Edward Norton could have played Dickie
Just watch Rounders and use a little imagination
shareActually you have a point here.
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shareI believe Edward Norton could do it.
shareEdward Norton could play a lot of characters. He's a superb talent but his off camera attitude and baggage ruins it for him and shelves that great talent.
shareWhat off camera attitude does everyone seem to think Ed Norton has? Apart from his departure from Avengers, which seems to me to have been blown WAY out of proportion, he hasn't had any kind of incidents or anyone saying anything nasty about him in his entire career. Besides, it seems to me that the whole avengers thing was more between Marvel and Louis Leterrier than it was between Norton and Marvel. And he was very gracious and polite in his response towards Kevin Feige's very low and immature comments IMO
shareActually, there was supposedly an incident (with American History X, I think) where he eventually ended up editing the final movie because he disagreed with Tony Kaye on the direction the movie should be taken. I'll try and find a link to the article.
shareThe incident with AHX was really the director being the problem. Norton was actually trying to save the film's integrity. If you like the movie the way it is you can thank him more than the director who wanted to cut many great scenes because they were too much. He was given some creative control by the studio so it was all in his bounds to do so. The studio agreed with him so the director got pissy leading to him wanting his name removed from the film.
shareI've heard he has a real attitude problem on set , with EVERYBODY
shareCould Norton have played the part, absolutely, he is that good of an actor. BUT, and of course you knew a BUT was coming, there is no chance in bloody hell could he have played him better than Bale. Bale was spot on magnificant, nobody could have done a better job and that includes Edward Norton..
shareIf Christian Bale hadn't done it, Edward would have been a good alternative.
And I agree with rupertpupkin702. The whole thing about him being a primadonna or whatever, seems to be nothing but bloated rumors. And the thing about American History X.. it wasn't just Norton who agreed with the director's vision, but in fact the entire studio, and I think they asked him, if he would supervise the edit.
So?
shareHe definitely could, but Bale was outstanding, it's hard to imagine anyone doing it better.
shareThis is a Joke post right??
shareNo way, Edward Norton sucks, Bale owned this role.
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