Viggo Mortensen Rumoured To Play Poe In Stallone’s Biopic
Filed under: Film News, News | By: Lucy
Posted on: November 14, 2007 | 3 Comments
There’s a new unconfirmed casting rumour doing the rounds. No, it’s not for Star Trek (surprisingly) but Sylvester Stallone’s upcoming biopic, Poe. Apparently Stallone has approached Viggo Mortensen and offered him the title role.
It is said that Mortensen is seriously considering the role, although he wants some slight script changes made.
The film is scheduled to go into production next year. It chronicles the life of the legendary writer up until his mysterious death in 1849. I think Mortensen is a great choice for the role, he’s a fantastic actor and I’m sure he’ll bring a lot to the table.
Robert Downey, Jr, was once in talks to play Edgar Allan Poe and Milo Ventimiglia was a popular choice, having played Rocky’s son in Rocky Balboa.
Stallone will be directing the film from a script he wrote himself. Do you think Viggo Mortensen would be a good choice for the film?
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I think this is a wonderful project and great casting! Viggo is familiar with dark characters, having played the Devil in Prophecy, the bad guy in Deception/Ruby Cairo, and the really bad Frankie in Sean Penn’s Indian Runner LONG before anyone ever thought of Aragorn, Frank Hopkin (Hidalgo), Tom Stall/Joey Cusak (A History of Violence) or Nikolai (Eastern Promises).
As an artist/poet/photographer as well as an actor, I think Viggo would be the perfect choice.
Viggo has said he likes to work with intelligent directors, and I think Sylvester Stallone would be (perhaps surprisingly) just his cup o tea. Many people don’t know that he wrote Rocky as well as starred in it, and the writing behind a great film is what really makes it great. I’m thinking that Mr. Stallone has had his fun capitalizing on his Rocky image (and quite a long run of fun it’s been, btw) and now he’s ready to use his head again…
I’m hoping this comes about!
Scuse me, but shouldn’t you credit your source?
This story came from CinemaBlend.com and you did not credit them.
Viggo is an excellent choice for Poe. I couldn’t think of anyone better to play such a part.