What do you think about George Clooney in the role of Macbeth?

[raccoon]

I better add something else here.

[geardaddy]

1. I like George, but I don't see him as MacBeth.

[OriginalGeek]

2. same here

I guess the question is will he be doing MacBeth or will he be doing George Clooney in MacBeth clothes?


Will he put on an accent? Can he? lol

But I like him enough that I would take a look at it just to see what's up.

[geardaddy]

3. Right, I can't see him putting on an accent.

I would take a look, too, but I fear it would be like Kevin Costner's Robin Hood.

[KamaAina]

4. Well, it has to be better than Keanu Reeves' Hamlet

In the words of a Toronto reviwer: "Mr. Reeves said all the words in the correct order." :rofl:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. I think he'd be GREAT.

He has considerable range...

He's a better actor than Mel Gibson, and Mel did a very creditable Hamlet...

:shrug:

[trof]

6. Not much.

But, who knows?
Worse things have happened.

[dimbear]

7. The drama centers around the idea that women can convince you to do anything.

Maybe should go Charlie Sheen.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

8. interesting. kind of against type. could work though. star power would attract

a new generation to Shakespeare.

[Aristus]

9. He's too old.

Someone pointed out that for years, the Macbeths were portrayed by menopausal women & geriatric men. The play really makes little sense if your main characters are too old to be ambitious.

Someone reviewing Roman Polanski's "Macbeth" expressed satisfaction on two counts; first, for having a sexy, attractive Lady Macbeth in Francesca Annis, someone you could believe would be able to seduce a man into murder; second, for casting two younger actors for the main roles, so that one could believe their greed and lust for upward mobility.

George Clooney is an enormously appealing actor, and even a straight guy like me can see that he is very, very handsome. But age-wise, he's past the part. I'm sure he'll do well, though.

[nolabear]

10. I'm with you. So he's actually doing it? He's way too ironic.

Macbeth was anything but.