Palmerin Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Fresh off his triumph with LAST TANGO IN PARIS, Bernardo Bertolucci planned to film an epic about Tupac Amaru. The government of Peru was at first very enthusiastic about the project, but its attitude changed when BB revealed his choice to play Tupac, a choice obviously based on the politics of the actor, rather than on his rightness for the role: MARLON BRANDO Hardly had the Peruvians recovered from their shock and dismay at this absurd casting choice, that they nearly fainted at Bertolucci's choice for the Inca princess who would be Tupac's love interest--again, a choice based on the politics of the actress, rather than her qualifications for the role: JANE FONDA The Peruvians were so outraged at this grotesque miscasting that would have turned the epic saga of Tupac into a ludicrous travesty that BB had to cancel the project. Who do you think might have been Bertolucci's original choice to play THE LAST EMPEROR? Paul Newman? Robert Redford? Ryan O'Neal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arturo Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Fresh off his triumph with LAST TANGO IN PARIS, Bernardo Bertolucci planned to film an epic about Tupac Amaru. The government of Peru was at first very enthusiastic about the project, but its attitude changed when BB revealed his choice to play Tupac, a choice obviously based on the politics of the actor, rather than on his rightness for the role: MARLON BRANDO Hardly had the Peruvians recovered from their shock and dismay at this absurd casting choice, that they nearly fainted at Bertolucci's choice for the Inca princess who would be Tupac's love interest--again, a choice based on the politics of the actress, rather than her qualifications for the role: JANE FONDA The Peruvians were so outraged at this grotesque miscasting that would have turned the epic saga of Tupac into a ludicrous travesty that BB had to cancel the project. Who do you think might have been Bertolucci's original choice to play THE LAST EMPEROR? Paul Newman? Robert Redford? Ryan O'Neal?[/quote That sounds so wrong on so many levels. Glad it never happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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