09.24.09 DI BONAVENTURA’S TATUM GETS ROURKED ON
(Mickey Rourke to play that vicious killer who you can’t help but want to hug the sh’t out of)
The backstory: In 2006, Phil Carlo wrote a book about mafia hitman Richard “The Ice Man” Kuklinski, which was then optioned by producer Lorenzo “Asteroids” Di Bonaventura. But when Carlo heard Bonaventura wanted to cast male stripper Channing Tatums in the lead, Carlo refused to extend Di Bonaventura’s option on the book. At the time, Carlo said he thought Mickey Rourke would be a better fit. Which brings us to today, and Page Six reporting that Mickey Rourke has agreed to star.
After our story appeared in August, Rourke met with Carlo. “We hit it off beautifully,” Carlo said. “We’re producing it together. We’ll shoot in the spring in New York, New Jersey and Florida.” “He’s really looking forward to being the Ice Man, and I think he’ll do a great job,” Carlo told Page Six yesterday. “He’s talking about it being his ‘Raging Bull.’ ”
Just for the fun of it, Kuklinski killed 50 vagrants under the West Side Highway before he was 18. “Because it was bums, the police had no idea there was a serial killer on the loose,” said Carlo. Then, Kuklinski turned pro and claimed 150 more victims for the Gambino family, using guns, knives, strangulation and poison.
I for one am shocked that an Italian guy wanted to make a movie and the first actor he thought of was Mickey Rourke. And that the first comparison he threw out was Raging Bull. Truly shocked. I will bet $1000 that when Carlo met with Rourke he pretended to shadow box him at first and then went “Ehhh!” and slapped him on the back and then they went out for a nice plate a spaghetti.
ROURKE: “So this hit man… did he have a parrot?”
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DI BONAVENTURA’S TATUM GETS ROURKED ON
Just for the fun of it, Kuklinski killed 50 vagrants under the West Side Highway before he was 18.
Amateur. Try doing it in a Quizno’s Tasty Torpedo costume if you really want some kicks.
Alternate Title: Italian-American Psycho.
Ey, I gotsa return some Coppola DVDs right heah.
Just for the fun of it, Kuklinski killed 50 vagrants under the West Side Highway before he was 18.
That’s a paddlin’.
Donk: you ever feel bad for killing all those people?
Ice Man: Not a Dago by I hadn’t thought about killin’.
50 vagrants? By 18? Someone get this man a ticket to Atlanta and cut him a check.
Apparently, Tatum had problems playing the young Kuklinski in the screen tests. It took a long time and a fortune in tissues and hand lotion to explain to him what “whacking homeless people” meant.
Page Seven had the same story, but yet again, some assholes scooped them.
I remember the good old days when Cereal Killer was on the loose. We brought down an evil computer programmer that was about to unleash a nasty virus. And I banged Angelina. That’s right, I was Mark it Zero Cool.
Just for the fun of it, Kuklinski killed 50 vagrants under the West Side Highway before he was 18.
The Mighty Feklahr is sure it was his Maria rendition!
“I just whacked a broad named Maria!…”
Bah. Durst Side Story. }}:>(
Just for the fun of it, Kuklinski killed 50 vagrants under the West Side Highway before he was 18.
And the actor who played Ice Man in Top Gun ate them.
Get it? He’s fat.
Dammitt Fek. You killed my Hackers Durst.
No, MiZ, he just *crash* overrided it.
Italians have been killing bums for years with their spicy meat-aballs.
overrode?
Also, it would be totally hip and ironic to get a Hispanic actor to play an Italian Gangster (ala Scarface). If they wanted to be super ultra hip, they could get a Puerto Rican actor to play a Hispanic playing an Italian gangster.
Holy shit, someone toss me a PBR!!
Vinnie hasn’t enjoy writing something this much since he filled out the registration for his ‘86 IROC.
“We hit it off beautifully,” Carlo said…
… pronouncing each syllable.
Hopefully this movie will win an Oscar so Carlo can make a necklace.
‘87, ya mook! What am I, a mouli?
http://dirtyhairy.blogspot.com/2009/09/fucking-douchebag.html
He updated His blog. Oddly relevant to this line of posting, and sadly work safe.
New up. I’m not commenting until I see TPB news.
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