The Farrelly brothers' adaptation of The Three Stooges has been hit with about as many casting rumors as the upcoming, unwritten Batman sequel. Now, though, there may be proof that Sean Penn is suiting up.

Life & Style is running with a rumor that Penn is circling Larry while Johnny Depp is eyed for Moe—and while we wouldn't normally put much credence in L&S's crack Hollywood investigatory team, initially skeptical site Filmdrunk received this tip today:

I've got a source who says Billy West (famous voice actor from Futurama and Ren & Stimpy, among other things) is meeting with Sean Penn today and tomorrow to help him prep his Larry impression - so that part of the rumor is at least partially true.

West based his Stimpy voice on the Stooges' Larry and used to impersonate him on Howard Stern's show, so he's certainly a plausible coach for Penn to hire. But Larry? Really? Like, we're aware that it was Curly, not Larry, who squawked, "Nyuk-Nyuk," but we couldn't even conceive of a good Larry quote to make this post's headline.

Still, maybe it was this Peter Farrelly quote (from a 2004 New Yorker article) that wooed Penn: "Growing up, first you watched Curly, then Moe, and then your eyes got to Larry. He's the reactor, the most vulnerable. Five to fourteen, Curly; fourteen to twenty-one, Moe. Anyone out of college, if you're not looking at Larry, you don't have a good brain." All right, Peter—if you say so. Get Mickey Rourke to open up an old rivalry as Curly, and we'll take your word for it.