George Clooney, Noah Wyle battling to play Steve Jobs in biopic - Page 3

Eddie Murphy as John Sculley

Jim Carrey as Gil Amelio

Seth Rogen as Mark Zuckerberg

Hulk Hogan as Steve Ballmer

I think if you age Edward Norton with makeup, you could get the old Steve.

Don't forget Larry David as Sculley and Chuck Norris as head of security for iPhone 4 & 4S...

I second that. Noah gets my vote.

That might work visually. Don't know if he has the range though.

From an acting standpoint, Tom Hanks could probably do just about anything, though he doesn't look like Jobs. Plus, I doubt he could be made to look young enough, or thin enough for the role.

Hugh Laurie ...

Arguably, he bears a passing resemblance to post-40 Jobs. But that's not the most important thing. It's about whether an actor can bring off the combination of arrogance, irreverence and intellect, the use and usurping of people around him, the ability to tune out others ...

Gregory House is a character that embodies these Jobsian traits, and Laurie does a great House. And he does a great stare.

Have you not read the biography? Steve was still quite the asshole after the second coming. He was a bit mellowed by his experiences away from Apple, but he still didn't put up w/ idiots.

"Have you not read the biography" has become the quintessential weapon in debates surrounding Apple and Jobs. Some of you are using it as a *synonym* for "Are you stupid?"

Look, the biography is not a great piece of literature. It's an unreliable depiction of Jobs and Apple, replete with errors that should have been corrected in standard editorial review, misunderstanding of Apple technology (e.g. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3239732), not to mention mischaracterization of Jobs the man (e.g. http://daringfireball.net/2011/11/ge...eve_jobs_wrong).

No matter what, reading the bio is not equivalent to getting a university degree.

I vote Wyle.

What's with all the Clooney hate? I don't get it. He may not look exactly like SJ, but he's an extremely skilled actor with significant range. Having said that, he would struggle to play young SJ.

I like Wiley, but have doubts that he can carry a feature film.

Bale would be a great choice, as he seems to bring it with whatever he does.

I definitely don't want Norton, as he's a guy that I always see as Ed Norton and not the character he's playing. But, according to rumor, he could pull off the prickly parts of SJ's personality quite well, so he's got that going for him.

Robert Downey Jr. could do a great job.

In the end, looking exactly like SJ should not be the overwhelming factor. The ability to bring the energy and verve necessary for the role should be. Given that criteria, I would advocate for Bale or Downey Jr. An interesting, if strange, choice might be Jason Schwartzman. Don't know if he could bring the gravitas, though. Joseph Gordon Levitt (prob only for young SJ, though) could be another choice. Another Nolan-ite, Tom Hardy, could also be a choice.

I've found that, often times, casting choices can seem awful or strange at the time they're made (anyone else remember the outrage at Heath Ledger being cast as the Joker?), but the end result ends up almost wholly depending on the film as a whole, including the director, screenwriter, and co-stars involved. I'm much more concerned about who directs and writes the picture than I am about who plays SJ.

Maybe they're still sore from Batman & Robin.


What do you think Pirates was?


I'm trying to think of whether I'd like him to play it as Tony Stark smarminess plus screaming and occasional crying or as a new character altogether. \

I don't think of smarminess when I think of Steve, though.

Clooney is ANNOYING

Christian Bale's performance in American Psycho is amazing.

After reading that I now have an image in my head of Steve Jobs running around the Apple offices naked with a chainsaw!

I don't get all the hate for George Clooney.

Watch Batman & Robin ...Without stabbing yourself in the eyes!

No, no, no! Revive John Candy for Ballmer.

Even at his mildest, Ed Norton is evil looking and not charismatic enough to play Jobs.

Nope, not using it as a synonym for anything. There are plenty of examples in the bio that specifically go against the claim that he was an easy going guy full of laughs and not an asshole after coming back to Apple. Hell, there are plenty of articles about that over the past 10 years that can be googled up. I haven't had a chance to listen to Siracusa's podcast about Jobs, but most of those comments in that first link all whine about details of OS X in the bio. I could give a shit about that, I already know about the history of that OS.

*shrug* Is relying entirely on the bio a bad idea, probably, but even just the direct quotes from Steve in there (which I really doubt he's altering) show he was not all unicorns and rainbows.

It's just bad casting for me. I don't dislike Clooney or his work (generally) - O Brother Where Art Thou is great for example - it's just...George Clooney as Steve Jobs? in what crazy world does that make any kind of sense? He's just not the right kind of guy for the role.

Daniel Day Lewis : he can act anyone else off the screen, and he can change his looks to suit. And he could do all the ages! There is no finer actor in my opinion.

if he can beat the blowhard N.Y. Jets, he can play Steve Jobs (plus he does look a little like him). Then he can end the movie doing his Tebow pose:



He's succeeded at everything he's done to date, why not acting?

Hey how about

Sylvester Stallone = Steve Jobs.

Arnold Schawrzenneger = Bill Gates.

Bruce Willis = Eric Schmidt.

Jean-Claude Van Damme = Steve Ballmer.

Steven Seagal = Jeff Bezos.

Jet Li = Samsung CEO

Jackie Chan = HTC CEO

Kal Penn = Adobe CEO

Screw it. I say we put Andy Serkis in a mocap suit and send the data to Pixar. It beats letting Clooney anywhere near the project.

double you that..
Please not George Clooney!
In fact.. Please no recognisable movie stars at all!

William Hurt would be great as an older Jobs...

Ha!

If Clooney gets the role...

A natural to play Steve's early girlfriend Lisa is Nadia Giosia from Bitchin' Kitchen...




Bitchin' Cook Nadia Giosia Sexes Up the Kitchen

Clooney has the magnetism, but he is too famous. When you watch him you think "oh, it's George Clooney" instead of think he's his character. Wyle for the win

Also Steve Jobs himself invited Wyle on stage at MacWorld to pretend to be him.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIClAanU7Os

Clooney would be a terrible choice imo. Can't picture him capturing the strong personality and character of Jobs.

I think Ralph Fiennes would be an excellent choice:



He is an excellent and very versatile actor and has the chops to pull of Job's strong character and charisma on screen.

What makes you think that he thinks he "has much sway these days"?
Nothing was in the article to say that he is pushing for the part.

Tom Cruise would be the worst choice ever. Besides, he's way too short.

How tall is Steve?

6'2"
Tom cruise says he is 5'7" but likely an inch shorter.

Actually both are probably not suitable, IMHO.

I'm thinking John Malkovich but that would be too edgy.

Then again, tell me he won't make a riveting Steve Jobs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Da7MzBrX0_c

Christian Bale's American accent is truly awful. I just can't take him seriously when he's pretending to be a yank.

Personally I vote for Wyle. He not only looks like Jobs but also has the same likeable, calm persona which worked well in Pirates of Silicon Valley. I'd change the casting of Gates though, as Anthony Michael Hall wasn't a very good match.

Wyle's pretty much a lightweight. Maybe he could play Jobs 1. Jobs 2, the one becoming much more assured, wiser and all, that takes an actor with chops. That's Clooney.

George might fit the role if he's not his usual debonair self. Noah seems like such a wimp. Can't stand his acting. Especially in Falling Skies. Belch.

A few things to consider. Are you trying to recreate a great Steve or create a great story? If you go with the former actors like John Malkovich simply won't cut it. His speech patterns are too unique. If you are going for a great story of the man's life then no one actor will work because of the age disparity from rise to fame to death. Of the two Wyle could play a younger Jobs easier on screen than Clooney.

Personally, I expect this to fall through like so many other pre-pre-preductions. Hell, you add or switch a director or writer and the whole acting ensemble can change. For instance, if you attach Clint Eastwood to the project you'd get a different actor than if you attach John Woo, though with Michael Bay I think Jason Stratham would play Jony Ive with a killer fight scene in a Foxconn factory against the automated robots.

I'd much rather talk about Ireland's vision of a TV with no inputs.

Falling Skies is just an awful show to begin with. Poor concept. Poor writing. Poor CGI. There isn't much for an actor to work with.