Who's gonna be the best Bob Dylan?
 

In Todd Haynes' new Bob Dylan film, six actors portray the Bobster at different stages in his life: Cate Blanchett, Heath Ledger, Richard Gere, Christian Bale, Ben Whishaw (he's the actor in Perfume: The Story Of A Murderer) and newcomer Marcus Carl Franklin.
Who's gonna be the best? (I'm not gonna include Marcus in the poll since he's a newbie).



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So did Bob Dylan go through a stage in his life where he was a long lanky middle-aged blonde British woman? If so, I think Cate Blanchett would be perfect for that part! :lol: :xoxo:

Cate's actually Australian ;)

Have you seen her done up as Dylan? She looks amazing

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i say cate!

and god sharon, don't you know that all you silly people who speak english but spell "honor" with a u and say things like "i reckon" are all the same to us? :D

I think Cate looks great as Dylan. :nod:

Sorry Carrie I forgot :distress:

And I reckon Marcus Carl Franklin is probably the most interesting: he plays plays Dylan as a boy named Woody!?

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...yes, amazingly like Laurie Anderson! She is hardly believable as Dylan.

umm...... When was dylan a young black boy..... or when was he an "I look like an old version of John Lennon"? I guess I don't get it. But I have heard about this movie and I really want to see it.

I think you're missing the whole point. A young black boy is also portraying Dylan, it's about different aspects of his persona.
Also I never said she looks amazingly like Dylan just that she looks amazing. Bale, Ledger or Gere don't look like him either, so what? :shrug:

I gotta go with Cate on every account.

Then consider me lost. :shrug: So if they are not even going for physical authenticity, why do they even bother trying to put these actors in Bob Dylan drag? I mean, this kind of casting works in opera and the theatre (where the audience has to use their imaginations), but it seems kinda lame for a film. The premise is sounding more and more like a bad NYU film student project.

I think Cate is going to be fabulous. I am not really a fan of Heath Ledger and Richard Gere, so I am not expecting much. I'm really looking forward to this movie though.

I voted Christian Bale, but it's really even between him and Cate. They're my favorite actors!

I for one think the concept is very interesting. :shrug:

This is such a bad idea for a movie. (I just pray that the offal Todd Haynes never touches Fleetwood Mac after what he did to glam, Sirk, and, now, Dylan). Only one person could play Dylan: Adam Sandler.

...Yeah. That would be great.

Physical likeness isn't everything.