Russell’s Playing a Brand New Arthur!
Posted on July 9th, 2010 at 12:16 pm by
Playing Arthur in a remake of the eponymous 1981 film shouldn’t be too much of a stretch for Russell Brand.
Dudley Moore made the role of the drunken playboy famous – winning himself an Oscar nomination in the process – and now Russell has stepped into his shoes – and top hat!
The film co-stars Helen Mirren, Jennifer Garner and Nick Nolte, along with Greenberg star and California-born gal Greta Gerwig, who is playing his love interest.
The plot has been kept secret but former drug addict Brand recently claimed that he’d entered into some serious hair removal for the role.
‘Have shaved body hair for Arthur,’ he wrote on his Twitter account. ‘I am playing him as a long, thin, new born tot.’
It remains to be seen if Russ can replicate Dudley’s success and I’m going to withhold judgement until I see the finished product. I’ve to say though, Russell’s got a lot to live up to – it’s dodgy territory to remake a film when the bar is set so high!
