Very strange casting

[heretoday]

My husband, who is very into all things Abraham Lincoln, found a DVD that was only a couple of dollars.
The casting was bizarre. The actor playing Lincoln was Sam Waterston (the lawyer in Law and Order), and Mary Lincoln was being played by Mary Tyler Moore!
This is the most bizarre casting since Judy Dench played Queen Elizabeth I in Shakespeare in Love...

 

[Laughingmouse]

I heard something that seems even stranger.

I heard that Leonardo Di Caprio is on board to play Frank Sinatra in a biographical movie.

I just don't think Leo has a high enough "cool quotient" to pull it off!

 

[heretoday]

I think that Leonardo DiCaprio is an good actor, but I don't know about him carrying off Frank Sinatra! Can Leo sing? I don't know.
BTW, when we worked in Palm Springs in the 70s, we got to meet Sinatra when he came into the supper club that was attached to the hotel. He was very polite and cordial, not the goon he was portrayed as, but maybe he was having a good night. His date was Eva Gabor, who was even prettier in person, a real knock-out.

 

[katharina]

I think that Leonardo DiCaprio is an good actor, but I don't know about him carrying off Frank Sinatra! Can Leo sing? I don't know.
BTW, when we worked in Palm Springs in the 70s, we got to meet Sinatra when he came into the supper club that was attached to the hotel. He was very polite and cordial, not the goon he was portrayed as, but maybe he was having a good night. His date was Eva Gabor, who was even prettier in person, a real knock-out.

I'm not sure whether or not he can sing... I suppose with enough dubbing of Sinatra's voice (that's most likely what they plan to do) no one would even care if he can't really sing for himself.

How neat that you got to meet Sinatra and Eva. I didn't know they dated but it seems as if they'd be a nice match.

 

[heretoday]

Yes, no one picked up Sinatra and Eva's little romance in the gossip magazines of the time.
Palm Springs, at least then, was very tight-lipped about celebrities' doings; that's one reason so many of them came there.

 

[katharina]

Yes, no one picked up Sinatra and Eva's little romance in the gossip magazines of the time.
Palm Springs, at least then, was very tight-lipped about celebrities' doings; that's one reason so many of them came there.

And today, Frank's very first glance at Ms. Gabor would be all over the tabloids and cable news.

 

[heretoday]

You're totally right.
We got to see alot of celebrities in less than flattering circumstances: drunk, angry, fighting with spouses... there wasn't any kind of tabloid that was looking for dirt back then.
I can't imagine how much money is made today by the squealers...!

 

[katharina]

We got to see alot of celebrities in less than flattering circumstances: drunk, angry, fighting with spouses... there wasn't any kind of tabloid that was looking for dirt back then.
I can't imagine how much money is made today by the squealers...!

Well I can't pay you, but if you want to share some of the juciest, I'm all ears!
Hehe Aw, com'on... no one really knows who you are after all.

 

[SageMother]

I think that Leonardo DiCaprio is an good actor, but I don't know about him carrying off Frank Sinatra! Can Leo sing? I don't know.
BTW, when we worked in Palm Springs in the 70s, we got to meet Sinatra when he came into the supper club that was attached to the hotel. He was very polite and cordial, not the goon he was portrayed as, but maybe he was having a good night. His date was Eva Gabor, who was even prettier in person, a real knock-out.

By "goon", do you mean criminal or crime boss?

During the Rat Pack's day he was far from "goon" material, IMHO.

 

[katharina]

By "goon", do you mean criminal or crime boss?

During the Rat Pack's day he was far from "goon" material, IMHO.

I took it to mean just a simple "guy who's not easy to get along with"... but I could be wrong on this so I'll watch here for the answer, too.