Will De Niro Make A Good Lombardi?
Word on the street is Robert De Niro will be playing former Green Bay Packers coach Vince Lombardi in a new a movie: LOMBARDI.
Bristol, Conn. (AP) —Robert De Niro is set to play Vince Lombardi in an upcoming movie.
ESPN announced Tuesday that the Academy Award-winning actor has agreed to play the Hall of Fame coach in the film it is developing with Andell Entertainment and the NFL.
“Lombardi” will chronicle the years in which he transformed the Green Bay Packers from the NFL’s worst team to league champions. It is tentatively scheduled to be released in 2012 during the weekend between the conference championship games and the Super Bowl.
Screenwriter Eric Roth, who won an Oscar for “Forrest Gump,” has also signed on to the project. De Niro’s Tribeca Productions will join the producing group. A director has yet to be chosen.
Our perception:
- They’re making a Lombardi movie = AWESOME
- Jack Byrnes is playing Lombardi = NOT AMUSED
He’s played the lead role so many times and has been extremely successful, but is De Niro really the best choice?
What about…
Clooney? Too soft.
Rip Torn? Too awkward.
Al Pacino? Too tiny.
Ben Alfleck? HA!
Robert Redford? Perhaps.
Ray Liotta? Dye his hair gray and maybe.
Is there no one else?
