actors who could portray jeff buckley
Submitted by taryn on Tue, 07/02/2002 - 03:06
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- james franco - played "daniel" in the short-lived freaks & geeks, then an amazing rendition of james dean in the TNT biopic--now "harry" in spiderman...
- jonathan jackson - i first saw him in the freaky film "skeletons in the closet" with treat williams, and all of the sudden he's a teenage heartthrob in "tuck everlasting."
- sylvain jacques - best known for his role in "those who love me can take the train," for which i believe buckley's music was soundtrack material.
- stefano dionisi - best known for his role as farinelli, the castrati singer.
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there has been much debate about whether or not a film about jeff buckley's life should be made, but if one does make it to production there will be even more debate about who should play him.
brad pitt has been rumored to want the role--but in my opinion he just wouldn't do. this list includes the names of actors who fans, including myself, think could do a more worthy job--(some of them for the sake of looks alone).
the following update from hollywood scoopsite, dark horizons.com:
"WENN reports that Brad Pitt, whose been favourite to play the lead in the upcoming biographical film about the late and highly acclaimed musician Jeff Buckley, has been turned down for the lead - by Buckley's mother Mary Guibert. Pitt is reportedly "desperate" to get this biopic made but Guibert says no film about Buckely will be made: "In the first hour of my meeting with Brad he pulled out the folders. I said, 'If you're going to ask me if you can make a Jeff Buckley film, the answer is no.' I told Brad that if he had a close-up of his face on the screen with Jeff's music coming out of his mouth, then he would be a laughing stock. Everyone who loves Jeff cringes at the idea of Brad putting brown contact lenses over his baby blues and letting his hair grow. I do not want to see myself portrayed, I do not want to see Jeff portrayed, no actor can do it. His death still hurts. If anyone wants to make this film, it will be after I'm gone"."
i'm guessing it'll be awhile...