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Help Us Cast 'The Michael Phelps Story'
Posted by Defamer Hollywood at 3:30 AM on August 15, 2008
Now that Michael Phelps has finally won more gold medals than Geena Davis, we can get down to the real business at hand: the swimmer's showbiz future. Sure, there's bound to be an awkward SNL-hosting stint yet to come, but as the boys at THR note today, most Olympians have to reconcile themselves to appearing in Duracell commercials or baring their midriffs opposite the Village People. Thus, let's focus on more positive matters, like casting the Michael Phelps Movie of the Week:
Sure, there are advocates for McSwimmin', but how about John Krasinski, who plenty of fans of The Office might like to see wearing a hydrodynamic speedo for two hours? However, if producers are willing to take a Todd Haynes-inspired flight of fancy, might we also recommend Will Smith? He's got the ears and the toned body, and we have no trouble imagining him as he mows down a fleet of zombie swimmers, accompanied by nothing but his trusty goldfish (and, of course, his loneliness).
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el smrtmnky
Posted 4:15 AM 15/8/08
dame helen mirren. we know what she looks like in a swimsuit.
el smrtmnky
misterdirky
Posted 4:15 AM 15/8/08
Puck
misterdirky
Posted 4:13 AM 15/8/08
I think Phelps should parlay olympic gold into a starring role in The Timothy McVeigh story...
juniperjenny
Posted 4:11 AM 15/8/08
Ryan Gosling.
juniperjenny
La Cieca
Posted 4:04 AM 15/8/08
La Cieca
JudgeFudge
Posted 3:56 AM 15/8/08
In a career revitalizing role of a lifetime, Mrs. Phelps should be played by Ms. Roseanne Barr.
JudgeFudge
NoWireHangers
Posted 3:42 AM 15/8/08
Screw the ears, it's all about the gums. The gum to tooth ratio needs to be around 2:1. Find me an actor with a mouth full of gums, and you'll have your Phelps.
NoWireHangers
JudgeFudge
Posted 3:41 AM 15/8/08
Shia LaSpeedo.
JudgeFudge
TedSez
Posted 4:47 AM 15/8/08
TedSez
Huge Tracts of Land
Posted 4:40 AM 15/8/08
...Andy Samberg.
Huge Tracts of Land
kookla
Posted 4:33 AM 15/8/08
I'm thinking Zac Efron because that way you'll ace both girl and guy demographics.
kookla
StylusPictures
Posted 4:33 AM 15/8/08
Steve-O, obviously.
StylusPictures
everfade
Posted 5:03 AM 15/8/08
Dustin Diamond.
everfade
Posted 4:49 AM 15/8/08
Chuck 'star' Zachary Levy...
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Jack of Some Trades
Posted 5:20 AM 15/8/08
Put Jaleel White in whiteface and call it a day.
Jack of Some Trades
creamsissle
Posted 5:20 AM 15/8/08
Timm-ay!
creamsissle
Ben
Posted 6:11 AM 15/8/08
Jim Carrey?
Ben
Posted 6:08 AM 15/8/08
John Heder. He's already played a figure skater, might as well do swimmer too.
Posted 6:05 AM 15/8/08
@kookla: Efron would be much better cast in "The Dara Torres Story" (fem 'roid buddies, anyone)?
As for the Phelps biopic, I nominate Mario Lopez: Dumbed-down American viewers will remember his stirring star turn as Greg Louganis, and aren't all multiple gold medalists the same anyway? Still looks decent in a non-LZR Speedo, too....
Mr-Busy
Posted 6:55 AM 15/8/08
See an earlier out-of-water performance:
+ Watch video
Mr-Busy
Mr-Busy
Posted 6:53 AM 15/8/08
alas, it is too late for this one : a young Fred Gwynne.
Mr-Busy
Posted 7:35 AM 15/8/08
The Clayken!
hellsbelle
Posted 7:23 AM 15/8/08
I don't know what it is...But, every time I see him, listen to him talk, I see Leo Fitzpatrick from Kids/The Wire.
And, since The Wire was filmed in B-more (not, too far from Phelp's true-life home...) who knows!!?!
hellsbelle
NoWireHangers
Posted 8:12 AM 15/8/08
@creamsissle: We need a side-by-side of that.
NoWireHangers
creamsissle
Posted 8:44 AM 15/8/08
@NoWireHangers:
creamsissle
NoWireHangers
Posted 9:23 AM 15/8/08
@creamsissle: Yeah, you win.
NoWireHangers
whitiris
Posted 8:55 AM 15/8/08
George Muresan, former NBA player and star of "My Giant".
whitiris
FlangeSqueal
Posted 10:26 AM 15/8/08
C'mon - Michael Phelps is a GOD.
Leave him be.
I mean it.
FlangeSqueal
kookla
Posted 11:24 AM 15/8/08
@: Maybe this would be Efron's chance to pull a Jared Leto and get jaw reconstruction and go method for a change.
kookla
jew-jew
Posted 2:08 PM 15/8/08
I don't care who plays him. Please just show more photos of him shirtless and soaking wet.
I don't care if his head is in the shot.
jew-jew
hitchenaride
Posted 11:16 PM 15/8/08
Steve Howey from "Reba"
hitchenaride
jamiegum
Posted 6:25 AM 15/8/08
If on Lifetime: Brian Austin Green as Michael, Doris Roberts as Mrs. Phelps
If on ABC: Justin Chambers as Michael; Kathy Kinney (of Drew Carey fame) in a special dramatic turn as Mrs. Phelps
jamiegum