Brad Pitt to play Steve McQueen in new movie Bike-mad Brad to play Hollywood legend in new film
BRAD PITT looks set to play actor and motorcycle legend Steve
McQueen, in a new film about the late Hollywood star's life.
Several Grade-A stars have been linked to the role but a movie insider revealed Brad has secured the part, says a report in the Sun newspaper.
The source said: "He not only has the right look and acting talent but he shares Steve's love for fast cars and motorcycles."
It's reported the film will follow his onscreen career, which started with an uncredited role in Somebody Up There Likes Me and led to the success of
Bullitt and The Cincinnati Kid. McQueen passed away in 1980 after battling with cancer.
he owns one of my favorite Zero Engineering bikes, the guy loves ridding bikes....now, if he would get into car racing, dessert running and plain ol ass kicking in general, he would be the perfect candidate to play McQueen
he owns one of my favorite Zero Engineering bikes, the guy loves ridding bikes....now, if he would get into car racing, dessert running and plain ol ass kicking in general, he would be the perfect candidate to play McQueen
I stopped by the Zero engineering shop last wednesday in Las Vegas and talked to Hiro, he showed us around the shop and some of their projects. Seeing those bikes in person and sitting on them was a treat, they have so much presence in person that doesn't seem to come out as well in pictures.
Bike-mad Brad to play Hollywood legend in new film
If you saw the "Benjamin Button" movie I think you'll agree that Pitt will pull this off. I can't wait to see the scenes where Bud Ekins jumps the barbed wire fence or where McQueen is "Harvey Mushman" in the old Elsinore races....or do you think they might skip those parts?
Although I loved McQueen and admire Pitt I dont think the kids of today give a crap about old Steve. This is the generation that thinks Guitar Hero is really playing the Guitar and are not allowed to play outside without processed meat snack-cups taped to their fat bodies covered in protective gear, lights and GPS tracking devices so some evil doer doesn't take Autistic Timmy away in his hopped up Vega long enough to miss his next round of prescription drugs and asthma inhaler therapy playdate sessions. Old people don't go to the movies so where is the audience?
Although I loved McQueen and admire Pitt I dont think the kids of today give a crap about old Steve. This is the generation that thinks Guitar Hero is really playing the Guitar and are not allowed to play outside without processed meat snack-cups taped to their fat bodies covered in protective gear, lights and GPS tracking devices so some evil doer doesn't take Autistic Timmy away in his hopped up Vega long enough to miss his next round of prescription drugs and asthma inhaler therapy playdate sessions. Old people don't go to the movies so where is the audience?
Brad Pitt would be my pick to play Steve McQueen... at least Brad can ride his
way out of a wet paper bag unlike the last MC movie I saw where Sir Anthony
Hopkins could not...
Mary and I attended the Elsinore Gp and we watch Harvey Mushman kick it and wick it...
Brad Pitt would be my pick to play Steve McQueen... at least Brad can ride his
way out of a wet paper bag unlike the last MC movie I saw where Sir Anthony
Hopkins could not...
Mary and I attended the Elsinore Gp and we watch Harvey Mushman kick it and wick it...
This is total crap, the World's Fastest Indian is a great great movie and one of my all time favorites. The point was to act and not pretend he knew how to ride some overpriced pile on Sunset Blvd with open pipes like Pitt. At least Hopkins can act.
This is total crap, the World's Fastest Indian is a great great movie and one of my all time favorites. The point was to act and not pretend he knew how to ride some overpriced pile on Sunset Blvd with open pipes like Pitt. At least Hopkins can act.
Sir Anthony Hopkins can sure act... like a poser on motorcycle should... but
Steve Mc Queen was an actor and a rider... just like Bad Pitt...
wow...did i kick your puppy or something? what an a-hole
ok, genius.... let me brake it into smaller chewable pieces for ya....
who would yo rather cast if it doesnt matter? Pee we Herman? ( here where i insert a hundred bwa ha haas and funny laughing faces)
A little lesson in the Hollywood thinking process...one that's its pretty obvious to everyone else but you;
The studios will ALWAYS look to cast the guy that embodies the character he has to portrait the closest.. THATS THE POINT OF CASTING THE RIGHT GUY!! . And in this movie.....genius, the character happens to be A REAL guy that we are all pretty familiar with. SO...yes, the guy that plays him HAS to somewhat have that air about them if hes going to convince you in the story or te movie will fall flat on its face. Im noyt saying theyre going to find Mc Queens long lost twin here...just a guy that sell in the movie as MCQueen better than Kelsey Grammar... Capiche?
let me ask you something, why do you think actors take up to 2 years sometimes to "get into character" without pay or anything? so they can withstand the heat of the lights and learn to navigate around fake sets? that most be it.
and a little lesson in movie making while im ranting...
Mc Queens movie will involve mostly exterior scenes... that means "available light" (no lights) exterior locations (no sets) and lot of "practical cast" (no extras/actors in the background..real people)....so your whole perception of THIS particular movie is actually ass backwards.
Id say for every 15 jobs i do, i might work in one that involves fake sets and i might work in 8-9 that we light, the rest its all done on real locations with available light. Believe it or not, "Hollywood" TRIES to do a s little "faking" as possible, not for any moral or honorary reason, but because its 10 times cheaper and it looks 10 times better.
ahahhahahahaa so you pull cable around a movie set and all of a sudden your a director and producer ?
ok mr .copella when they ask to check the gate and your still bringing donuts to the craft table are you pretending your Brad pitt or Angie Jolie ?
you haven't seen enough good movies where the actor out acts the lack of embodiement of the character and you forget to look at the face and watch the story instead.
try denzel washington in Malcolm X ,or J phoenix in walk the line .
nice try but you should stick to hauling lights with your gaffer buddies ,or blocking traffic waiting for celebs to ask you where the bathrooms are.
Sir Anthony Hopkins can sure act... like a poser on motorcycle should... but
Steve Mc Queen was an actor and a rider... just like Bad Pitt...
Larry, it doesnt take much to act like youre on a bike going in a straight line...I dunno what you expect from Sir Hopkins, but anybody who watches "offerings to the god of speed" (the old documentary about the real Burt Munro included on the DVD) can tell you that for the duration of that movie at least, Hopkins was Munro.
My only gripe about WFI was that for all the work they put into making Burt's character the embodiment of the man himself, somebody in the research dept slipped up a bit when it came to the Rollie Free character. In the movie Rollie is a huge guy, pronouces Rollie "rolly", and makes a comment referring to his "1st wife". In Reality, Rollie was a small guy, pronounced his name "roll-ee" (long O, it was a shortened version of Roland), and was married to his high school sweetheart till the day he died.
while Im on the subject, Anybody interested in Free should read "Flat out, The Rollie Free Story" Its pricey, but a fantastic read, mostly using the words of the man himself. It also includes an audio CD of the last interview he did a few months before his death, as well as some Vincent and Indian engine tracks.
Larry, it doesnt take much to act like youre on a bike going in a straight line...I dunno what you expect from Sir Hopkins, but anybody who watches "offerings to the god of speed" (the old documentary about the real Burt Munro included on the DVD) can tell you that for the duration of that movie at least, Hopkins was Munro.
I expect a command performance from Sir Hopkins and I got it... he was
Munro but Hopkins is not a rider... he don't know the difference between a
twist tie and twist grip unless in was in the script...
im not gonna bother explaining what i do on set, you gave yourself away with your two inadequate posts, i know your type.. its a waste of my time to deal with you, ive run into your type too many times, sorry it didnt work out for ya, if i got a cent for every time one of you ex construction wash outs showed up on a set id be a billionaire...
i know it sucks, sorry ... go back to wiring houses in eagle rock, ta ta
umm huh ? i was in front of the camera,not above it on some rigging dropping hammers like yourself ,i work on bikes ,no contruction doofus.
its better that you stick to your denim shorts and hiking boots with all of your tape and wire and straps and apple boxes before you hurt yourself trying to make your big break .
pretty boy to play bad boy
BRAD PITT looks set to play actor and motorcycle legend Steve 
I agree with that 100%.
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