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Will Ferrell is Ignatius J. Reily'

Hey folks, Harry here... Dammit, I always thought I'd get to be Ignatius J. Reily... sigh... Ok, I believe that Will Ferrell MAY be more perfect for the role than me. But, he'll never get that cow chewing cud beam of intelligence that I just naturally have! Heh. Actually, I think this is about as perfect casting as you could possibly see for the role. And when DREAMWORKS picks this sucker up and makes serious damn bank on the film and ends up with Academy Awards and what not... well, the story will be legendary. Heh... You don't know... it could happen. It could too. Shut up! You'll see, I'll be proven right and then... then you'll regret that Talk Back you just wrote. Yes, you will too. Stupid doo doo head!

Harry,

Will Ferrell's reading of the great Ignatius J. Reily from John Kennedy Toole's immortal A Confederacy of Dunces at the recent Nantuckett Film Festival has paid off. He is to star in David Gordon Green's film of the book in early spring of 2004. How Miramax could bail on financing this potential movie classic is beyond me. I'm sure Steven Soderbergh, Scott Rudin, and Drew Barrymore will find a new backer, but it wouldn't hurt for you and AICN to apply a little pressure.

Yours Truly,

Inman

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swiz-eet. Ignatius and Ferrell both rule.
by GimliMcGimpy
Sep 15th, 2003
05:03:35 AM
Second...
by Lil Ze
Sep 15th, 2003
05:11:53 AM
Will Ferrell...
by Lil Ze
Sep 15th, 2003
05:12:42 AM
When will the madness stop.
by Cash Bailey
Sep 15th, 2003
05:20:23 AM
I'm with ya there, Cash...
by Johnny Ahab
Sep 15th, 2003
06:08:56 AM
Can Anyone Please Explain...
by MyWord
Sep 15th, 2003
06:18:53 AM
Didn't Winona Ryder once threaten to blow up whatever studio mad
by Margot_Tenenbaum
Sep 15th, 2003
06:25:44 AM
Lazy
by kafka07
Sep 15th, 2003
07:19:22 AM
Oh for the love of crap!
by Spikes Brain
Sep 15th, 2003
08:50:54 AM
A Pulitzer-prize winning novel in the hands of Will F?
by nottoo
Sep 15th, 2003
09:15:57 AM
margot = dark...very dark, but funny
by purplemonkeydw
Sep 15th, 2003
09:26:44 AM
another vote for Phillip Seymour Hoffman
by Lazarus Long
Sep 15th, 2003
10:07:27 AM
Confederacy of Dunces
by Nothing Special
Sep 15th, 2003
11:06:58 AM
Jack Black gets my vote
by goldboink
Sep 15th, 2003
11:11:29 AM
Fat White Vampire Blues
by godoffireinhell
Sep 15th, 2003
11:15:35 AM
John C Reilly as Ignatius J. Reily
by johncreilly
Sep 15th, 2003
11:22:31 AM
What if
by Father Merrin
Sep 15th, 2003
12:45:43 PM
What if
by Father Merrin
Sep 15th, 2003
12:46:37 PM
No. No, no, no.
by Haldir_is_Fat
Sep 15th, 2003
12:55:05 PM
ETHAN SUPLEE!!
by Darth Sticky
Sep 15th, 2003
01:08:45 PM
Get Pruitt Taylor Vince and his disturbing twitchy eyes.
by Mosquito March
Sep 15th, 2003
02:18:36 PM
I just can't see it...
by Zardoz
Sep 15th, 2003
03:27:44 PM
Wait a damn minute
by Mechakong
Sep 15th, 2003
04:07:55 PM
Reilly is as perfect casting as they could get
by Gheorghe Zamfir
Sep 15th, 2003
04:19:38 PM
Whoops, I meant Hoffman was the perfect Reilly
by Gheorghe Zamfir
Sep 15th, 2003
04:21:34 PM
This is very interesting all around.
by PumpyMcAss
Sep 15th, 2003
04:48:02 PM
sound and fury
by DarthCorleone
Sep 15th, 2003
04:58:02 PM
Will Farrell Is Great, But Is Miscast As Reilly
by Barron34
Sep 15th, 2003
05:05:39 PM
I Just Had An Idea Regarding Casting
by Barron34
Sep 15th, 2003
05:11:58 PM
Typo
by Barron34
Sep 15th, 2003
05:13:15 PM
You think Ferrell is miscast? What about David Gordon Green, a
by FortyWatto
Sep 15th, 2003
06:31:08 PM
GET DREW BAREYMORE AWAY FROM THIS MOVIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by Smeg For Brains
Sep 15th, 2003
06:46:02 PM
GET DREW BAREYMORE AWAY FROM THIS MOVIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by Smeg For Brains
Sep 15th, 2003
06:47:03 PM
I'd cast...
by NakedMonk
Sep 15th, 2003
08:00:41 PM
i heard that
by jackburtonlives
Sep 15th, 2003
09:01:38 PM
confederacy of quinlan
by hank quinlan
Sep 15th, 2003
09:13:10 PM
jackburtonlives...
by Hobbitastic
Sep 15th, 2003
09:20:56 PM
Cash Bailey
by Ribbons
Sep 15th, 2003
09:49:30 PM
Actually...
by Ribbons
Sep 15th, 2003
09:54:11 PM
thanks hobbitastic
by jackburtonlives
Sep 15th, 2003
11:11:29 PM
The Comic Book Guy from the Simpsons...
by ODBHB
Sep 15th, 2003
11:43:25 PM
WIll Ferrell always acts like a regular untalented person trying
by Red Giant
Sep 16th, 2003
12:05:42 AM
Toole and a Tool
by ScoobyDrew
Sep 16th, 2003
01:28:50 AM
Hoffman as Reilly...
by Hobbitastic
Sep 16th, 2003
09:33:55 AM
ACOD IS "Hamlet."
by Homer Sexual
Sep 16th, 2003
11:08:30 AM
Homer...
by Hobbitastic
Sep 16th, 2003
01:40:34 PM
Oliver Platt's not a bad idea, of the options listed..
by Lizzybeth
Sep 16th, 2003
02:23:59 PM
Hobbitastic
by Ribbons
Sep 16th, 2003
06:38:02 PM
I've read the screenplay...
by CHFDigs
Sep 16th, 2003
11:28:53 PM
The Obvious Choice
by shocked_shocked
Sep 17th, 2003
12:14:45 AM
Ribbons...
by Hobbitastic
Sep 17th, 2003
09:59:58 AM
Want to shave off about 140 million in costs? Get rid of Drew Ba
by BannthisUcommies
Sep 17th, 2003
03:01:55 PM
Good Man
by Jake_Gittes
Sep 17th, 2003
07:03:39 PM
to Hobbitastic
by JHulkH
Sep 17th, 2003
09:30:00 PM
Bleeeh
by JHulkH
Sep 17th, 2003
09:31:32 PM
I'd rather eat my own shit
by Drunken Rage
Sep 18th, 2003
10:42:58 AM
Oscar shmosker
by parvijc
Sep 18th, 2003
06:23:05 PM
Goodman And Dinofrio
by Barron34
Sep 18th, 2003
06:41:06 PM
good gooder goodest
by applesax
Nov 9th, 2003
03:59:06 AM

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