From the Wrap back in August, when this had a post-Christmas 2014 shoot date:
I imagined that the character Toby would be a little older than Jack O'Connell by at least 5 years (especially due to Gilliam's quote, “Our main character actually made a Don Quixote movie a lot earlier in his history”.) I imagined someone like Bryan Cranston in the role, or at least Benedict Cumberbatch. I guess they'll tweak the script to reflect O'Connell's age, or make him seem older. Does anyone know if he's supposed to play an actor or the director (or screenwriter) of this film-within-the-film? I guess he could be an Orson Welles-like wunderkind (which would add another interesting wrinkle).
Quote:“Our main character actually made a Don Quixote movie a lot earlier in his history,” Gilliam revealed, “and the effect it had on many people wasn't very nice. Some people go mad, some people turn to drink, some people become whores.”
I imagined that the character Toby would be a little older than Jack O'Connell by at least 5 years (especially due to Gilliam's quote, “Our main character actually made a Don Quixote movie a lot earlier in his history”.) I imagined someone like Bryan Cranston in the role, or at least Benedict Cumberbatch. I guess they'll tweak the script to reflect O'Connell's age, or make him seem older. Does anyone know if he's supposed to play an actor or the director (or screenwriter) of this film-within-the-film? I guess he could be an Orson Welles-like wunderkind (which would add another interesting wrinkle).