Tuesday
23Sep2008
John Turturro Wants a Bigger 'Lebowski'
Tuesday, September 23, 2008 at 5:42AM
Riding higher than ever thanks to Oscar wins and an
instant hit in
Burn After Reading, would the
Coen
Brothers
ever make a sequel? A couple of their movies could open themselves up for that.
Raising Arizona could have some merit - you know, if we're just
spitballing here - and hell, they tried to make Fargo into a TV show of some kind.
Remember that?
ESPN: If the Coen brothers made a baseball movie, would it be better than the bowling movie? Turturro: The Big Lebowski was a great movie. We hope to make a sequel. I can't talk about it, but it comes down to Jesus in the jumpsuit.
Added ESPN, "Coming up on SportsCenter, we'll massage Brett Favre's prostate with our praise. Booyah!"
MTV did a little digging on the subject, too, asking co-stars Philip Seymour Hoffman and Julianne Moore their thoughts on a follow-up. "That’s just like a sick thought, isn’t it?" Hoffman retorted. Moore believes her character, The Dude's sex-driven Maude, would be prime for a comeback. "I think she has a role in everybody’s universe...Maude abides too!" Whether or not it's a Coen-endorsed sequel or just a spin-off for the maniacal Jesus Quintana, Moore gives her blessing to Turturro. "He should! What a great character," she said. "He’s incredibly powerful."
Reader Comments (1)
I think everyone would like to see a sequel of the Big Lebowski.
A sequel would probably go against the grain of the Coens' working method. To me it seems that their work consists of a channeling of a creative flow of characters and stories. It's almost like they don't invent their films. Instead their films present themselves to them.
To force a sequel to the Big Lebowski, without it coming naturally, would probably result in a really bad movie.
As much as I appreciate the Big Lebowski, I would prefer to see something original, the film that the Coens most of all want to make at the moment.