Black as McCartney?

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Live Free or Die Hard costar Justin Long has told Collider's Steve Weintraub about how he plays the late George Harrison in Jake Kasdan's Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, a kind of Elvis movie co-written by Judd Apatow.

Long also says that Jack Black will play Paul McCartney, Paul Rudd will portray John Lennon and Jason Schwartzman will embody Ringo Starr. The reason these guys aren't listed on any semi-official cast lists is that they've basically done cameo walk-ons. Black did one day as Mccartney; the others did either the same or similar work time. The scene they shot is a goof on the Beatles trip to India in late '67.

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on June 4, 2007 at 3:07 AM

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thatrader says ...

Jeff, there's this awesome concept called a "cameo." A cameo is when a big famous actor appears in a film for a small amount of time. A lot of times, studios don't like to publicize these cameos as they would be a surprise to the audience if they weren't aware of them ahead of time. But thanks to people like Justin Long and yourself, there are very few surprises left in cinema.

Posted by thatrader at June 4, 2007 4:09 AM

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jackkerouac says ...

In an article on Paul Rudd in Entertainment Weekly issue dated June 1, it says that "...in the rock biopic parody 'Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story', Rudd appears alongside star John C. Reilly as- wait for it- John Lennon". The article goes on to confirm that Jack Black doe indeed play McCartney.

Posted by jackkerouac at June 4, 2007 4:19 AM

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jackkerouac says ...

Sorry, that should read, .. 'does indeed play McCartney' not 'doe'.

It would appear, thatrader, that the studios aren't trying to keep this "cameo" a surprise.

Posted by jackkerouac at June 4, 2007 4:23 AM

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thatrader says ...

Jack, if the studio really wanted to publicize it, they would've added them to IMDB for the benefit of people like Jeff.

Posted by thatrader at June 4, 2007 4:58 AM

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corey3rd says ...

what's the point of doing a parody of the music biopic? Don't they all become parodies at some point? Even Dreamgirls was a comedy - we just kept waiting for Ray Charles to go blind when Ike Turner beats him up.

Posted by corey3rd at June 4, 2007 6:19 AM

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themutilator says ...

Stop the presses!! Something on IMDB has been updated? How can I understand the article if I can't confirm things from IMDB?!? He must be lying.

Posted by themutilator at June 4, 2007 6:24 AM

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Reint says ...

Yes, indeed. If it's not on the IMDb, it simply does not exist.

Posted by Reint at June 4, 2007 7:05 AM

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themutilator says ...

Ummmm...I meant to say "hasn't been updated".

Posted by themutilator at June 4, 2007 7:14 AM

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BurmaShave says ...

This movie won't be real for me until there's a page for the DVD on Amazon. Wake me up when September ends.

Posted by BurmaShave at June 4, 2007 9:06 AM

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nemo says ...

Jack Black will play Paul McCartney? James Gandolfini wasn't available?

Posted by nemo at June 4, 2007 10:53 AM

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Geoff says ...

Why the fuck would anyone want to play Ringo???

It's the Fab 3 ladies and gentlemen. Always has been.

Posted by Geoff at June 4, 2007 11:09 AM

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gruver1 says ...

Wells to Nemo: That's pretty funny....good one.

Posted by gruver1 at June 4, 2007 11:14 AM

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MiraJeffAICN says ...

I hesitate to put down any Apatow project because the guy's so great, plus I haven't seen a single frame and he relies heavily on improv, but the script for this one was a little weak. When I read it, I thought it was a little strange, and I couldn't see it being the next comedic Superhit, but it looks like he's got a great cast shaping up, so hat's off to him. Unlike Superbad or Pineapple Express or Zohan though, this is no surefire success. Depends how much people are starving for mockumentary musicals.

Posted by MiraJeffAICN at June 4, 2007 12:49 PM

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