ROTTEN TOMATOES: A Stable-Full of Actors Climb On Board for an All-New "Flicka"

A Stable-Full of Actors Climb On Board for an All-New "Flicka"

by Scott Weinberg | April 08, 2005

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The Hollywood Reporter divulges the all-new cast list for the upcoming "Flicka." Based on the Mary O'Hara novel "My Friend Flicka" (which was turned into a popular 1943 film), the movie tells the tale of a modern young cowgirl and the wild horse she grows to love. Alison Lohman ("Matchstick Men"), Tim McGraw ("Friday Night Lights"), and Ryan Kwanten ("Summerland") were already on board, and they'll be joined by new castmates Maria Bello ("The Cooler"), Dallas Roberts ("Winter Passing"), and Danny Pino (TV's "Cold Case").Screenwriting team Larry Konner and Mark Rosenthal ("Mona Lisa Smile," "Planet of the Apes") are adapting the classic novel, while Michael Mayer ("A Home at the End of the World") will be in the director's chair.

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Ophiuchus writes:
on Apr 08 2005 07:38 PM

Hang on... I read the novel, and the protagonist is supposed to be a boy. What's the point of changing it to a girl and setting it in modern times? I don't have any problems with female protagonists or changing the time settings of stories... but why bother? If they want to retain the flavour of the source material, they shouldn't be making needless changes. I mean, without the original protagonist it won't be My Friend Flicka any more. It'll be... I don't know... Modern Day Cowgirl and Cute Horse or something.
Plus, in the book the horse wasn't wild. She was just hard to tame. So with that gone along with the protagonist and the time setting, there go all the important features of the story. This is just ridiculous!

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