That's right, the useful idiot who got chummy with Saddam, Raul Castro, Hugo Chavez, and Iran.
So it's only fitting that...
Two time Academy Award winner Sean Penn, Academy Award nominee Jim Carrey and Academy Award winner Benicio Del Toro are MGM's choices to star as Larry, Curly and Moe in their Farrelly Brothers-directed relaunch of The Three Stooges.
Yes, really. Sean Penn, who might have seemed the least likely of the
three, is the first to be signed, and Carrey and Del Toro are in
negotiations. Jim Carrey is also planning on gaining 40 pounds to
acquire the physical look of Curly. These casting choices are
remarkably inspired, with Penn in particular actually bearing a
remarkable facial resemblance to Larry Fine. Benicio Del Toro's gruff
demeanor can also easily be seen as translating quite easily to the
role of Moe Howard, the Stooges' eye-poking and face-slapping leader.
The Farrelly Brothers have been trying to get their dream project, The Three Stooges
(which is not a biopic, but a modern relaunching of the characters in
comedic misadventures) for a decade now, with the project formerly
being at both WB and Columbia before landing at MGM. Production is
expected to start this fall, 2009 in time for a release in 2010. Source.
