I'm loathe to link to the competition but this news is too important to pass up (and the article's written by Patrick Frater, whose Variety Asia Online just got deep-sixed -- I do sympathize).
Martin Scorsese and producer Graham King are in negotiations with Daniel Day-Lewis and Benicio Del Toro to star in his adaptation of Endô Shûsaku's Silence. Read about it here. As one of my favourite novels of all time, it's a very important project to me (see my May 2007 and October 2006 entries). The roles of Kichijiro and the Tokugawa general will be two of the biggest coups ever for Japanese actors in a foreign film. Who will play them...?
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Woooh!!
This is amazing news!!
SILENCE is one of my favorite novels too!! I'm waiting for the results of negotiations!
I have been hearing the rumors about these two, and I know fans are speculating who the Japanese actors will be. I am curious, too!
My bet is that Teruyuki Kagawa (or maybe even Joe Odagiri, if he has to be younger) is great for Kichijiro, and I want to push Hiroyuki Sanada for the bugyo (Tokugawa general), with a lot of personal favor (lol).
That's weird, Kagawa was the first guy that popped into my head for Kichijiro. I guess it's settled then. Let's get Marty on the phone.
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