Will Ferrell Casts Spell Over Bewitched Casting Director?
Our newly-appointed Correspondent On Former SNL Star Mind-Control Rays files this dispatch on the casting of the upcoming Will Ferrell/Nicole Kidman update of Bewitched. According to our correspondent, Ferrell is using his newfound box-office clout to populate the movie with his friends and former co-stars [all-caps theirs]:
It's nice to be a film headliner....especially if your Christmas flick ELF made $100+ million, then you can get all your fun former co-stars and friends and boyfriends of your co-star/ friends jobs in your 2005 planned summer blockbuster.
Looks like Will Ferrell is stacking the deck in the upcoming SONY "BEWITCHED" film slated to start production September 1st in Los Angeles.
Though Nicole Kidman is the playing the big-screen witch, it is clearly a WILL FERRELL brand comedy, since Will had his ex-SNL buddy and Anchorman director Adam McKay doctor the Nora & Delia Ephron romantic comedy script to fit his co-starring goofball comedy needs.
Next, he plunked his ANCHORMAN co-stars Chris [Ed. Note—Steve.] (Daily Show) Carrell as flamer warlock "Uncle Arthur",and suggested Fred Willard as "Dr. Bombay" (despite the fact that the original tv actor Bernard Fox is waiting in wings to play his old role).
Ferrell also threw a "Gladys Kravitz" cameo to his ELF co-star Amy Sedaris, and the role of his agent to his ELF co-star Zooey Deschanel's boyfriend Jason Schwartzman. Sound cozy?
Luckily, Nora Ephron who is still the Bewitched director (on paper anyway), was able to snag Shirley MacLaine, Michael Caine and Joan Plowright without Will's assistance.
Depending on the box-office success of ANCHORMAN, we will see if Nora will keep on smiling and kissing Will's ample bottom.
Of course, this is just the opinion of our anonymous correspondent. We make no guarantees that this isn't an employee of Sony, a publicist for Will Ferrell trying to tout his Hollywood power, or a disgruntled former Bewitched cast member taking a break from counting food stamps to fire off an e-mail. We are shocked [Ed.note—Shocked!] at the insinuation that an actor would influence casting decisions.
