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January 23, 2009

GASP! SHHHHHhhh!!!

For Heaven's sake! Nobody tell Sharon...

...The latest problem, according to the New York Post's gossip column Page Six, is that Russell Crowe has simply become too fat to play the lead role.



Crowe's failure to lose the weight he gained for Scott's 2008 thriller Body of Lies has reportedly forced the departure of Sienna Miller, who was due to play Maid Marian, as the svelte actor's presence might have magnified Crowe's corpulence.

Come to think of it, I'm feeling a bit faint meself...

Even worse: "...producers are "looking for an older, plumper actress to play the role so [Crowe] doesn't look like a paunchy grandpa", so someone suggested:

Posted by tree hugging sister at January 23, 2009 03:41 PM

Comments

ANOTHER goddamn remake of Robin Hood?

Puh-leese, people. Just say NO!

Posted by: mojo at January 23, 2009 04:00 PM

It's a rule, mojo. They have to make one every couple of years and it has to be worse than the last one.

Posted by: Rob at January 23, 2009 04:27 PM

Reading that article about the turmoil behind the making of "Nottingham" sounds quite a bit like season four of "Entourage".

Posted by: Gunslinger at January 23, 2009 04:53 PM

Heh...Rosie O'Donnell and the new, up-sized Russell Crowe. A match made in McDonald's!

Posted by: Eric at January 23, 2009 05:09 PM

ROFL! Good one, Eric!

Posted by: Gunslinger at January 23, 2009 07:07 PM

I'm trying to be sympathetic, as a fattie myself.

But it makes me sad to see that Russel Crowe now has bigger boobs than some of the actresses he might work with.

And crikey, another Robin Hood? Did they run out of old sitcoms to turn into movies?

Posted by: ricki at January 23, 2009 10:25 PM

"Robin Hood: Overweight Men in Tights"

Doesn't work for me, nor does Rosie in anything.

Posted by: Ken S, Fifth String on the Banjo of Life at January 24, 2009 12:02 AM

He could play Friar Tuck instead.

Posted by: Andrea Harris at January 24, 2009 12:54 AM

Ah, the "Glad he ate more". New tagline: A hero with fries.

Posted by: Dave E. at January 24, 2009 12:42 PM

They both seem suited to model the "Bro" (or "Manssiere" depending on which "Seinfeld" character you ask).

Posted by: Kate P at January 24, 2009 11:08 PM