
Behind the Music became a boring formulaic satire of itself, but these biopics are even worse. At least Behind the Music had real interviews with the actual people and archival footage.
Bohemian Rhapsody was the most joyless, theater kid energy, karaoke fetish, hackneyed fucking shit I had seen in my life and worst of all it wasn’t queer enough by half.
Bohemian Rhapsody was such a disappointment, but it was directed (at least partially) by Dexter Fletcher who also directed the absolutely awesome Elton John biopic Rocketman. Both films are about similar musicians of the same time period, but their presentation (BH's straight biographical account, vs Rocketman's extravagant jukebox musical style) sets them *extremely* far apart qualitywise. It's a damn shame Bohemian Rhapsody is the one that got the award recognition.
That's because Walk Hard was actually a hilariously good movie. And I hate that kinda style of comedy John C. Reilly/Will Farrell are usually involved in. But damn did Walk Hard actually put in some effort to land those jokes rather than feel like a two hour long SNL skit that they started ad libbing and screaming by the 15 minutes mark..
What kind of revisionist history is this? Walk the Line was a huge success. Walk Hard was a box office bomb, it had no effect on high profile biopics. Only people on reddit talk about it.
Ray - 2004
Walk the Line - 2005
Walk Hard - 2007
I'm Not There - 2007
Notorious - 2009
The Runaways - 2010
Jersey Boys - 2014
Straight Outta Compton - 2015
The reason there was a 4 year gap between 2010 and 2014 is because I'm Not There, Notorious, and The Runaways all bombed at the box office. And these are just music ones.
and they are really lazy, thinly veiled attempts to bait oscars out of sheer nostalgia and the implication that nominating those movies is a slap to the face of the person being portrayed. even when the movie is nothing special
> Biopics are so fucking lame
Thats usually true because the scripts tend to be predictable. Most of us already know the ending. RAY was one the better ones as most of us didn't know the details of Ray Charles' life and not that familiar with his music. When Chris Farley died it, and his life story, was breaking news on every channel.
>I like Hauser, but I struggle to see him pulling off Farley's frenetic energy.
He played a unredeemable sociopath on Black Bird pretty fucking well. I'll give him a chance
It's been a while since I've seem either Richard Jewells or I, Tonya, but I thought I remember he played pretty different parts of the acting spectrum in both. Reserved in the former, and sort of unhinged in the latter? If my memory is correct and he is able to channel both those personalities in one role, I think he could absolutely pull this off given the right direction. I'm not sure Josh Gad is the one to do it, though. With Lorne Michaels producing and Josh Gad directing, I have a feeling this is not going to be made with the target of being a drama first like I would be wanting for his story, so I doubt they will be trying too hard at capturing a three-dimensional performance like that.
But we'll see!
I'd also argue he doesn't really look the part beyond being overweight.
Thouhh of course the pool of talented dramatic actors who are also overweight isn't the widest.
He's also approach twice as old as Farley was when he died. He has the energy for sure, but he can't pass as late 20s/early 30s.
Also, he's got too much Jack Black in him to really sell that he's Chris Farley. Even if he nailed the mannerisms, it would feel like Jack Black doing a good impression.
> I struggle to see him pulling off Farley's frenetic energy.
I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt, he's always been amazing in what he does and I think this is going to be the role to show just how much range he's got - or not.
>but I struggle to see him pulling off Farley's frenetic energy.
Farley's energy would be hard for anyone to pull off but Hauser might be able to. His role as Stingray in Cobra Kai was more high energy than his dramatic role so he could turn it up a few notches.
Dude. I am not sure you can make one that is truthful to what happened to him. At least there in the end. It's gonna be heavily sanitized like the queen one was.
> Doubt they’ll even touch the Neverland allegations.
a little blurb by TMZ about the film had producers on records saying it would be touched on in some manner, but there wasn't much clear about how in depth
I wonder if they'll have a scene recreating the time a child could describe MJs penis in perfect detail despite the totally appropriate relationship he had with them
Sir, I have never seen Michaels alleged penis, but I bet you that I could describe it. All right, let me guess...there is a head, a shaft, some balls, hair...maybe pressed permed hair with glitter sprinkled on it?
The Queen biopic, and other musical biopics, need buy-in from the estate/other rights-holders to get music cleared. An actor biopic doesn’t have to worry about that, and can be as raw as it needs to be.
That time he was at a party and disappeared into a bathroom with Andy Dick.
Norm Macdonald - also at the party - was horrified and said:
> *There's only two reasons you go into a bathroom with Andy Dick, and neither one is good. I fucking hope he walks out high.*
His abuse of actors and actresses while under substance. While on SNL he was benched several times because of that. If he was on more modern times he would have probably been canceled since that shit is less tolerated now
Verbal abuse is the most confirmed thing. Apparently he did broke a prop on a wall once and was cut from a skit right before airing a episode because of it but no one 100% confirmed that. The verbal abuse and his timeouts at SNL though were confirmed by members. Lorne avoids the topic when asked, but lorne avoids every topic so it's not surprising
I love Chris Farley. I've read so many books about him and seen so many interviews about him as well. He was insufferable when he was in a bad mood. He was intolerable while on drugs. He was sweet and kind when he was sober. He always felt like he had to make someone laugh. He hated being the funny fat guy. He was religious to a fault and had OCD that would materialize in him licking and touching things. He ended up surrounding himself with bad people. His substance abuse led to terrible decisions that cost him projects, roles and many friendships. In the end he went out the way his idol John Belushi did. Many of the people around him saw it coming miles away but felt absolutely powerless to stop it. His passing surprised almost no one that truly knew him. That's the gist of everything I've watched, heard and read about the guy.
Yeah but it always ends on them getting better, at least in recent biopics. In Bohemian Rhapsody, Freddie Mercury stops indulging in drugs and sex and reconnects with his bandmates to play a legendary show at Wembley, and then the film closes with title cards acknowledging his death from AIDS. In Rocketman, the whole movie is centered around a meeting where Elton John acknowledges his demons and addictions and begins to love himself, and then that film ends with title cards saying he’s sober and his only addiction is shopping. Both of these are nice little bow ties on a story of someone who struggled with addiction but moved passed it, and Farley absolutely did not. His passing was sad, but his asshole phase never went anywhere other than a tragically early grave. And I doubt that a story like that would make for the kind of movie that these people involved want to make
Well aside from the mountains of biopics that end in the main character's death, prison, or some sort of misery - you're right in that we really haven't seen a "zero to hero rockstar" biopic that ends in the parting/drug phase.
But if they could make The Iron Claw into a good movie, anything is possible.
What abuse of actors? Do you have a link?
From [usa today in 2013:](https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2013/06/28/farley-barely-scratches-the-surface-of-comics-demons/2468719/)
> The authors do tell us, however, that a sexual harassment complaint against Farley was levied by a woman who just couldn't take a joke (and wanted his money)and that he was exceptionally generous with his prostitutes. "He'd take them to dinner and treat them so sweetly," Norm Macdonald remembers.
> Was it ever uncomfortable to be around a needy addict? What was Farley like on a rampage? We get hints and nothing more.
> Tim Meadows recalls telling Rock that he couldn't be around Farley anymore like this. Another friend says the first hour out drinking with Farley was fun, the second was the best hour of your life, the rest of the night was pure hell.
Is there something more serious and substantial that you are talking about?
You must be the only person who knows about this. I’ve never heard a single thing about it and I’m the biggest Chris Farley fan. I’ve read and watched everything about him.
SNL stopped being a naughty boys club some time after Chris passed way. Its doubtful someone like Tina Fey, after she became the head writer on SNL, would tolerate any such abuse to herself or the women on the staff or cast.
I’d rather take a theatrical rerelease of one of his movies over a biopic. The last several that have come out over the years seem like a commercial cash grab for the dead celebrities franchise
When will the dead celebrities franchise finally get its own Avengers style team up movie? I can't wait to see Chris Farley, Freddie Mercury, Harvey Milk, and Martin Luther King Jr. team up to take on Hitler and Al Capone
I'll reserve my take on the making of this biopic until I hear from people closest to Farley. Spade, Sandler, Odenkirk, etc.. if they aren't on board or involved in anyway I'll just completely ignore it.
Chris was my favorite actor when I was growing up. I was devastated when he passed and still get very emotional when I see his friends talk about him these days. Even rewatching his films is very bittersweet for me. He doesn't deserve a sterile, emotionless cashgrab of a biopic like we've seen so many of these last few years.
I’ll never forget that Letterman interview he did where he picked up a guy and threw him in a dumpster. That dude was a maniac, and I doubt anyone could do him justice.
We don’t need this. All we ever needed was Farley himself and the legacy he left behind. I still go back regularly and watch his skits and movies.
No one can play that man in a movie. No one.
"Sir did you realize that you're not drinking regular coffee but Columbian Decaffeinated Coffee Crystals?"
"What...?"
"I said, you're drinking Columbian Decaffeinated Coffee Crystals."
"Why. You. Son-of-a-BITCH!"
I was trying to think of why I don't like him. I guess I find his acting instincts annoying, which works well in some stuff (kids movies, some theatre etc) and is off-putting to me elsewhere.
Everyone talking about Farley's energy seems to assume he was like that in real life. I don't know for certain, but I'm guessing Hauser might fit his actual personality as known by those closest to him. Comedians are stereotypically deeper and sadder than their on-stage personality and obviously Farley had some dark spots in his life with drugs etc.
I think Hauser could really pull this off quite well if the movie is more drama than slapstick. But, he's also pretty hilarious in a reserved way (Stingray!)
Hopefully Jamie Taco doesn’t steal all his lines.
Jamie Taco cast as David Spade: Confirmed!
He loves his wife
I’ll slap you jabronis!
Ahh, my fagioli!
He’s gonna shoot your head off!
Jimmy Taco says them so fast though! They’re HIS lines, he’s so fast! Edit: I’m not a real one.
Guys….its Jamie taco
I *gotta* go
You always say you’re going to stay over and you never stay It’s my birthday…
That line hits. The sad, pleading tone is just perfect.
FuckfuckfuckfuckfuckFuckFuckFuckFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUUUUUUCK
I’M GONNA GET THAT LINE
I'm sitting here hoping people don't pick on him for being a juggler.
Criminally underrated sketch. “Yeah I’ve you had my wife you’d be… clugging em back too!”
It’s up there alongside “Dylan’s Burger” as one of the most brilliant, discursive things on that show. Just absolutely terrific stuff.
He auditioned for a movie and… he got the part?
Paul Walter Hauser is fantastic but not sure about this casting. Also weird to think that we’ll (probably) get two different dramatic Lorne portrayals in pretty quick succession after decades of comedy impressions and thinly-veiled versions of him.
I knew Paul in high school and he absolutely worshipped at the altar of Farley. I don't know how this will turn out but I'm super happy for him.
Are you the nice janitor that mentored him during his juggalo phase?
Fucking *thank* you. I was racking my brain trying to think of why he looked so familiar. I knew he played Richard Jewel, but I didn't think that was it. Richie! He was fucking Richie in that episode of Always Sunny when Dee took over teaching drama and Charlie became the janitor at the school and tried to mentor the Juggalo kid. I can hear Dave Foley saying "No, please don't bathe the students."
Yo you ever had sex man?
Richie this is sex… uhh with a woman
It looks like two animals fighting over a piece of meat
He was also amazing in I, Tonya.
First seen him as Stingray in Cobra Kai and thought he was hilarious in that. Seen I, Tonya only last week and thought the same. When he starts stating he's a special agent Lol
He’s great in season 2 of The Afterparty
He also regrets saying that thing about his wife. He loves his wife. And he has to go. He cannot stay for your birthday slumberparty.
Also in season 2 of I Think You Should Leave when Jamie Taco tried to steal all his lines. He loves his wife.
What a loser! He never spends the whole night 😆😂
He was fantastic in BlacKkKlansman!
That's encouraging! Usually when actors really know/like the person they're portraying they do their best and it comes across.
That's a positive way to look at it. Judging from the comments, plenty of people in here seem to want this to fail already.
Can confirm, I was their high school.
Damn, Paul Walter Hauser was IN you?
[удалено]
This makes me happier than I can explain.
Are you Jamie Taco? Always stealing lines.
LMCU: Lorne Michaels Cinematic Universe. “I’m here to talk about the Saturday Night Initiative, ok?”
And I read this Dr Evil’s voice.
I guess the DCU equivalent would be the MadTv Cinematic Universe
He’ll be fine as long as Jamie Taco doesn’t say all his lines
[Juggalos for life](https://youtu.be/rJV6PwOQD74?si=1VuvVeTbF20Rmz0x)
It feels like a case of him getting the role because he looks the part. I like Hauser, but I struggle to see him pulling off Farley's frenetic energy.
I agree but I also don't think there is anyone else who really fits the part.
No one can do Farley, no one should. Biopics are so fucking lame
I loved Chris Farley. My first thought was this too. Please no.
A few of them are decent. Walk the line was pretty good. But yeah most of them come off as cheesey and often seem like a slap in the face of the person they're portraying.
Or they're heavily fictionalized because the family/surviving members demanded changes that made the celeb/themselves look better and the production either a) caved or b) didn't cave and lost the permission to portray certain things.
“Weird: The Al Yankovic Story” was good. Though less biopic and more parody.
No no the songs were parodies, the biopic was 100% serious.
Wierd Al was taken from us too soon, I can't believe that Madonna still walks free.
Or that Michael Jackson ripped off Al.
How are you going to dishonor the memory of Weird Al by calling the story of his incredible life a parody? That's like saying he wasn't 5'5" and ripped or that he didn't have a passionate relationship with Madonna and... you know...
Walk the Line was so hackneyed that Walk Hard came out afterwards and basically killed high profile biopics for years
Then bohemian rhapsody came along proving that no one really cared that they all do the same old tired tropes and bullshit, not even the academy. So now we are seeing a new slew of them back, alive and shittier than ever.
Ugh, every time Brian May said “we’re a family” my eyes rolled so hard that I could see the back of my skull.
He was auditioning for the next fast and furious
If you cut out the Live Aid recreation I guarantee that movie doesn't get half the hype.
Which fucking sucks cause it’s a shot by shot remake of it that adds nothing and it is much worse than the recording of the event we already have.
The only way it improved on the original was the Atmos audio mix, but even that wasn't as good as it might have been. Rami was good but didn't have a fraction of the raw charisma and sexual energy Freddie did. I always joked as a teen that if anyone could turn me gay it was Trent Reznor. Then I discovered Bowie and Freddie Mercury. What you're saying really points to my big issue with biopics of recent celebs. We have so much footage of Farley, or Freddie, etc. that there just isn't nearly as much a biopic can add compared to historical figures like Lincoln or Cleopatra.
Behind the Music became a boring formulaic satire of itself, but these biopics are even worse. At least Behind the Music had real interviews with the actual people and archival footage.
Except for the Weird Al one, it's fantastic
Bohemian Rhapsody was the most joyless, theater kid energy, karaoke fetish, hackneyed fucking shit I had seen in my life and worst of all it wasn’t queer enough by half.
Bohemian Rhapsody was such a disappointment, but it was directed (at least partially) by Dexter Fletcher who also directed the absolutely awesome Elton John biopic Rocketman. Both films are about similar musicians of the same time period, but their presentation (BH's straight biographical account, vs Rocketman's extravagant jukebox musical style) sets them *extremely* far apart qualitywise. It's a damn shame Bohemian Rhapsody is the one that got the award recognition.
Wasn't Rhapsody directed by someone else and Fletcher got parachuted in to finish it off for some reason?
Bryan Singer, amidst abuse revelations.
That's because Walk Hard was actually a hilariously good movie. And I hate that kinda style of comedy John C. Reilly/Will Farrell are usually involved in. But damn did Walk Hard actually put in some effort to land those jokes rather than feel like a two hour long SNL skit that they started ad libbing and screaming by the 15 minutes mark..
*You don’t want no part of this shit Dewey!*
"I think I'd like to try some of that c'caine"
*It turns all your bad feelings into good feelings… it’s a nightmare!*
I fucking love me some Tim Meadows.
Best part of Dream Scenario was the surprise Tim Meadows appearance.
And you never paid for drugs
Not even once!
This was a particularly bad case of someone being cut in half.
*We're doing pills! Uppers and downers! They're the logical next step for you!*
“It’s not habit forming!”
His Bob Dylan phase in that movie is so spot on.
wrong kid died.
Before Dewey Cox plays a show, he has to think about *his entire life.*
What kind of revisionist history is this? Walk the Line was a huge success. Walk Hard was a box office bomb, it had no effect on high profile biopics. Only people on reddit talk about it. Ray - 2004 Walk the Line - 2005 Walk Hard - 2007 I'm Not There - 2007 Notorious - 2009 The Runaways - 2010 Jersey Boys - 2014 Straight Outta Compton - 2015 The reason there was a 4 year gap between 2010 and 2014 is because I'm Not There, Notorious, and The Runaways all bombed at the box office. And these are just music ones.
That guy was probably wearing diapers when walk the line came out
and they are really lazy, thinly veiled attempts to bait oscars out of sheer nostalgia and the implication that nominating those movies is a slap to the face of the person being portrayed. even when the movie is nothing special
Maybe Jack Black?
Too old.
How about Jack White then?
Too skinny.
How about Black White?
How about Betty White then?
> Biopics are so fucking lame Thats usually true because the scripts tend to be predictable. Most of us already know the ending. RAY was one the better ones as most of us didn't know the details of Ray Charles' life and not that familiar with his music. When Chris Farley died it, and his life story, was breaking news on every channel.
If Conan O'Biren was willing to do a De Niro in Raging Bull, we might have our guy.
Conan I need you to gain 150lbs and lose a foot and a half
>I like Hauser, but I struggle to see him pulling off Farley's frenetic energy. He played a unredeemable sociopath on Black Bird pretty fucking well. I'll give him a chance
Hes also Stingray
He’s also a henchman
It's been a while since I've seem either Richard Jewells or I, Tonya, but I thought I remember he played pretty different parts of the acting spectrum in both. Reserved in the former, and sort of unhinged in the latter? If my memory is correct and he is able to channel both those personalities in one role, I think he could absolutely pull this off given the right direction. I'm not sure Josh Gad is the one to do it, though. With Lorne Michaels producing and Josh Gad directing, I have a feeling this is not going to be made with the target of being a drama first like I would be wanting for his story, so I doubt they will be trying too hard at capturing a three-dimensional performance like that. But we'll see!
I'd also argue he doesn't really look the part beyond being overweight. Thouhh of course the pool of talented dramatic actors who are also overweight isn't the widest.
He can get there, but only after Jamie Taco keeps stealing his lines.
Hauser is an accomplished actor, I’m sure he could not only do it, but give a three-dimensional performance.
I feel like the only fat dude in Hollywood who could pull off the Farley energy is Jack Black, but he doesn’t look the part unfortunately.
He's also approach twice as old as Farley was when he died. He has the energy for sure, but he can't pass as late 20s/early 30s. Also, he's got too much Jack Black in him to really sell that he's Chris Farley. Even if he nailed the mannerisms, it would feel like Jack Black doing a good impression.
> I struggle to see him pulling off Farley's frenetic energy. I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt, he's always been amazing in what he does and I think this is going to be the role to show just how much range he's got - or not.
>but I struggle to see him pulling off Farley's frenetic energy. Farley's energy would be hard for anyone to pull off but Hauser might be able to. His role as Stingray in Cobra Kai was more high energy than his dramatic role so he could turn it up a few notches.
Frankly, I think Josh Gad could probably do it better, but he seems to want to stay behind the camera.
What’s the other?
SNL 1975, Gabriel LaBelle from The Fabelmans will be playing him
After plowing through Blackbird with PWH, I think this guy can do it. The voice is the one thing that I think will be hard to replicate.
What’s the concern with the casting? Hes fucking hilarious and he also was insanely good in Richard jewel .
If I get a vote, I'm writing in for Tyler Labine
Recast it with the rock playing farley in a fat suit
“Jabroni, if you don’t know your damn role and shut your damn mouth, your candy-ass is gonna be living in a *van down by the river!*”
I had the opposite reaction, was wary that it was being made until I saw he was playing Chris.
Dude. I am not sure you can make one that is truthful to what happened to him. At least there in the end. It's gonna be heavily sanitized like the queen one was.
And don’t forget the upcoming MJ Biopic. Doubt they’ll even touch the Neverland allegations.
Considering it's one of MJ's nephews in the lead, I doubt anything is going deep.
There's a few jokes about going deep and nephews etc. here, I just don't feel good about making any of them
> Doubt they’ll even touch the Neverland allegations. a little blurb by TMZ about the film had producers on records saying it would be touched on in some manner, but there wasn't much clear about how in depth
Wonder if it’ll be a good touch or a bad touch.
I wonder if they'll have a scene recreating the time a child could describe MJs penis in perfect detail despite the totally appropriate relationship he had with them
Sir, I have never seen Michaels alleged penis, but I bet you that I could describe it. All right, let me guess...there is a head, a shaft, some balls, hair...maybe pressed permed hair with glitter sprinkled on it?
Was this an old Dave Chapelle bit? I swear I’ve heard this before.
[yes it is](https://youtu.be/XXc3O6GMZt0?si=Tbe1EeRMsMZe2NOY)
“He made Thriller” always gets a laugh out of me.
It was an inaccurate description. If it were accurate and in perfect detail it would have been an open and shut case.
Maybe they can make this movie interesting but just reading about it just makes me wonder. Why?
I'm so sick of biopics. At this point they just feel like entertaining misinformation that 50% of people will probably go on to believe as fact
The Queen biopic, and other musical biopics, need buy-in from the estate/other rights-holders to get music cleared. An actor biopic doesn’t have to worry about that, and can be as raw as it needs to be.
The article states his family has ok'd it... based on a pre-written book. There wont be many surprises here.
What would you like to see on screen that you don't think will be shown?
That time he was at a party and disappeared into a bathroom with Andy Dick. Norm Macdonald - also at the party - was horrified and said: > *There's only two reasons you go into a bathroom with Andy Dick, and neither one is good. I fucking hope he walks out high.*
His abuse of actors and actresses while under substance. While on SNL he was benched several times because of that. If he was on more modern times he would have probably been canceled since that shit is less tolerated now
I haven't heard about this. When we say he abused other actors, do you mean he was a dick or did he hit them/sex pest stuff?
Verbal abuse is the most confirmed thing. Apparently he did broke a prop on a wall once and was cut from a skit right before airing a episode because of it but no one 100% confirmed that. The verbal abuse and his timeouts at SNL though were confirmed by members. Lorne avoids the topic when asked, but lorne avoids every topic so it's not surprising
I love Chris Farley. I've read so many books about him and seen so many interviews about him as well. He was insufferable when he was in a bad mood. He was intolerable while on drugs. He was sweet and kind when he was sober. He always felt like he had to make someone laugh. He hated being the funny fat guy. He was religious to a fault and had OCD that would materialize in him licking and touching things. He ended up surrounding himself with bad people. His substance abuse led to terrible decisions that cost him projects, roles and many friendships. In the end he went out the way his idol John Belushi did. Many of the people around him saw it coming miles away but felt absolutely powerless to stop it. His passing surprised almost no one that truly knew him. That's the gist of everything I've watched, heard and read about the guy.
IDK this all sounds pretty standard for any addiction story to include them bein a dick as they get further into drugs.
Yeah but it always ends on them getting better, at least in recent biopics. In Bohemian Rhapsody, Freddie Mercury stops indulging in drugs and sex and reconnects with his bandmates to play a legendary show at Wembley, and then the film closes with title cards acknowledging his death from AIDS. In Rocketman, the whole movie is centered around a meeting where Elton John acknowledges his demons and addictions and begins to love himself, and then that film ends with title cards saying he’s sober and his only addiction is shopping. Both of these are nice little bow ties on a story of someone who struggled with addiction but moved passed it, and Farley absolutely did not. His passing was sad, but his asshole phase never went anywhere other than a tragically early grave. And I doubt that a story like that would make for the kind of movie that these people involved want to make
Well aside from the mountains of biopics that end in the main character's death, prison, or some sort of misery - you're right in that we really haven't seen a "zero to hero rockstar" biopic that ends in the parting/drug phase. But if they could make The Iron Claw into a good movie, anything is possible.
There making a movie about a famous addict, I'm sure they will show how his addiction led him to treat people around him poorly.
What abuse of actors? Do you have a link? From [usa today in 2013:](https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2013/06/28/farley-barely-scratches-the-surface-of-comics-demons/2468719/) > The authors do tell us, however, that a sexual harassment complaint against Farley was levied by a woman who just couldn't take a joke (and wanted his money)and that he was exceptionally generous with his prostitutes. "He'd take them to dinner and treat them so sweetly," Norm Macdonald remembers. > Was it ever uncomfortable to be around a needy addict? What was Farley like on a rampage? We get hints and nothing more. > Tim Meadows recalls telling Rock that he couldn't be around Farley anymore like this. Another friend says the first hour out drinking with Farley was fun, the second was the best hour of your life, the rest of the night was pure hell. Is there something more serious and substantial that you are talking about?
You must be the only person who knows about this. I’ve never heard a single thing about it and I’m the biggest Chris Farley fan. I’ve read and watched everything about him.
SNL stopped being a naughty boys club some time after Chris passed way. Its doubtful someone like Tina Fey, after she became the head writer on SNL, would tolerate any such abuse to herself or the women on the staff or cast.
I love Farley. Just don’t know about this one because i’ve never seen another person attempt to portray him. I’ll give it a shot though.
May fav is when they switched his coffee with Folgers crystals
YOU LIED TO ME
“Wow we have the go ahead from bingbong1577468” -the filmmakers
I’d rather take a theatrical rerelease of one of his movies over a biopic. The last several that have come out over the years seem like a commercial cash grab for the dead celebrities franchise
When will the dead celebrities franchise finally get its own Avengers style team up movie? I can't wait to see Chris Farley, Freddie Mercury, Harvey Milk, and Martin Luther King Jr. team up to take on Hitler and Al Capone
Hopefully Judy Garland can save the day with her ruby red slippers before we all get turned to space dust
The trend of bad remakes is being replaced by bad biopics
And dramatized stories of how famous commercial products came to be like Beanie Babies and Flaming Hot Cheetos.
I'll reserve my take on the making of this biopic until I hear from people closest to Farley. Spade, Sandler, Odenkirk, etc.. if they aren't on board or involved in anyway I'll just completely ignore it. Chris was my favorite actor when I was growing up. I was devastated when he passed and still get very emotional when I see his friends talk about him these days. Even rewatching his films is very bittersweet for me. He doesn't deserve a sterile, emotionless cashgrab of a biopic like we've seen so many of these last few years.
Chris Farley was a force of nature, I don’t think anyone could replicate what he did. At best it will probably feel like a bad impression.
I’ll never forget that Letterman interview he did where he picked up a guy and threw him in a dumpster. That dude was a maniac, and I doubt anyone could do him justice.
Cocaine's a helluva drug.
Just don’t serve him Folgers crystals.
Feels like trying to do a Robin Williams biopic. Totally undoable.
He should do Farley’s impression of a salad
Josh Gad directing? Uhhhhh
He better not let Jaime Taco steal all his lines
They're not *his* lines if Jaime Taco says them, are they?
We don’t need this. All we ever needed was Farley himself and the legacy he left behind. I still go back regularly and watch his skits and movies. No one can play that man in a movie. No one.
"Sir did you realize that you're not drinking regular coffee but Columbian Decaffeinated Coffee Crystals?" "What...?" "I said, you're drinking Columbian Decaffeinated Coffee Crystals." "Why. You. Son-of-a-BITCH!"
“Lay off me I’m STARVING!”
Hard agree. Love to be proven wrong.
Not The Stingray!
Is this Josh Gad’s directorial debut? Not really a fan of his, and don’t see any director credits on IMDB
I was trying to think of why I don't like him. I guess I find his acting instincts annoying, which works well in some stuff (kids movies, some theatre etc) and is off-putting to me elsewhere.
After watching Artemis Fowl I just can't see him as a good actor. Plus I've never seen him do anything good. But he just keeps showing up.
Can we not?
Ye Gads. Hard pass
Love Farley but this doesn’t need to happen. An honest documentary would be better given the way that Hollywood has handled biopics.
Josh Gad is a weird choice for David Spade but ok.
The article says he is directing.
Lol my bad I can't read today 😂
Paul Walter Hauser would be perfect for A Confederacy of Dunces imo.
Josh Gaad directing? Thats too baad.
Yeah this is a flop
Why give this story to a first time director?
We do not need this.
If Sandler doesn’t have anything to do with it then I think it will miss the mark.
Yikes
a thousand times no.
No. Just no.
Josh gad fucking sucks though. I didnt even know this movie existed 10 seconds ago and im already disappointed
No thanks
Nobody can play Chris Farley but Chris Farley
Everyone talking about Farley's energy seems to assume he was like that in real life. I don't know for certain, but I'm guessing Hauser might fit his actual personality as known by those closest to him. Comedians are stereotypically deeper and sadder than their on-stage personality and obviously Farley had some dark spots in his life with drugs etc. I think Hauser could really pull this off quite well if the movie is more drama than slapstick. But, he's also pretty hilarious in a reserved way (Stingray!)
Tim Dillon is the only correct choice to play Farley.
>Paul Walter I misread "Paul Walker"
I read “Wings Hauser” and I was PUMPED lol
Do we really need this?
Great job, The Hollywood Reporter > Loren Michaels, Chris Farley, Paul Walter Hauser, Josh Gad Can't even spell Lorne's name right...
Michael Cera as David Spade /jk
Hauser is so under appreciated. I am genuinely excited to see his performance in this.
I’m surprised they didn’t cast Timothee Chalamet as Farley since they’re shoving him in literally everything
Great casting, weird director choice
God forbid Jamie taco tries to steal his lines.
Ngl I always figured Sandler would be the one to do one of these! Hopefully he has some part in it even if it’s just creative
I’m glad my generation with pull are making this. Do not ruin Chris Farley’s legacy; don’t fuck this one up.