Pacino as Napoleon?

[BlackFlagg]

Pacino to play Napoleon

 

 

17/08/2005 - 08:32:04 Hollywood legend Al Pacino is gearing up for another career-defining role after signing to play Napoleon Bonaparte in a forthcoming biopic of the French emperor.

 

Hollywood legend Al Pacino is gearing up for another career-defining role after signing to play Napoleon Bonaparte in a forthcoming biopic of the French emperor.

 

After striking up a successful working relationship with producer Barry Navidi and director Michael Radford on last year's The Merchant of Venice, Pacino was keen to work with the team again for the Napoleon film.

 

Oscar-winner Pacino, 65, has been waiting seven years to play the diminutive Frenchman and only agreed to step into the 19th century role when he found the right film-makers.

 

Producer Navidi enthuses: "We're going to concentrate on the last few years of Napoleon's life in exile.

 

"We've based it on the diaries of British teenager Betsy Balcombe, who struck up a relationship with Napoleon when he was living on St. Helena, and with whom he subsequently became infatuated.

 

"We were overjoyed when Al finally signed this week - we start filming next summer and hope to take it to Cannes Film Festival in 2007."

 

http://breakingnews.iol.ie/entertainment/s...172&p=y5z8zz878

[Hank Kingsley]

Should've used Danny DeVito.

[Guest El Satanico]

So, will Pacino do some actual acting?

[razazteca]

Is there an audience for these type of historical epics? They should of used Martin Weir.....you know he is the cadilliac of actors.

[SuperJerk]

Napoleon really wasn't that short. The confusion occurs because a French foot is different than an English foot. He was actually 5'6", which was considered above average for 1800.

 

Pacino is 5'7".

[Guest El Satanico]

Is there an audience for these type of historical epics?

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I like good ones.

 

Troy and Alexander aren't what I call good ones.

[Kahran Ramsus]

Gladiator and Master & Commander were successful, so there is an audience out there somewhere.

 

I like them when they are good.

[Placebo Effect]

They generally don't do great in the U.S., but even crap like Kingdom of Heaven tend to find enough audiences overseas to justify making more.

[Si82]

Should've used Danny DeVito.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I thought the same thing. Probably becuase I thought of "Get Shorty".

[Ravenbomb]

nah, they should've had Ian Holm play him again