Tough job to take on the role of Bill Hicks, but if anybody could muster up the energy to be angry and scream about the injustices in the world, it would be Russell Crowe.
Todd Jackson of Dead-Frog.com writes:
"The project been out there before, but there’s been some buzz now that Russell Crowe himself said to an Australian paper than he’s working with a writer on a biopic about legendary outlaw comedian Bill Hicks.
My first thought, and perhaps yours as well, when I heard this was “Hmm. Can I think of a role where I thought Crowe was particularly funny?”
Nope. As always, I can see that as both an advantage and a disadvantage. Obviously we have no idea if portraying someone as darkly funny as Hicks is in Crowe’s wheelhouse but if it is, what an explosive and enjoyable surprise it’ll be. Another advantage, Hicks, though a funny man, wasn’t a clown. He’s a serious figure in comedy and probably the kind of comic who’d be a great fit for a more dramatic actor."
Read the rest of the article, as well as a great interview with Keith Booth, one of Hicks collaborators over at Dead-Frog.com.
