Who Should play Tender??

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I think Jack Black would be perfect! But, make him lose the weight for real (ala Tom Hanks in Castaway).

Or he would also make a great Denny for the Choke movie.

I mentioned this to Chuck at tonight's book signing. He seemed to be into the idea.


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I can see Jack Black as more of a Nash (Lullaby), but Tender should be played by Ralph Fiennes... best choice in my opinion.

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(This topic has been done to death though from what I've seen)


Fri, 07/16/2004 - 05:00

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Although I saw Ralph Fiennes as the Tender later in the book, I saw the earlier Tender as a slightly less heavy Philip Seymour Hoffman. But I don't know anything.

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Fri, 07/16/2004 - 05:11

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Yeah, for whatever reason I pictured Tender as Jake Gyllenhaal, until they mentioned his age or whatever then he was a blank guy then Ralph came to mind about halfway through the book.

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Fri, 07/16/2004 - 05:27

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[QUOTE=Batman]Although I saw Ralph Fiennes as the Tender later in the book, I saw the earlier Tender as a slightly less heavy Philip Seymour Hoffman. But I don't know anything.[/QUOTE]

I was thinking a less heavy Hoffman would be good just now. I loved your last book by the way. That's a great pic of you, but a little out of date don't you think, Alex?


Fri, 07/16/2004 - 10:19

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Two words: Jeremy Davies.


Sat, 07/17/2004 - 16:16

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[QUOTE=kill all hetrosexuals]Two words: Jeremy Davies.[/QUOTE]

That'd interesting, but he just played Charles Mnason and Davies "creepiness" factor is a too high I think. You have to sympathize with Tender, and he's funny. Jeremy isn't all that funny.

But they might could make it work.


Sat, 07/17/2004 - 20:04

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Didn't realize that it had ben "done to death"
But I don't think Ralph could do it at all.

I really like some of the other suggestions, especially Phillip Seymour Hoffman.
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Mon, 07/19/2004 - 16:44

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some people say they hear ed norton's voice when they read the book, so why not ed norton?


Mon, 07/19/2004 - 18:48

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[QUOTE=snuffy]some people say they hear ed norton's voice when they read the book, so why not ed norton?[/QUOTE]

Because Art Carney is dead and they'd have to colorize him from old Honeymooners footage.


Tue, 07/20/2004 - 05:46

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I think John Travolta

He has no problem putting on weight and i imaginge he could lose some too. I could really see him as Tender


Wed, 07/21/2004 - 21:15

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jack black cant handle the seriousness of the role.

i think gyllenhaal or norton could rock it

alex


Thu, 07/22/2004 - 02:45

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whoever said 'john travolta' should have his throat taken from him.


Thu, 07/22/2004 - 02:54

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jack black might be able to pull a carey and move over into serious work. You would need a director who could contain him though.


Thu, 07/22/2004 - 12:31

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gyllenhaal or maybe Bruce Campbell. I didn't think about that one until i saw the avatar.

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Thu, 07/22/2004 - 22:57

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I've always seen Giovanni Ribisi playing the pre-Messiah Tender
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The challenge of picking an actor to play him is that the post-Messiah Tender has changed so much physically, he has become so muscular that he is unable to bend over and tie his own shoes.

It'll be interesting to see who they pick and how they handle the physical transformation.


Sun, 07/25/2004 - 15:18

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I would have to second the Philip Semor Hoffman suggestion, but he would really need to bulk up and get in shape. Also, I would need to second Ralph Fiennes. In Red Dragone he played a very solitary character so we know he could play early Tender, and he also has the physical and acting capability to play post-tender. My own suggestion would be The Boz, Brian Bosworth. Only give him the opportunity and he will show us all the endless spectrum of his ability.


Mon, 07/26/2004 - 00:04

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I'm trying to imagine "The Boz" in the role... interesting thought.

I think Jake Busey might be an interesting choice. He can pull off the 'you know what - I think that guy is insane' thing pretty well.
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Mon, 07/26/2004 - 13:50

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Common, Edward Norton.. What you want is Fight CLub with another storyline..

when i read survivor i saw the face of Christian Bale. Strong, cold, innocent, trustforthy but definately fake. He can play the so-called messiah perfectly.

Who's with me?


Sat, 08/14/2004 - 18:43

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[QUOTE=sassy_not_stirred]I've always seen Giovanni Ribisi playing the pre-Messiah Tender
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The challenge of picking an actor to play him is that the post-Messiah Tender has changed so much physically, he has become so muscular that he is unable to bend over and tie his own shoes.

It'll be interesting to see who they pick and how they handle the physical transformation.[/QUOTE]

That pic makes him look perfect for the role.


Sat, 08/14/2004 - 20:06

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Phillip Seymour Hoffman for Tender and Brittany Murphy for Fertility! This could be a very cool movie, but only if the makers can go all the way and not make some weak Hollywood-ized version of the book.


Wed, 08/18/2004 - 20:06

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I'm backing up Ribsi.


Wed, 08/18/2004 - 21:18

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yeah, Giovanni Ribisi's Tender Branson for me. And that picture is great. I can actually picture the words,

"Testing, testing, one, two, three.
Testing, testing, one, two, three."

right beside him, advertising the movie. Fucking great.

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Fri, 08/20/2004 - 19:10

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I've always pictured Peter Sarsgard (Garden State , Salton Sea , Shatterd Glass) as Tender. But Ribisi and Bale would be great too.


Fri, 08/20/2004 - 20:33

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ribisi. yeah deffinitely ribisi, yeah.


Fri, 08/20/2004 - 20:56

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Damn it everyone, I have been swayed. I approve of Giovanni for Tender.

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Sat, 08/21/2004 - 21:02

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I was picturing Layne Staley from Alice in Chains when I read the book, from the group's earlier days when he had a big shaggy head of hair and some sloppy chin hair. But Layne's not an actor, is way too skinny and he's dead from heroin, so I don't think this would work.

Philip S. Huffwhatever is drab and boring, and I don't think he could pull off a charasmatic preacher type. Plus, he's a bit too pudgy for the role. They'd have to CG in muscles on him.


Fri, 08/27/2004 - 05:19

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tender.

God, why does Phillip S. Hoffman get nominated for every possible Chuck adaptation? He isn't all that amazing. His nasal voice puts me to bed. Drone, drone, drone. The Ribisi photo did some justice in supporting that idea, I wouldn't complain if he did it. After seeing 'The Village' Joaquin Phoenix sets off that Creedish farmer vibe well. But I'm sure his boyfriend M. Night Shalamalagaylamahgaha wouldn't want him to be in anything that isn't his.
No Norton. Leave him alone. You're only allowed to do one Chuck adaptation, no matter how mega bad ass an actor you are, which Norton indisputably is. Sean Penn is cool. He's pretty old. And can act. We all know Tom Cruise needs to do a Chuck adaptation role. He should be Fertility.
Yeah, I'm way off the subject - if you made it this far you're either bored or retarded. I vote Joaquin just because I haven't seen it posted and it doesn't sounds half bad. Good night.

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[QUOTE=harbor]
Yeah, I'm way off the subject - if you made it this far you're either bored or retarded. [/QUOTE]

Or maybe a little of both?


Sat, 08/28/2004 - 12:54

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I think Joaquin Phoenix would be great for the pre - fame Tender, but I'm not sure if I could see him as the Messiah Tender, although that Giovanni guy looks pretty good for the role as well.


Sat, 08/28/2004 - 18:05

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Ribsi all the way..id see it then./.


Sat, 08/28/2004 - 18:11

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According to the author Tender is so bloated with androgens he can't tie his own shoes. Big arms. So I think we're looking at some crazy eastern-European, neo-Ahnuld to be our Tender. We can dubb him. I am crying.

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Michael C. Reilly or (preferrably) Phillip Seymour Hoffman, provided either have the discipline/genetics to get themselves into the kind of physical shape they'd need for the post fame segments of the story.

Check out Love Liza for Hoffman as a suicidal man on a downward spiral....

Huffing model ariplane fuel no less.


Sun, 08/29/2004 - 21:58

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Has anyone else seen Magnolia? I think Tom Cruise really played the Tender Branson type character well, and a 5yrs ago Tom Cruise would have made a great TB. I'll probably get shot down for that! But if the movie hadn't been delayed it would have been cool :p


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Tom Cruise has been in some fun movies. I enjoyed them. But I don't know about him as a buffed out blond. His skills are good enough.

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Kevin Spacey. and whoever said Brittany Murpht for Fertility i agree with


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shut the hell up with that tom cruise shit. he will never be in a chuck movie if the gods keep smiling on us.


Fri, 09/10/2004 - 20:15

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I envisioned Tender as much much bigger than most of the actors listed. In fact, I envisioned him as Jay Cutler, a professional bodybuilder. I don't know this guy's talent with acting, but I think that the big, juiced, lean image of this guy fits what Chuck is trying to produce with all the talk of steroids and sub cutaneous fat.

Anyway, here is a link...
[url]http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/2001/2001cut.jpg[/url]


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While I was reading Survivor I was picturing Chuck himself as Tender. I think he fits the description well. Tall, skinny, and I think he can definitly swing a bad haircut. But the only thing that didn't go well with that was his voice. Chuck has this weird kind of voice, (from his audioblog) and I think Tender would have a stong kind of voice. I dunno, that's just what I was thinking.

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Him or Jake Gyllenhal would be the best.

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Sat, 10/16/2004 - 06:20

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spacey or phoenix for tender... i think murphy would do a shit job frankly, i'm totally going out ofmy ass saying this, but angelina jolie i would love to see as fertillity, if sha had a smaller chest, i think she'd be lovely as fertilliy, i hate cruise, but i see him as the agent


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When I first read the question, the first person I thought of was Giovanni Ribsi. Hee, yeah I agree with the Angelina Jolie thing. Mmm....I could actually see Spacey as Tender.


Wed, 10/20/2004 - 02:18

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Kevin Spacey!!! he is the perfect one to play Tender (in my opinion obviously)


Sat, 10/23/2004 - 22:24

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I could definitely see either Sapcey or Ribbisi as Tender. Although, shouldn't the actors in question movie past come into play? Take Spacey for instance most everything hes been in was excellent. Same for Brad Pitt and Ed Norton from fight club. You know? Actors from a long line of greatness.

Dunno, maybe that's just me.. and I don't really see it in Giovanni Ribbisi. Not that he's a bad actor...

It's just for some reason, I keep thinking of gone in sixty blah blah seconds blah blah.. and him playing Pheobe's oddball brother on friends.

And didn't I read somewhere on this site, a while back, that they were considering Madonna to play the part of Fertility? Who thinks that's a good idea? Show of hands?


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[QUOTE=jacks_smirking_revenge]And didn't I read somewhere on this site, a while back, that they were considering Madonna to play the part of Fertility? Who thinks that's a good idea? Show of hands?[/QUOTE]

*throws up all over herself*


Mon, 10/25/2004 - 01:59

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[QUOTE=walkingcontradiction]*throws up all over herself*[/QUOTE]

Is that before or after you raise your hand?


Mon, 10/25/2004 - 11:10

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Yea, haha, my thoughts exactly. I'll take the vomiting as you NOT raising your hand. She doesn't have your vote...

unless...

vomiting is something you do to show your approval?


Mon, 10/25/2004 - 20:39

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Madonna as Fertility would most DEFINATELY make me throw up. I'm voting no.
I was GOING to say Billy Crudup for Messiah Tender but, that may just be because I watched "Almost Famous" less than an hour ago.
Anyway, isn't Tender supposed to be unattractive?
I'm thinking Juliette Lewis for Fertility. I mean, who else, really?


Mon, 10/25/2004 - 21:56

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[QUOTE=jacks_smirking_revenge]unless...

vomiting is something you do to show your approval?[/QUOTE]

not usually.... hahaha....

but MADONNA, come on....

i'm sticking with small breasted Jolie


Tue, 10/26/2004 - 00:04

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How about Vincent D'Onofrio as Tender.


Tue, 10/26/2004 - 00:20

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never mind that one, I just looked at a recent picture of him now


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