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So yeah, we all know they're doing the biopic for Dennis Wilson (which is awesome) but what about Brian Wilson, wasn't there supposed to be one?
I remember reading that last year and someone mentioning it again in some recent article or interview i've forgotten..

So what happened, what is going on? it would be quite cool to finally get that imhoimoomihohmhimimo.

They have been threatening to do one for decades now. It will happen one day.

THE TIME HAS COME MY FRIENDS.

Who would you guys want to play Brian? Christian Bale might be the best one I can think of.

they should throw in some random guy like they did for Ian Curtis in Control. Works miracles if they find the right fellow.

Overman is still doing preprod work I think.  Or whoever that writer director was. I think he recently said the script was done. Give it time. Hes no slouch in hollywood

I Think Maybe Christian Kane could be a good Brian and Jesse McCartney could be Carl  :lol

They should let Brian play himself. Put him in a Beatles wig for the scenes set in the mid-60's.

And zip him into a fat suit for the Brians Back period  :o

I can't think of any actors out of my head atm that looks close enough to him but then again, they're doing atm a new film about Hitchclock and Anthony Hopkins has the role, look how incredible it looks like with bunch of make up and stuff :
http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/g-ent-120419-alfred-hitchcock.380;380;7;70.jpg


who would have thought ?
so yeah, maybe Christian Bale could do the part!

anyway, it's a shame nothing is coming out yet but i guess we can be happy with the fact they're doing something with Dennis Wilson and that the amazing Aaron Eckhart is taking the role, can only be good!

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it'd be a stretch for bale to be childlike, plus he was already dylan.  I'd be curious if he could pull it off.

There is a thread about this already

Oh noez


True, i thought about that! so i'm trying to think of some other younger actors that looklike or could looklike but that are talented! can't think of any right now..




I love you.

It should be all anime. No live actors.

i kinda don't think they need to cast a chub to do the role ._.

though i wonder if this is gonna have a different actor for each era (they do that)

Hahahaha.. that, that is quite one original idea, hard to picture that tho !

Yeah something like I'm Not There, right.. that's actually a great idea, knowing all the changes Brian Wilson went through his life! but then, one solid actor doing the job right and taking care to win or lose weight to play such and such lifetime of Brian's life would be outstanding.

Says the script is complete, sweet :
http://brianwilsonlive.tumblr.com/post/26273725624/oren-moverman-says-his-brian-wilson-biopic-script-is
so it's Oren Moverman, guy who did I’m Not There huh.

This should be interesting

I really feel a more abstract approach (like what Moverman did with his screenplay for I'M NOT THERE) is the only way to make a Brian Wilson biopic that doesn't get bogged down in the kind of cliches and tackiness that ruined the TV movies. I'm cautiously optimistic that the film might be something I'll enjoy watching more than once.

THIS GUY SHOULD PLAY BRIAN WILSON.

https://www.google.com/search?q=matthew+modine&hl=en&safe=off&rlz=1C1GGGE_enUS453US455&prmd=imvnso&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=tMLxT7HAOIrM9QTxjI2HAg&ved=0CEgQ_AUoAQ&biw=1400&bih=795

END OF THREAD ...

tho i'm a big Bob Dylan fan, i have yet never seen I'm Not There, looks great tho! love the fact there's all the different actors just for one role...
has anyone here -who loves Bob Dylan- seen this film? any opinions,thoughts?

Yeah, I own it and love it. But...it is very abstract and presents a world created from imagery suggested by Dylan's lyrics. Some biographical and historical information is provided but involving characters who appear to be independent from the songwriter (note that none of the characters are called "Bob Dylan" in the film). Still, if you know Dylan's songs, you recognize why the film goes in the direction it does. If you are unfamiliar with Dylan's work, you may enjoy the evocations of certain eras or be struck by particular dramatic moments, but you may miss the biographical information completely.

Another film entitled 32 SHORT FILMS ABOUT GLENN GOULD demonstrates how you can do a non-conventional biopic by presenting a string of vignettes (32 in all, naturally) that are self-contained shorts but taken together represent the arc of Glenn Gould's life in a way that doesn't feel overly manipulative.

Hm, that is very interesting and sounds quite deep, i shall check it out soon.

Guy looks talented and seems to know his stuff tho, obviously if it's a Bob Dylan film you're gonna flirt with the lyrics, since the man is all about that really..
so obviously his work for a Brian Wilson scenario would be whole different approach, but as well made, really looking forward for this next biopic.

I love Bob Dylan and the movie, whether I liked him or not, would probably be in both circumstances, my favorite movie of the last 10 years. It subverts the conventional biopic and it challenges the very notion of capturing a "whole" identity in narrative, something Dylan's shape-shifting character has been doing his whole career.

I also maintain that Whale Music has been the apex of a Brian Wilson biopic so far so this film has its work cut out for it.

Another approach might be to narrow it down to a select few years rather than try to show Brian's entire life. I think of Backbeat, for instance, which viewed John Lennon exclusively through his friendship with Stu Sutcliffe, covering only the time the band spend in Hamburg before they got their EMI contract. When you do a film that tries to cram someone's entire life into two hours, and it needs to hit all of the particular moments for which that person is famous, you end up with a highlight reel instead of a story with any real depth to it. If they made a film about, say, 1965-1967 or something, that could allow them to dive more deeply into Brian's psyche without needing to reserve 30 minutes of screen time for Jeff Goldblum as Landy or something.

Love Dylan and love the movie. The scene with "Goin' To Acapulco" is the one that kills me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcEigFdtm9E

From Brian's official Facebook page:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/paul-dano-star-as-brian-413266

According to David Beard courtesy of PSML, it's on hold: 
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-----Original Message-----
From: David Beard
To: Pet Sounds Mailing List
Sent: Thu, Jan 17, 2013 4:17 pm
Subject: Re: [PSML] Love and Mercy Casting News


The film production has sputtered, and is currently on hold. <<

I think I may have suffered a bit of whiplash there/.  :'(

Paul Dano? He looks more like the doppelgänger for Phil Spector.
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Of course it's been put on hold :-\ First the Dennis film and now this....Why do I get my hopes up for these things?

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Yeah whatever

He looks more like an amalgamation of BW and Spector

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Paul Dano isn't a bad actor but I don't see him as portraying a convincing Brian.

Clark Duke is too short, but he's a dead ringer for Brian circa the Pet Sounds sessions.

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...and you know it's an actual Brian quote when the last sentence is "I can't wait to see it with a full tub of buttered popcorn"!
 
(Brian quote here: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/paul-dano-to-play-young-brian-wilson-in-biopic-20130117)

Rolling Stone is running with the story now. http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/paul-dano-to-play-young-brian-wilson-in-biopic-20130117

I guess they aren't on David Beard's email list.

And neither is Brian:

The BBs should watch it together.

I suppose I will use this time to reiterate again that I think they've probably already made the best Brian biopic, which is Whale Music. It would be difficult to top that so if you are upset about the fall-out on this movie and haven't seen that one, I'd recommend watching that.

(Without having seen it), but that movie is based on Brian as Grace of My Heart is based on Carole King, correct? It steals cues and plot points from the story of an actual person and places them out of context for a fictional character. Not that I don't love Grace of My Heart, and probably would love Whale Music too.....

Yes. That's absolutely right. But, in my opinion, a biopic usually portrays a fictionalized version of a real person anyhow and just gives them the same name.

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the pet sounds era brian was a fat guy with glasses. still is.

I said it before.  I'll say it again.

Steven Page.

I looked up Paul Dano on imdb, and he plays guitar in a band.  I think that may help to give him credibility playing a musician.

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I very much approve of this casting choice.  Paul Dano is a terrific actor.

Just a thought and I can't remember where I saw it, but josh hartnett looks a lot like young Brian wilson.  Might not be a bad pick to play him

Pretty weird choice.. He needs to put on a few pounds

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Paul Dano was hired for his bangs. It helps to be a guy with a Beatle haircut as Brian did in the mid-'60s, when very few of his acting peers have such outdated hairstyles.

(http://images.starpulse.com/pictures/2008/12/16/previews/Paul%20Dano-ALO-047363.jpg)

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I really hate that phrase 'Beatle haircut', they didn't invent that hairstyle.

B-b-but it's THE BEATLES   

The Beatles' hair was legend.

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How do you know; were you there when they invented it?

Oh cool, finally happening! is the Dennis one canceled? didn't Aaron leave the project or something? can't remember..

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21081943

This guy Dano doesn't even look like Brian Wilson in his "Surfin' U.S.A." days. They're off to a rocky start already.

I always enjoy the comments after the articles. One guy says, "Sorry Paul, nobody can come close to the legend". Another guy says "Murry pushed him over the edge".
 
http://omg.yahoo.com/news/paul-dano-playing-beach-boys-legend-brian-wilson-022943994.html

I am not bugged about likeness. The guy who played Lennon in Back Beat looked nothing like him, but damn if I didn't believe he was John Lennon. Paul Dan is a fine actor.

Dano is a great actor; I'm excited.

What I really want to know is why is this film being made in the first place? I'm very skeptical about biopics in general.

Because Brian has an interesting life story that will make a good movie that people will want to see, surely.

Emdeeh makes a good point. The biopic is pretty much a dead art form. But luckily the I'm Not There writer who is writing this seems to recognize that too, which is why I'm Not There is such a great movie.

because Bri would like to see his young self. read 'Rolling stone'. hurry up hurry up!

I don't want to make this like a final warning, but as it's not the first time I told you this, I say it one more time:

Do NOT quote someone, and then alter the words. (even if you think it's just meant to be funny)

it happened to me on here and I was not happy

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Ex-Barenaked Ladies singer???

He's a great musical talent, brilliant and underrated songwriter, one of the best of his generation IMO (or at least one of the best to come out of Canada), but CAN HE ACT????!!!!     

Plus, he lost a whole bunch of weight of few years back, and has kept it off... He's a guitar guy where Brian's a piano guy... There's a distinct Canadian-ness to Page's speech that, if he can't consciously suppress while on camera, would sound wayyy out of place in 60s So-Cal.

The only biopic anyone ever needs to see is Walk Hard!!

Biopics tend to suck big time.

I'd like to see Jeff Bridges play BW.

..or Denny.

I second that notion.

Dano is awesome. Just watched Ruby Sparks recently, and loved it.
He seems to be a very committed, and talented actor. He'll do great playing Brian.

Nevermind that I crossed it out as to make it obvious that it was modified, that it wasn't at all hurtful to the original poster and was meant to criticize whoever cast this guy as Brian, that I see modified quotes on literally every other board on the internet that I've been to, and above all, that this is the single most irrational rule I've ever heard of.

Sorry, I forgot and will probably forget again despite my efforts not to. I try hard to be strong, but sometimes I fail myself.

Personally speaking: you're the ONLY one I see using the quotes from others and changing them within. It's not that hard to do, you just  quote and make your own remarks.
You have things to say, you should say them. But if it means inside/changing someone else's postings, I think they should ban you.
Is there anyone on here that wants their posts changed by someone else?

I'm failing to understand why this is such a horrific sin. Yes, it's generally meant in humor. Humor is meant for folks who have a sense of humor, my mistake.

I've seen it done very, very frequently on literally every other message board I've been to in my life. I'm not "changing people's posts", and if I were somehow doing that, then yes, that would be a problem. And yes, I want my posts quoted and changed because I have a sense of humor and because I understand how to read a message board (and other things) in a linear, traditional fashion (i.e. beginning to end) and despite initially believing others could probably do the same, it's beginning to seem like I'm the only one here who is capable of such sorcery.

If I'm banned over this, I'll laugh. I've seen some extremely cruel, mean-spirited sh*t go on between some users here, some (not all) of it at the hands of people in a "higher position" than you and I who should really know better and learn to conduct themselves in public a little better, without mods so much as telling them to stop or at least take it down a level. Nothing. It's happened with such frequency (to varying extents, granted) and been bad enough to deter me from posting nearly as often as I used to. After all that, this is the thing they opt to call someone out on?

RDZ for admin!

I fail to see the problem here, RDZ is the humor guy here. 8)

The life of reclusive musician Brian Wilson from his early success with the '60s surfing band The Beach Boys to his highly-publicized nervous breakdown, to his recent reemergence as an acclaimed singer-songwriter-performer.

This movie won't be sensationalist at all

You can't seriously be surprised.

Not at all. It's just conformation to set the bar really low

http://www.showbiz411.com/2013/01/18/paul-dano-excited-to-learn-piano-to-play-brian-wilson-circa-pet-sounds (http://www.showbiz411.com/2013/01/18/paul-dano-excited-to-learn-piano-to-play-brian-wilson-circa-pet-sounds)

Paul Dano is the soft spoken but oft-buzzed about young actor who’s already been great in films like “Little Miss Sunshine” and “There Will Be Blood.” Now he’s just been signed to play Beach Boy Brian Wilson in “Love and Mercy,” about the life and times of the troubled genius behind America’s answer to the Beatles. “Love and Mercy” is set to be directed by first timer Bill Pohlad, the money man who’s been funding Terrence Malick’s latest chapter of films, and whose family comes from Minnesota Twins fame. (I wish he’d reconsider; producers rarely make good directors even when their hearts are in the right place.)

Dano was very excited about his new role when I ran into him last night at the opening of “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” on Broadway. “I have to learn to play the piano,” he told me. “And I have to work on my singing.” Dano said he plays guitar, so he’s on top of that. And he doesn’t seem daunted by the keyboards. “I can play chords already, and I know enough to get by.” But he’s really going to work on it.

(UPDATED And CLARIFIED) “Love and Mercy” is the name of a late Brian Wilson song from his 1988 solo debut album. At the time, Wilson was still under the sway of his Svengali, Dr. Eugene Landy, now deceased. Dano will play young Wilson around the time of the recording of “Pet Sounds” in the mid 1960s.  Wilson will also be depicted around  the time in the late 1990s when he was finally freed from Landy’s clutches. Depending on how it’s written and who plays the older Wilson and the character of Landy, the movie could be very interesting. I met Dr. Landy at Wilson’s “autobiography” launch in 1996, and he was one scary guy. The fact that he had Wilson under his thumb was made abundantly clear.

Chuck Klosterman wrote in the New York Times in 1996: “If Landy wasn’t around, Wilson was shadowed by two musclebound assistants. (When Lindsey Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac tried to work with Wilson in the late ’80s, he called these henchmen “surf Nazis.”) Over time, Wilson took to referring to Landy as “my master” and turned over to him the reins of his semiresurrected career. Landy (who managed the jazz guitarist George Benson during the 1960s) began writing Wilson’s lyrics and taking 50 percent of his earnings, plus a monthly $35,000 fee. He became the beneficiary of the musician’s will. He produced Wilson’s 1988 solo record and engineered Wilson’s ghost-written autobiography, “Wouldn’t It Be Nice — My Own Story,” much of which lionized the brilliance of Dr. Eugene Landy. (Later, Wilson would admit that he didn’t even read the book he supposedly helped write.)”

Producers of “Love and Mercy” are looking for someone to play Wilson– who thank god is still very much alive and active–in those years.

This is going to sound really weird and off the wall, but Steven Seagal would probably be great for the overweight 1992-95 Brian era.

NO! Seagull is a horrible, horrible actor.

they should just do it in claymation, i'm sure brian would approve

Blasphemy!!  :o


Besides... slap a beard on this and you got an acceptable late 70's BW (who can kick ninja asses on top of singing about tomboys):
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You're a good guy Lowbacca but on this subject we must agree to disagree!

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Put a beard on this...and it only gets more terrifying.

 :lol :lol :lol Steve Seagal

IIRC there were plans to do this around 1989.

With William Hurt (Landy), and Jeff Bridges (Brian).

Now, Bridges, 24 years ago, would have made a very fine Brian, I don't doubt that, and Hurt is a great actor too.

Thing is, way back then, it would probably first and foremost have been a hagiography about mr. Landy.

Times surely do change, don't they?

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If they call it "Love and Mercy," the only people who go to see it will be Christian females. The love part will turn off at least some males (because they'll think it's romance and would be too embarrassed to ask for a ticket for it at the multiplex or see it with their buddies), and the mercy part will turn off people who think it will be some kind of religious movie. It sounds like a Kirk Cameron movie title.

I think [or agree] that Paul Dano may be brilliant casting.

I don't know if the films gonna be any good, but I trust Dano to do an awesome job with Brian's character. Great actor. Rather inspired casting, too.

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NPH has to play Mike Love!!

That's interesting, the rest of the Beach Boys still have to be cast.

Daniel Day Lewis to play Mike, please.

Daniel Day Lewis as Murry so "there will be blood" part two can happen.

Remember guys, the film's apparently going to focus on a mid-60's time frame, meaning all the BBs characters are going to be in their twenties. Mike as well.  ;)

But he looked like he was in his mid-thirties when he was in his mid-twenties.

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wtf?! Those years are all wrong regarding Landy and the autobiography

I support this 100%

I tend to think that the best approach would be to have multiple people play Brian from the different points in his career. Personally, I think the guy who played Brian in Summer Dreams was great. Especially from the Pet Sounds era. I think Willam Defoe or Crispen Glover would be good for a bone thin 1988 Brian.

Someone should mail Paul D. a stash of Hostess and Little Debbie products so he can add a little weight.

Why was this allowed to go through, but when runnersdialzero does it, he's turned into the antichrist?

Im actually wuite interested in this project, who knows? Maybe it'll turn out just fine possibly, probably not but has anyone else been cast for this film?

John Stamos could play Brian.

Or not.

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Hey, at least we know he loves the music

There's a lot of famous people that love The Beach Boys I'm sure. That doesn't mean he has to be on stage with them.

he's the only famous person who can tolerate being closely involved with myke luhv

Fair point!

It'd be brilliant if they put this scene (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=PISkFEzC5XE&t=116) somewhere in the movie. Truly shows what spiritual power Brian's solo music has.

I want a scene where Brian and Dennis make "oh lord" as a summary of Brian's "lost" years.

Interesting Love & Mercy credits: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0903657/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast

Produced by
Jim Lefkowitz   ....    executive producer
Oren Moverman   ....    executive producer
Bill Pohlad   ....    producer
Claire Rudnick Polstein   ....    producer
Ann Ruark   ....    executive producer
John Wells   ....    producer
Brian Wilson   ....    producer

Original Music by
Atticus Ross

Music Department
Mark Linett   ....    music consultant
Peter Rotter   ....    on-set music consultant
Darian Sahanaja   ....    music consultant

Having Brian Wilson as a producer is simply so they can put it on the poster and dvd cover. Just like with TWGMTR. :p
Good to see Darian there, though. He's already got film experience as well.

The people behind Brian want him to be eligible for an Oscar, which he would get if the film won Best Picture, and would not get if he had the more routine title of "executive producer" for what he actually has to do with it. Plus, it gives him more claim for being a genius, since he's conquering another field. Even though he probably has minimal involvement, and even what he is contributing is mostly the people who work for him. It's a vanity thing, though I doubt it's Brian who is vain.

Well said.

Well this movies gonna have a kick ass soundtrack

Assuming that the film incorporates the original sessions from "Pet Sounds" and "Smile" would it not be logical that Brian would be listed as a producer, as that material was "produced by Brian Wilson" ?

I read all the time on this board about "the people behind Brian" or "Brian's entourage", and I am intrigued and very curious who they are ? Can anyone identify them ?

A film producer job is way different than a record producer. If he's not overseeing the nuts and bolts of film production, he's not a film producer. He could be an executive producer or some other title, but not a producer. Producing the recorded music is a soundtrack credit, not a film producer credit. Otherwise, Burt Bacharach and Henry Mancini should have been called film producers.  Or people who write songs for films.  

One thing that stands out is that there are four producers of the movie, so perhaps the definition is broad. Also, it's possible Brian may have put up some financing or found some financing through people he knew, which in today's Hollywood, might merit a producer title. This film has been years in the making so who knows how they managed to get a green light. Perhaps Brian's "people" were a driving engine all along and want him to get the credit and/or Oscar rather than take any credit themselves (I sort of doubt Brian was spending hours on the phone and in meetings getting a film about himself put together, but the folks who work for him probably did).

People behind Brian would be his managers and agents, who are often the people who negotiate such things as film credits.

They would have rocks in their heads not to list him as Producer.
Absolute no brainer.

 I think these credits are sometimes negotiated into contracts, but the Producers Guild pretty much insists that a "Produced By" credit be reserved for someone who had decision making status at some point in the production.  I don't know why Brian couldn't have been involved in the development or pre-production aspects of the film, and that may have been enough for him to get "Produced By" credits.  It's not necessarily just an unmerited grab at an Oscar nomination.

That's a choice the hands-on producers of the movie have made to give him equal billing as producer, because I doubt he did as much heavy lifting that someone such as John Wells does, who has a long list of credits and experience in movies and TV. It's not something that happens overnight. Though I suppose if the film does well and Brian gets a taste for it, he might get more involved over time in other films. He might even create his own production company, such as Mick Jagger has.

That would be a 'Move Like Jagger' then! ;D

I thought this was very cool: John Cusack, the actor who's playing the older Brian Wilson in the upcoming biopic, seems to really dig SMiLE, and it doesn't sound like he's talking it up just because he's "in character." He has posted several recent references to SMiLE on Twitter, all of them praising the album, with one of them posted below.  I love how he describes it as a "waking dream." Well said. He may be a little late to the party, but the guy obviously has great taste in music.

John Cusack ‏@johncusack 9 Aug
Listen to this glorious music  like a waking  dream

Maybe getting the part introduced him to Brian's music and he's getting excited about it? I remember when I first discovered Smile....

Seems like he just got introducted to it, which is a great thing, never too late to become a smile obsessive. I'm pretty excited to see "Love and Mercy"


Side note: The "Wild Honey" album cover got some screen time in the great Cusack movie "High Fidelity", if you haven't seen that movie, see it.

I imagine you're right...  he couldn't really do Brian justice without becoming familiar with his music, and now he's a fan. What's not to like?

I will definitely check out "High Fidelity" - thanks for the recommendation.

I can't wait to see the guy who portrayed a convincing E.A. Poe (in The Raven - the film was rather sh*tty, though) play Brian Wilson. :-D Cusack is a great actor, though. He'll do a fine job.



Here are some of his (more popular) works I'd recommend for people who haven't seen them:


High Fidelity
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1408
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Grosse Point Blank
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The Raven
(http://www.heyuguys.co.uk/images/2011/06/John-Cusack-Edgar-Allan-Poe-Raven.jpg)

Con Air ( ;D )
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Paul Dano Talks About Meeting Beach Boys' Brian Wilson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gdud7dSuAZc

 :)

What a fine interviewer, really got some great stuff out of Brian instead of yes/no/California Girls.

I watched 'Being John Malcovich' last week - it got me really excited to see Cusack play Brian.

Look how excited Dano is when he sees Brian in that interview  ;D

and yeah, that interviewer is pretty good. I keep thinking Stephonopolus though when I see his name  :lol

More fun than "There will be blood", I doubt it.

I hope if you come in 20 minutes late to this movie the first thing you hear is, "Come in, Mr. Spector". Mind gangster payback.

I hope at some point in the film, Dano yells "I'VE ABANDONED MY SMILE!"

Brilliant!

Am I imagining this or is Dano still talking out of the side of his mouth a bit? :)

Missed this goodie altogether. Afterthought is: Paul Dano is the righteous choice for the young Brian. Frankly, I even start to think he will outshine John Cusack despite the latter having a longer career. Thanks, beacharg!

:lol

*cue Daniel day Lewis as Murry*

I'm surprised we haven't seen a trailer yet.

Me too! There should be NO seconds-long teasers by this time already. We cannot wait till someone's birthday celebration, you know.