Guy Ritchie To Direct 'The Man From U.N.C.L.E.' Starring Tom Cruise

[Judge Death]

Re: Guy Ritchie To Direct 'The Man From U.N.C.L.E.' Starring Tom Cruis

Probably. I think McCallum still seems in quite good shape judging by NCIS, but when Hustle was still on Vaughn seemed kinda frail now

I hope both are in the film in some (respectful) way

 

[publiusr]

Re: Guy Ritchie To Direct 'The Man From U.N.C.L.E.' Starring Tom Cruis

The best suggestion for casting came from: Joseph Dickerson
http://www.josephdickerson.com/photos/about/

He once suggested that Solo be played by Kyle MacLachlan and that Illya be played by Sting.

I never could get that suggestion out of my head. Or this film:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Company_Business

 

[Captaindemotion]

Re: Guy Ritchie To Direct 'The Man From U.N.C.L.E.' Starring Tom Cruis

^McLachlan's Agent Cooper in Twin Peaks always seemed inspired by Solo to me.

 

[Christopher]

Re: Guy Ritchie To Direct 'The Man From U.N.C.L.E.' Starring Tom Cruis

^McLachlan's Agent Cooper in Twin Peaks always seemed inspired by Solo to me.

Hmm, I can't really see that. As I remember Cooper, the main quality I'd ascribe to him is that he was earnest. He was quirky, but very earnest and sincere and a total Boy Scout. Napoleon Solo was rarely earnest. Vaughn went through the whole series with a wry, impish attitude of being in on the joke and above it all, as though he were just making a game of everything. And he was anything but a Boy Scout; he was as much a womanizer and killer as James Bond, but much more playful and carefree about it than any incarnation of Bond save Roger Moore.

 

[Captaindemotion]

Re: Guy Ritchie To Direct 'The Man From U.N.C.L.E.' Starring Tom Cruis

Maybe it was just the resemblance. It's been a long time since I saw TP and when I saw it, it's been a while since I saw TMFU!

 

[MacLeod]

Re: Guy Ritchie To Direct 'The Man From U.N.C.L.E.' Starring Tom Cruis

Whilst it might have been nice to say have McCallum as Waverly, I think that they wouldn't want to have any original cast members in anything but a cameo. But they are keeping to the orignal show with a British Head of UNCLE.

 

[Gecko of Gorn]

Re: Guy Ritchie To Direct 'The Man From U.N.C.L.E.' Starring Tom Cruis

Some on set pics of Cavill as Solo from DarkHorizons.

 

[Captaindemotion]

Re: Guy Ritchie To Direct 'The Man From U.N.C.L.E.' Starring Tom Cruis

Man rocks a suit.

 

[Christopher]

Re: Guy Ritchie To Direct 'The Man From U.N.C.L.E.' Starring Tom Cruis

He looks too big for the suit, like he's still at his Superman weight. I'm used to a leaner Solo.

 

[Captaindemotion]

Re: Guy Ritchie To Direct 'The Man From U.N.C.L.E.' Starring Tom Cruis

He looks too big for the suit, like he's still at his Superman weight. I'm used to a leaner Solo.

Now, now, I do believe you're the man who frequently says that an adaptation doesn't have to be exactly the same as the original!

 

[Christopher]

Re: Guy Ritchie To Direct 'The Man From U.N.C.L.E.' Starring Tom Cruis

I wasn't talking about his qualifications for the part. I was talking about whether he "rocks a suit," as stated above. As I understand it, "rocks" means "wears well" or "looks good in." But it looked to me like he was kind of overstuffing the suit, that he was too muscular to fit into it well. That's got nothing to do with whether he's qualified to play Napoleon Solo or whether the movie will be any good; I was talking about the suit, period.

 

[Captaindemotion]

Re: Guy Ritchie To Direct 'The Man From U.N.C.L.E.' Starring Tom Cruis

It was a tongue-in-cheek remark, if the smiley didn't give it away. Why do you have to take everything so seriously?

 

[Christopher]

Re: Guy Ritchie To Direct 'The Man From U.N.C.L.E.' Starring Tom Cruis

Nobody likes to be misconstrued.

 

[Captaindemotion]

Re: Guy Ritchie To Direct 'The Man From U.N.C.L.E.' Starring Tom Cruis

It was the reference to 'being used to a leaner Solo' I was referring to. But forget it.

 

[Captaindemotion]

Re: Guy Ritchie To Direct 'The Man From U.N.C.L.E.' Starring Tom Cruis

Pics of our dynamic duo together on, er, a scooter.

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/64521

 

[RJDiogenes]

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They appear rather generic in those pics. The originals were a bit more idiosyncratic, especially Robert Vaughn.

 

[C.E. Evans]

Re: Guy Ritchie To Direct 'The Man From U.N.C.L.E.' Starring Tom Cruis

To be fair, those pics were unintended, behind-the-scenes set candids, instead of planned publicity photos.

 

[A beaker full of death]

Re: Guy Ritchie To Direct 'The Man From U.N.C.L.E.' Starring Tom Cruis

Armand Hammer as Ilya? I dunno. McCallum brought a serious intensity to the role. There was just something about him that made you not want to mess with him. Hammer is so white bread and boring. And god help them if he doesn't absolutely nail that accent.

 

[Aragorn]

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And the trailer is here:

[yt]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FOjW7NTv1Q[/yt]

As well as the poster:

 

[spinnerlys]

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And the trailer is here:

[yt]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_Uoa6j_Gi8[/yt]

This video has been removed by the user.

Here is the trailer hopefully not being removed:

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-x08iNZ8Mfc[/yt]