Sean Penn playing Larry in Stooges movie

Houston Chronicle ^ | 3/28/09 | (none given)

[laotzu]

Sean Penn is going slapstick. MGM says the double Oscar winner has signed on to play Larry in the Farrelly brothers' big-screen update of The Three Stooges.

Jim Carrey was in negotiations for the role of Curly, said MGM spokesman Grey Munford.

The studio first featured the Stooges in a series of shorts and features beginning in 1933. Munford would not confirm reports that Benicio Del Toro will play Moe. He said filming begins this fall on the comedy, which is expected to be released in 2010.

[laotzu]

Hit him with a hammer, twist his nose with pliers, take a saw to his arm, kick him in the ass.....I'm still not going to watch Penn.

[Fawn]

Ick. Hate Sean Penn...hate the 3 stooges even more.

[anniegetyourgun]

Art imitating life.

[savedbygrace]

Sean Penn is a Stooge? Imagine that.

[Squantos]

Moe had an accent ?:o)

[albie]

An insult to Larry Fine.

[cuz_it_aint_their_money]

I see Hollyweird is back to typecasting.

[Thrownatbirth]

Larry Fine’s widow should sue for blasphemy.

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

I detest Penn’s politics (and that of his father BTW) but I respect his acting. Also love the Stooges and enjoy Jim Carrey. I will probably see this film at some point - although I personally doubt that they can recreate the magic that was Moe, Larry and Curley.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Yes, she should.

[massgopguy]

This is an affront to the Howard (Horwitz) family. Leo Penn was an ardent supporter of Adolph Hitler until he broke the Molotov-Rippentrop Treaty with Stalin, his other hero. The Stooges lampooned Hitler at every opportunity.

[DBrow]

Why in the world do a remake? Is no one creative anymore, impossible to come up with something new?

[Squantos]

In Cypress and Athens in the Med those folks are NUTS about the stooges. Insane crazy and episodes are played on the walls of the open courtyard bars and cafes. Their idea of a great night out is a Stooge’a thon !

Funny stuff !

Then there’s always a John Wayne movie dubbed in italian ......Buuuenaseria Senoritaaaa !

I’ll pass on this Sean Penn movie like the rest of his crap.

[DieHard the Hunter]

> detest Penn’s politics (and that of his father BTW) but I respect his acting.

Me too. I really enjoyed “The Thin Red Line” — he was good in that.

Can’t stand Jim Carey, not even for 2 minutes. He makes my teeth ache. So I won’t be going to the 3 Stooges movie — not if he’s in it.

[Corin Stormhands]

although I personally doubt that they can recreate the magic that was Moe, Larry and Curley.

Exactly. And can they do it without being crude?

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[Squantos]

Yep......Agree !

Stooges.... they were funny ! I liked Chaplin yet despised his politics and fence sitting !

[2001convSVT]

If Penn is in it, I won’t see it!

[BfloGuy]

Penn’s been rehearsing for the part ever since he became Hugo Chavez’s stooge.

[philetus]

Exactly. And can they do it without being crude?

I heard about this for the first time yesterday and knowing nothing else about it, I’m willing to bet it will be very crude and vulgar.

[CORedneck]

Instead of thinking of Sean Penn being a pothead like Spicolli, I think of him as another Adolf Hitler sympathizer and even looks like him with is nasty demeanor.

Leo Penn was an ardent supporter of Adolph Hitler until he broke the Molotov-Rippentrop Treaty with Stalin, his other hero.