Thursday, October 10, 2013

Quote of the Day

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I'm pretty sure that we've heard about this before, but in an interview with Out the openly gay director Lee Daniels (you know, Precious and The Paperboy and The Butler) talked about how the financial success of The Butler is aiding him in what he really wants to make next, an interracial gay action movie, with two dudes in the leads kicking ass and then, uh, fucking it. And he really wants the white half of the couple to be Alex Pettyfer (who was in The Butler, as seen to the left), saying, and I quote:

"Alex Pettyfer is in it, [but] I have to find the right black guy opposite him. He's so hot, isn't he? So hot. And so aware of his hotness in a way that's so…I love him to death."

You know I've run hot and cold on Daniels' movies (I still haven't seen The Butler) but man do I love reading interviews with him, he's a hoot. And he speaks truth! I expressed the same sentiment about Pettyfer with regards to his first stripping scene in Magic Mike, which...

... well let's just post that again, since it's relevant to the discussion, and all. Daniels says that we wouldn't find out that the action hero buddies were lovers until the end, but that seems kind of lame to me and I hope he changes it - for one, that cat's out of the bag; does he really think n this day and age the hype beforehand wouldn't be very very loud, ruining any surprise there could be? Just like Brokeback became "The Gay Cowboy Movie" this would be sold on every magazine cover as "The Gay Action Hero Movie." And anyway what's the use of keeping Alex Pettyfer's hands off the other dude for the whole run-time? I want some Gay Action in my Gay Action Hero movie, dammit!

Anyway we're taking suggestions for "the right black guy opposite him" in the comments. I say Nate Parker (see more of him here).
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10 comments:

Ryan T. said...

He had me at "interracial gay action movie." Give it to me!

The Bloody Munchkin said...

Micheal B. Jordan has my vote. I mean come on, If not in a spider man movie, than in this damn it!

Anonymous said...

Taye Diggs!

Rick Schoen said...

How about Charles Michael Davis (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2179037/.

Porn Pup said...

Idris Elba (obv) or Brian J. White.

Joey said...

THANK YOU for suggesting Parker! He's so effing sexy! I've loved him since I saw Arbitrage last year.

Roark said...

Jesse Williams. I would pay many many dollars to see him and Mr. Pettyer doing it.

iggy said...

Don't know the name, but the guy who played Rutina Wesley's hot piece in one of the seasons ot True Blood.

Q said...

Lee Daniels gave me a movie featuring Zac Efron dancing in wet white underwear, so basically anything he says I just enthusiastically nod and agree with.

I'd like this movie to be like a Mr and Mrs Smith but with a gay couple who were secret agents together (like if James Bond and Jason Bourne started dating) and fell in love while on a mission together and then decided to settle down but obviously people like Bond and Bourne never get a happy ending and they're forced back into action.

I think Alex Pettyfer is beautiful (on the outside at least) but I think he's too twinky and pretty to sell it.

My vote for this couple would be Daniel Craig (Jason Statham but he's a homophobe so he'd never do it) and Idris Elba (yes yes, what a predictable choice...let's make him play every black character ever) but seriously, he's so hot and the idea of him making out with Daniel Craig kinda makes me a little light-headed.

Anonymous said...

Love the concept, but Alex Pettyfer is too bland in every way to have much of an impact. Let's have someone with talent, looks and a real body.