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[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 105 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Weinstein also threatened to replace Jackson with Quentin Tarantino or John Madden

Hahahahahahaha can you imagine

[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 79 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Lots of close-ups on hairy hobbit feet.

[–] shittydwarf@sh.itjust.works 49 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Arwen stepping on an orc's balls, with the orc played by Quentin Tarantino of course

[–] Windex007@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

And Arwen played by Uma Thurman

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 4 points 2 months ago

wouldnt she be eowyn.

[–] terranoid@lemmy.cafe 17 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Samuel L Jackson as Gollum, Buscemi as the Mouth of Sauron

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

Buscemi would have been a legit excellent Wormtongue or Denethor.

Boardwalk Empire really sold me on his range as an actor.

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 2 months ago

Y'know... I'd watch that

[–] the_mighty_kracken@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

You're out of your depth, Wormtongue!

[–] TastyWheat@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

This made me think of what Gilbert Gottfried would have been like as the Mouth of Sauron

[–] tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

You know it’s be Galadriel or Arwen.

Also, he’d definitely cast himself as the guy who calls the orcs the n-word 17 times.

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 months ago

I really wanted a Tom Bombadil taking off his boots scene.

Then we could have a scene of Goldberry sloshing through a muddy stream with her feet, in front of a grunting old man willow.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] cmbabul@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 months ago

Ok I would watch this, it would be terrible on the best possible way

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

John Madden

...the handegg guy? 🤔

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 months ago

Not a much better fit tbh 😄