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Brendan Fraser and The Rock To Fight C.O.B.R.A., Sing Y.M.C.A.
Posted by Defamer Hollywood at 7:45 AM on April 4, 2008
Actors have finally been found to play the two soldiers in the G.I. Joe crew who most resemble members of the Village People. At least, according to movie scoop site Latino Review they have. G.I. Joe, Steven Sommer's tentpole movie about the legendary action figures, will be hitting theatres in the summer of '09. And so far, the casting news has been pretty ho-hum — you've got your Sienna Millers, you've got your Ray Parks — but today that all changes, thanks to Brendan Fraser and the Rock.
Fraser has already filmed a cameo as the grizzled, handle-bar-mustached, vest-but-no-shirt wearing Marine, Gung Ho. And the role of Shipwreck, a sailor-suited Navy seal with a parrot on his shoulder is being offered to Dwayne quote-unquote "The Rock" Johnson.
Evidently the "Don't ask don't tell policy" doesn't extend into the Joe army. And perhaps it doesn't extend into C.O.B.R.A. either. After all, Cobra Commander wore cape and spoke with a lisp. And hopefuly that's how the recently-cast Joseph Gordon-Levitt will play him. So now you know... and knowing is half the battle.
- Fraser Gung-Ho For G.I. Joe And The Rock To Get Shipwrecked? [Latino Review]
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CatherineTrammell
Posted 11:30 AM 4/4/08
@the.munson: And with that, you just explained 98% of West Hollywood to me.
CatherineTrammell
aspiringexpatriate
Posted 11:23 AM 4/4/08
All this needs now is Shia LeBouf as... um...
Flint?
Or would he be a better Lady Jaye?
Only then is it a real blockbuster. You need to have the saviour/indy- spawn/beefcake
aspiringexpatriate
Dr. Spaceman
Posted 11:22 AM 4/4/08
@metroville: Yeah, really. In addition, I think I still have my Gung Ho around here somewhere.
This movie will be 100x worse than Fantastic Four.
Dr. Spaceman
the.munson
Posted 11:14 AM 4/4/08
Hey!
Cobra Commander spoke with a lisp in order to sound more snake like and therefore more menacing.
the.munson
metroville
Posted 11:04 AM 4/4/08
They really seem to have that casting flipped. Could Fraser not grow a full beard? Even if so, I can't imagine that a prosthetic one would have been more expensive than the fake muscles they must've had to outfit him with.
metroville
hughman
Posted 10:46 AM 4/4/08
oooo... i hope they reenact what my G.I. Joes did when i was a kid.
hughman
BlindKarma
Posted 1:31 PM 4/4/08
WTF are they doing to my childhood heroes?
Is Richard Simmon's going to get cast as the next HeMan?
BlindKarma
Dusty in the Wind
Posted 1:54 PM 4/4/08
Correction: not a movie, a 90-minute toy ad.
Dusty in the Wind
Whiteboyfunfark
Posted 8:35 AM 5/4/08
If this is anything like my childhood G.I. Joe fun can we cast Britney's shaved head, Pushy Spice's arm, LiLo's torso, and Paris Hilton's high-heeled leg to play the various disembodied Barbie parts that were at the bottom of the toybox? It wasn't just for Johnny West's ass that Joe had that Kung Fu grip...
Whiteboyfunfark