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I absolutely cannot believe...

posted 9 years ago by tedmccarron
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...that Spike Lee cast Michael Badalucco as David Berkowitz, the son of Sam killer, while using Saverio Guerra to play the bit role of Woodstock! Are you kidding me?! Baddalucco looked NOTHING like Berkowitz while Guerra looked EXACTLY like him! Why in the blue hell did Lee squander using an actor that looked just like Berkowitz on that stupid unimportant role while choosing Badalucco to play Berkowitz? It just doesn't make sense. When I saw Guerra first appear in the movie I thought for sure he was going to end up being the Son of Sam. My jaw dropped later when I realized Badalucco was instead. I'd love to ask Spike Lee himself why he did that.

[–] moosefeathers 9 years ago

Saverio Guerra doesn't look like him either.

Swing away, Merrill....Merrill, swing away...

[–] tedmccarron 9 years ago

He sure as hell does!

[–] hodie1 9 years ago

The actor who played Woodstock looked more like Berkowitz than the actor who played Berkowitz did. Neither really looks like him. He was a weird-looking dude.

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[–] CGlMDB 8 years ago

I've always thought that Berkowitz kind of resembled a young Andy Kaufman.