Robert Downey Jr. seems to be a man of many hats — or iron alloy superarmors. But some news running around the blogosphere is that the titular Iron Man and Sherlock Holmes is also in talks to play…
…The Vampire Lestat?
Girl Geek Diva has some amusing thoughts about all this — here’s the highlight:
If it’s option A, then someone please help me talk Mr. Downey out of this idea? Look, let’s be honest. You’re not right for Lestat. Not in age or physical appearance. You’re a phenomenal actor but there’s something to be said for knowing when you’re just not right for a role. Marius? Maybe. David Talbot? That would be hot. But really now, Lestat? Lestat was a hot blond “in his 20s”. You’re 44 years old and, while I think you’re sexy and I’d let you bite my neck…well, yeah.
If it’s B, then someone needs to whap Universal right up the head and explain to them that it’s not nice to tease the Vampire Chronicles fans. Trust me. We’ve been messed with enough. Between the odd “did we cast Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise backwards?” casting in Interview With The Vampire and some of the wretched acting in Queen of the Damned (I’ll even admit to liking this movie and Stuart Townsend as Lestat and I watch it with guilty pleasure, but we all know some of the acting in it blew bloody chunks) we’ve been teased with reboots and restarts and hopes of someone “getting it right already!”
Well, it ain’t Cowboy Ninja Viking, but if this is true, Downey is certainly trying to shoot for the stars with three different franchises. I personally think the next character the increasingly overexposed Downey should play next is Wolverine. When Downey appears with the Avengers, X-Men, X-Force and have his own crazy solo adventures, the movie can be totally meta!
August 20th, 2009 at 1:02 pm
Iron Detective Vampire sounds like a character that would be in DC’s The Great Ten.
August 21st, 2009 at 6:30 am
I got to say me being a big fan of Stuart Townsend i prefer him as Lestat that is where i first fell for the man and he will always be Lestat in my eyes and Anne Rice prefered him too,so maybe someone should ask the lady who wrote the novels who she would prefer. Robert i do like as an actor but he will not be right for this part at all he is too small (like cruise who i did not likeat all as Lestat)and very dark haired as i know Stuart is, but long hair no sTUART SUITS long hair ROBERT DOES NOT.
That my opinion anyway