Media outlets have only been reporting that, so far, Daniel Day Lewis is in talks to play Guido Contini in 9 after Javier Bardem decided to back out. Daniel Day Lewis can do just about anything – but I don’t know about this one. Sort of a Brando in Guys and Dolls type thing. The difference now is that since Moulin Rouge, the trend with movie musicals is to star non-Broadway or musical stars but to stick with well-respected actors and it doesn’t matter so much if they can really do the singing. The star power gets them in. That must be why this project has already signed the likes of Penelope Cruz, Sophia Loren, Nicole Kidman and Judi Dench. Rob Marshall is set to direct.
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Marlon after the cut.
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