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It was announced earlier today that Michael Cera is in final negotiations to play Scott Pilgrim in the film adaptation of Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life, the hit comic by ex-Torontonian Bryan Lee O'Malley. Not that anyone should be particularly surprised by the casting choice: Cera is pretty much Hollywood's go-to guy for likable underdog characters nowadays.
The first volume of the Scott Pilgrim comics series has been in talks with Universal since 2005, with Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz) slated to direct. Now that Wright has found his Scott, all we want to know is: who will be playing Ramona Flowers?
Hat tip to Ain't It Cool News. Image courtesy of Brian Lee O'Malley and Radar. Edits by Karen Whaley.
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I'm looking forward to this film sooooooooooo much. Cera seems like a pretty good choice now who to play Ms. Flowers?
but the BIG question is WILL IT TAKE PLACE IN TORONTO?! Or will they just shoot it in Toronto and pretend it's new york? or Buffalo if they want to make it "indie".
I'm worried.
Considering Edgar Wright is officially not evil, Bryan Lee O'Malley seems to be involved, and they've all been in town a lot, I can't see how it couldn't take place in Toronto.
I'd be really surprised if it wasn't filmed in Toronto. But if they actually go through the effort to shoot in the Annex, New Gen Sushi, Lee's Palace, etc,...it will be INSANE.
Maybe they'll do an open call for extras!?
I'm so utterly, utterly torn. I love Scott Pilgrim. I love Michael Cera. But I just can't see them as the same person. If he was negotiating to play Young Neil, absolutely, but Scott? Really? This is by no means a deal breaker for me, though. I'm still gonna see the movie.
I hope they film it in my neighborhood!
Good god, if they need extras I'll be there. I love the SP series and I've been following Mal's work since he was part of Maison Otaku and was still finding a style (Winged Misa, looking at you).
(Romana Flowers? Who else but Ellen Page?)
I really liked the Scott Pilgrim books but I don't see how they can translate to film. I think that most of the humor and style will go right out the window in a live action translation. The fun outer layer of O'Malley's animation style will disappear and it we'll just have a story about a guy in Toronto who has funny encounters. Also, I don't necessarily agree with the Michael Cera casting. I think he's really funny and I loved arrested development and superbad but I just don't think he's the type of Scott I'm looking for. Let's see who they cast as Ramona.
I believe I was the last person on earth to find out that Michael Cera is from Brampton.
To think that meeting him (and planning our very Italian wedding) is only an $8 GO Train ride away!
A cartoon would've been so much better... but we'll have to wait and see if this live-action will fit the bill.
Oh crap it's a live action version?! UGHHH. I thought Cera was doing the voice acting... boooo.
"(Romana Flowers? Who else but Ellen Page?)"
Likely won't happen. She's quite, quite skinny, and Brian Lee O'Malley has stated that Ramona has meat on her bones.
Actors can gain weight for their roles. Or, more likely, that detail would be negotiated away.
I don't think that you guys could possibly understand how excited I am for this. I have loved Micheal Cera since before it was cool to love him...
Although I should probably specify that it's a respect for his acting love as opposed to a I want to marry that kid someday love - what's with that anyways? Dude's kinda scrawny and funny looking - maybe I'm just too old?
Anyway, I think he'll make an excellent Scott Pilgrim. Ellen Page would probably make an even better Ramona - and it would be nice to see those two actually interact a bit more (since they didn't actually show up on the same screen at the same time all that much in Juno).
Hrmm. You know, I don't think it is that I'm too old, cause I would totally marry Ellen Page, and I don't even swing that way.
I was hoping David Topping would play Scott Pilgrim.
I dunno, I don't really get a Scott Pilgrim feeling from Cera. Scott strikes me as a little more handsome and a tiny bit more naturally cool than Cera. Not so skinny loser-ish dude.
Also I would like to take this opportunity to say book four sucked ass.
I don't see Cera as Scott, either -- Scott's a bit of a dork, but he's a dynamic personality at heart, with the rock singing and the martial-arts battling and the absurd self-confidence to live his life the way he's living it.
Cera's just not that guy; his thing is standing awkwardly in the middle of scenes and muttering the occasional barbed observation -- which works really well for him, mind you -- but I've yet to see him take control of a scene the way Scott needs to. Well, except for the "These Eyes" moment in "Superbad", but even there he's playing off the tweakers around him.
That said, I have no idea who I'd cast as Scott Pilgrim right now, besides Neil Patrick Harris under a ton of makeup. He's got the energy, and we already know he can sing ...
Book 4 had lesbians fighting in subspace, it didn't suck ass.