How about this for perfect casting: EW. Read the full post.
Apr 2
2008
10:01 PM ET
Matthew McConaughey offered 'Magnum P.I.'
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I agree with Theresa, just use TOM SELLECK!
Either use the original cast or I won’t see it at all. I cannot picture the stoned gay bongo player as Magnum. Another stupid idea from people who think they need to recast Snake Plissken with someone other than Kurt Russell.
I don’t know what all youpeople are talking about. Intelligence and charm? Besides CLooney, who might actually be even better for the role (he already has chest hair), McConaughey is pretty damn good. And since we know Clooney wouldn’t go anywhere near this, and McC’s movies have not exactly been hits at the BO (Lost & Found anyone?), this might just be the right move for everyone. Dodgeball could’ve been so much better if Vince Vaughn hadn’t phoned in his performance, and as a former buddy of Rawson’s from college, I hope this does very well for him. But all the “Selleck IS Magnum” talk has got to go. The man is over 60, shills for the NRA and does westerns (LV was cancelled after his first season on it). Selleck IS Charleton Heston now, without the dementia. Would anyone want to see Heston in a remake of Planet of the Apes now? I don’t think so. Get over it people.
Yes, McConaughy can act if he’s got a good script. But if they’re going to turn Magnum into a shirtless, brawny womanizer, I won’t be putting down $$ to see it. If the script is good, then I think McCon could pull it off. But I still think Selleck could do it. Problem is, Selleck hasn’t got the celebrity clout this guy has right now. MM can ‘bring it’ at the box-office.
I think I was just young enough to be repulsed (if not a little leery of) the the man with the nasty moustache and the short-shorts. I remember wondering what the heck my babysitter saw in that icky old guy. Selleck was much better looking on “Friends”. The Magnum show bored me to tears. I remember questioning the neckerchief on Rick. I recognized terrible acting even as an 8 year old. Sorry to poop in the punch bowl, folks. I think McConaughey is a SLAMMIN choice. And I would by tix. So there!
Selleck has been playing a cop on tv for the past several years, before that a lawyer and other guest spots. He hasn’t done a western since 2003. And what has the NRA got to do with anything? You sound like a crazed Rosie O’Donnell. As I said before, if Harrison Ford (who’s older than Tom ) can pull off Indy, then why all the negativity for Selleck. Age has no bearing on this.
I think you’re the one with dementia.
NO NO NO!!!!
Tom Selleck is Magnum!!!
And I do not care how old he is, he is still HOT!!!
Okay but “Failure To Launch” is like girl-friendly porn. Check it out ladies! And there’s even almost 2 whole scenes (watching TV w/his lazy friends, in the car mad at SJP) where he’s trying and it’s awesome. This is the best TV-show-recycled-as-bad-movie casting in quite some time. Talking to you, Stiffler.
Well. They are both the hottest men on the planet, but I think that’s were their similarities end. I just can’t see Matt as the ultra-cool Magnum PI, but I would love to see a movie version of it. I think I would probably want to see it even more if the original guy was involved somehow.
Out of curiousity, I IMDB’d Selleck. He was offered a cameo in it and turned it down. He had this to say:
“I tell you what worries me – because I love Magnum and we have loyal fans – is they take these TV show titles, and they buy them and they spend $100 million on special effects, and then they make fun of them and trivialize it. Then they try and get the actor who used to be in it to do some ridiculous cameo to prove to the audience that it’s OK. And I will not do that.”
Excellent! Tom must have seen Starsky and Hutch.
Well done, Mr. Selleck.
Who else out there could really play this role? If they’re gonna mae a movie out of a great show like Magnum, might as well get someone who could fit the type!
And I agree with Mel, Matthew definitely needs to stop with the chest waxing if he’s gonna play Magnum!
There’s something about Matthew McConaughey. He’s handsome and charming, but falls flat on screen for some reason. And he’s not nearly hairy enough to play Magnum. This movie is a bad idea.
Nothing against Matt…just look at that picture of him! What a hottie. But I plan on going to see the new Indy movie because it has the real Indy in it. I would go see the Magnum movie if it had the real guy in it too. No offense to Matt, but when you think of Magnum, don’t you just see Selleck? Some roles weren’t meant to copy. I think Magnum is one of them.
Wow. McConaughey would have some big shoes to fill I think. But I guess it could work. I can understand them wanting to introduce Magnum to a new audience. He was the coolest. I just wouldn’t want to be McConaughey and try to fill Selleck’s shoes, but I wish him luck if he decides to do it.