Scott Porter Signs On for a "Speed Racer" Role
Fans of TV's "Friday Night Lights" may be familiar with actor Scott Porter. Movie fans will see him in next year's "Speed Racer" adaptation.
His only other film role to date was in "Music and Lyrics," but Scott Porter has been chosen to play the older brother of the title character (Emile Hirsch). Apparently his character disappears only to return years later as the villainous Racer X -- who is being played by Matthew Fox.
Production on the Wachowski's family-friendly racing epic gets underway in Germany this month. Obviously the flick's being targeted for a Summer '08 release.
Source: Variety
His only other film role to date was in "Music and Lyrics," but Scott Porter has been chosen to play the older brother of the title character (Emile Hirsch). Apparently his character disappears only to return years later as the villainous Racer X -- who is being played by Matthew Fox.
Production on the Wachowski's family-friendly racing epic gets underway in Germany this month. Obviously the flick's being targeted for a Summer '08 release.
Source: Variety
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on Jun 05 2007 01:22 PM ha ha! this news is unimportant. ha ha (Reply to this) |
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on Jun 05 2007 04:30 PM wait, Matthew Fox is going to be Racer X? Why? (Reply to this) |
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on Jun 05 2007 06:39 PM [b]I dunno about this movie![/b] for one emile hirsch as speed racer? no wait, mathew fox as racer x? the casting thus far is below sub-par if you ask me. However, it is a wachowski brothers movie, so maybe there is hope, but then again, bullet time in a racing movie, what is chim chim gonna do some crazy car repairs in bulllet time? (Reply to this) |
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on Jun 05 2007 10:21 PM I'm not a Speed Racer fan, never seen the show, but Hirsch seems like a good choice to me. I mean, who would you have play him? Nick Cage? Hirsch has got that "young boyish-look" to him that harks back to the cartoon. (Reply to this) |
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on Jun 06 2007 03:44 AM I don't remember Racer X as being "villainous." Secretive, yes, but he was helpful to Speed on more than one occasion. But that was 30 years ago. (Reply to this) |
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on Jun 06 2007 05:26 AM [b]To quote Knoked Up...[/b] You know what's interesting about Matthew Fox? Absolutely nothing. (Reply to this) |
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