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Rev

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Woodley Ram

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10 hours ago, Rev said:

Hi people,

During lockdown, I've been working on a script for a big screen adaptation of the clubs journey from GSE to now.

However, I'm pretty much talentless, but I've persuaded Armando Iannucci to take over script writing and direction duties, while also playing floor covering, dating and King of the apps entrepreneur Mel Morris.

The only casting decision I've made to survive his cut is Fleur East as Ikechi Anya, so we're desperately reaching out to the forum for ideas.

Who would portray your recent Rams heroes on the big screen, and why?

Shrek as Rooney is obviously not allowed, different production studios and all that!

 

 

I'm not sure what category I would put anything about Derby in....Horror, drama or comedy  

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Feel for you, @Rev. I'd be disappointed with these suggestions too. Seems like with getting Ianucci on board, you're really going for an artistic picture which captures the carnage and chaos of the past decade or so. All these morons are suggesting cast members purely on a 'look alike' basis. I'm going to treat your project with the respect it deserves and suggest some names I feel can bring the story to life for audiences. 

Mel Morris - Robert De Niro. I'm sure Iannuci/Rev's Morris will be a patriarchal figure terrorising enemies and pouncing on any weakness with an unsettling calmness. I can envisage characters trembling and kissing 'Uncle Mel' on the cheek. De Niro will understand the assignment.

Will Hughes - Benedict Cumberbatch. As our Will is a former public school boy, I feel that this little nuance probably needs highlighting to our audience, so let's go for someone posh. Hope his intelligence as a footballer shines in Cumberbatch's Sherlock-Holmes-Alan-Turing-esque style. 

Harry Wilson - Idris Elba. The oustanding freekicks were symptomatic of the cool, calm and collected footballer that is the little Welshman, and who is cooler than Idris Elba? 

Richard Keogh - Tilda Swinton. Swinton is able to draw a deep mystery into her characters befitting of a man with mysterious eyes. She is a method actor capable of not just using "like you say" as a catchphrase, but demonstrating it as a way of life. 

 

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2 hours ago, Duracell said:

Feel for you, @Rev. I'd be disappointed with these suggestions too. Seems like with getting Ianucci on board, you're really going for an artistic picture which captures the carnage and chaos of the past decade or so. 

Oooh a bit of "film noir" eh? One of those 4 hour long jobs with moody lightning and no dialogue. 

 

Perhaps you could consider doing a "Caligula" and increasing the commercial reach by splicing in a few gratuitous erotica scenes. We have the location (Bubbles) and we have kieron Lee plus friends to provide wholesome extras.

Watch as the enthusiasm of a new regime under Meligula gradually descends into a nightmare of corruption, nepotism and orgiastic violence..... Metaphors abound... ?

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