The cinematic adventures
of great trios include the Amigos, Musketeers and Caballeros — screen legends
one and all.
And then there are actors
who get into their roles. It’s no secret
that Daniel Day-Lewis literally becomes the character he is playing — as long
as the film is in production he is Abraham Lincoln, Daniel Plainview or Christy
Brown.
Brad Dourif went so far
as to hire a local to read his lines back to him in writer/director Kevin
Barker’s Last Kind Words. He did
that so he could get the Kentucky dialog and voice inflections right for his
character ... and that was for a three or four day film shoot on an indie film
product.
That’s how serious good
actors can be in getting into the “skin” of their characters!
So what happens when such
an actor collides with a trio of legends?
That is the comedy set-up for director Michelle Schumacher’s 3
Geezers, due out on DVD from Green Apple Entertainment this coming Aug.
13.
Veteran character actor
J.K. Simmons (Law & Order, Juno, Spider-Man, etc.) is
seemingly playing himself as J. Kimball, an actor up for the role of an
85-year-old man. To get “into” the role
he heads over to the nearby Coconuts Convalescent Home with a video crew to
document the daily activities of old farts, in this case three old geezers (Lou
Beatty Jr., Tony Cummings and Basil Hoffman).
He will interact with
them and study the video … in no time he will have it down pat. How difficult can this be, he reasoned.
Damn difficult as it
turns out! When the three geezers get
through with him he will wish he was playing anyone but an 85-year-old! What goes on with these old codgers absolutely
boggles the mind!
Of note, Simmons and
filmmaker Schumacher are husband and wife … and clearly they have lots of
friends in Hollywood as the film is peppered with cameos by the likes of Tim
Allen, Sam Rami, Kevin Pollak and Randy Couture (and more).
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