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re: DiCaprio rejects role for Star Wars Episode: VII
Posted on 8/1/13 at 11:10 am to Volvagia
Posted on 8/1/13 at 11:10 am to Volvagia
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I think you are giving Connery a frick ton of credit.
He accepted the role in League of Extraordinary Gentlemen as a reactionary measure to LOTR doing so well and not understanding that role either.
The League of Extraodinary Gentlemen had about 1/5 of the Lord of the Ring's budget. It was a much less risky film project.
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Posted on 8/1/13 at 10:37 pm to vodkacop
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Yeah cuz of his award winners like great Gatsby , plum road and other steller movies he's been in
So, you either have no tastes in movies, or have no idea what Leo has been in
This post was edited on 8/1/13 at 10:40 pm
Posted on 8/1/13 at 10:43 pm to Weebie
Who would have he played? I can't see him as Jacen.
Posted on 8/1/13 at 10:53 pm to lsuguy84
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Chances that this goes down like Sean Connery not Doing the role of Gandalf? 500 million dollar mistake right there
Meh. Sean Connery was already planning his retirement from filmmaking in 2000-2001 and probably didn't want to get mixed up in all of that crap.
As for Leo rejecting a role in Star Wars…since Titanic he's kind of shied away from blockbuster movie roles, with Inception being the only exception.
Posted on 8/1/13 at 11:25 pm to lsuguy84
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Chances that this goes down like Sean Connery not Doing the role of Gandalf? 500 million dollar mistake right there
No chance.
This movie is going to make a ton of money no matter who is in it so they don't need to offer anybody points.
ETA: What Mikes My Tiger said.
This post was edited on 8/1/13 at 11:28 pm
Posted on 8/1/13 at 11:35 pm to Weebie
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Chances that this goes down like Sean Connery not Doing the role of Gandalf?
He also turned down Crystal Skull. I'd say he's even.
Posted on 8/2/13 at 8:27 am to RollTide1987
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As for Leo rejecting a role in Star Wars…since Titanic he's kind of shied away from blockbuster movie roles, with Inception being the only exception
I thought Django Unchained, Gangs of New York, and Gatsby were all supposed to be blockbuster movies, particularly the first 2 listed.
Posted on 8/2/13 at 8:29 am to lsuguy84
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Chances that this goes down like Sean Connery not Doing the role of Gandalf? 500 million dollar mistake right there
He could never have done as good a job.
Posted on 8/2/13 at 9:36 am to SG_Geaux
Can't believe no one has mentioned one of the most famous role refusals in history when Burt Reynolds turned down the role of Han Solo. 20th Century even offered him the rights to merchandising (the toys). Burt at the time thought the movie was cheesy and at the time (you guessed it) didn't need the money.
Posted on 8/5/13 at 10:35 pm to The_Joker
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Are you REALLY this fricking stupid?
Wow an internet tough guy..on the movie board..ppppppffffftttttttt. lololololol
Posted on 8/5/13 at 10:38 pm to 6nmylifetime
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Can't believe no one has mentioned one of the most famous role refusals in history when Burt Reynolds turned down the role of Han Solo. 20th Century even offered him the rights to merchandising (the toys). Burt at the time thought the movie was cheesy and at the time (you guessed it) didn't need the money.
Can't blame him for it really. Foresight is a bitch, but Star Wars was one of the riskiest projects in motion picture history.
Posted on 8/5/13 at 10:55 pm to JabarkusRussell
Connery is likley going to play the son of C3P0 and Mas Ammenda in Ep7.
Posted on 8/5/13 at 11:22 pm to OMLandshark
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The League of Extraodinary Gentlemen had about 1/5 of the Lord of the Ring's budget. It was a much less risky film project.
For the studio yeah, but what does that have to do with Sean Connery?
Posted on 8/5/13 at 11:23 pm to RollTide1987
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Meh. Sean Connery was already planning his retirement from filmmaking in 2000-2001 and probably didn't want to get mixed up in all of that crap.
Considering production on LOTR started in '97, I don't see how his planed retirement in 2001 would have anything to do with it.
Posted on 8/5/13 at 11:28 pm to south bama tiger
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I thought Django Unchained, Gangs of New York, and Gatsby were all supposed to be blockbuster movies, particularly the first 2 listed.
Guess that depends on what you mean by blockbuster.
Gatsby had a ~100 million budget and was released during the summer movie season, so yeah they were expecting blockbuster numbers for it, at least domestically.
Tarantino movies never are box office behemoths, but then again, he's not making $100 million films left and right. He wasn't given a Hobbit budget nor was he expected to produce Hobbit level revenue.
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