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Duvall Quixote?

DateWednesday, December 2, 2009 at 9:23PM
Let's suppose you're Terry Gilliam. Probably a stretch, I know, but humor me. If you're Terry Gilliam and you really want to go back to La Mancha. Because Don Quixote is one of the most legendary figures in all of fiction, wouldn't you want to cast a real heavyweight to not only fill the shoes and help keep what was a terminated production once upon a time on the rails this time around?

Gilliam, as it happens, wants no less than Robert Duvall for The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, at least according to Duvall. The all-time great tells Collider that Gilliam has reached out to him to play the role originally intended for Jean Rochefort, who may not be Bobby Duvall, but he's still pretty damn fantastic (please watch Man on the Train). Rochefort's on-set injury was one of the reasons the film halted production a decade ago. But Duvall as as Don Quixote? I'd watch that, probably over and over again.

"(It would be) totally amazing to work with Terry Gilliam," Duvall said. "But, once again, the money. It’s so difficult to get the money. He saw me play a Cuban barber one time with Richard Harris and that’s what gave him the idea to cast me as Don Quixote."

That Cuban barber movie is Wrestling Ernest Hemingway, incidentally.

One would think that Duvall being open to the role helps secure the money. He's not a major movie star, of course, but as an actor, there aren't many that can touch him, and if Depp doesn't return in a supporting role (which would absolutely be a cash magnet), but the combination of Duvall and Gilliam would be enough to attract another major player who might be able to lock in the funds. Hell, I'd invest in it.

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