Tom Hanks No Longer Attached to Fahrenheit 451
posted by The Joe
After years of being linked to Frank Darabont’s remake of Fahrenheit 451, Tom Hanks has dropped out.
“Mr. Hanks sadly and regretfully had to back out,” Darabont told MTV. “I was really looking forward to working with him again but his other commitments just precluded it. He had to take a step back.”
One of those commitments being the Da Vinci Code sequel, by the way. No word on who Darabont might be looking at next . . .
“It needs to be somebody like [Hanks] who has the ability to trigger a greenlight but is also the right guy for the part. It’s a narrow target. It’s a short list of people,” Darabont sighed.
I say, good. Tom Hanks stopped seeming like an ‘everyman’ in the 90s, and there’s plenty of actors that could fill the role better. The only question is if it’ll get Darabont the money.
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