April 04, 2005
Guy Ritchie cuts Madonna from Revolver
Guy Ritchie has some big man bags because it seems as though he's cut Madonna out of his new movie Revolver. Well done Ritchie, you might just have saved the movie...well...
The music star flew to England's Isle of Man last November to film her appearance in Guy Ritchie's "Revolver" - but has failed to make the final edit. A source says, "Perhaps Guy did not want Madonna's kiss of death on his latest movie, or perhaps he just decided the scene wasn't quite right, but either way Madonna does not make the final cut...She did fly to the Isle of Man and spent a lot of time on the set."
That from Dark Horizons, however Todd down at Twitch has an excellent reminder of how much it took to persuade him.
...it took the massive failure of Swept Away and distributors world wide flat out refusing to touch Revolver...but Guy Ritchie has finally realized that casting Madonna in his films is the kiss of death. Thus, no more Madonna in Revolver. Now will somebody just go ahead and put this out, please? Statham and Liotta on screen together is far too good to pass up ...
Well said Todd. Totally agree. Still, you think Ritchie's going to get a few long cold silences for the next few months.
What do you think, is it a good move to dump Madonna, or has she been given a raw deal to date? I know where I'm putting my money on! Can this movie be saved just by cutting Madonna?
Posted by at April 4, 2005 12:43 PM
Comments
Posted by: Meli at April 4, 2005 01:13 PM
Good move, but I'm don't get the general cold shoulder he gets. I though snatch and lock Stock... were solid films.
Posted by: s in g at April 4, 2005 06:23 PM
What's that saying? Don't shit where you fuck? Don't eat where you piss? Anyway, whatever it is, it seems to apply here with Mr. Madonna Ritchie.
Posted by: Franklin at April 4, 2005 08:31 PM
With the success of Layer Cake in the UK there's been a lot of talk about how much influence Matthew Vaughn had in those first two Ritchie films and their much publicized bust up seems to have something to do with the distribs being leery as well ... the fact that Vaughn is having major projects thrown at him while Ritchie can't even find a distro deal for something he largely paid for out of his own pocket certainly says something ...
I enjoy Snatch but on the whole I find it to be a much inferior rehash of Lock Stock and the 'official' reason people have been passing on Revolver is that it goes even further that way ... no new ideas, less style. I really hope that's not true, though ... Statham and Liotta together are pretty much a dream cast for this sort of thing as far as I'm concerned ...
Posted by: Todd at April 4, 2005 08:45 PM
The only role I can really think of that Madonna has been in that is a movie I've seen several times is A League of Their Own. It seemed her character wasn't that far of a stretch for her to play either, so maybe that is why it was a good performance.
To be quite frank, casting Madonna in his films makes it look like he is her bitch. And it really, really, REALLY tarnished his career. Hopefully Revolver is his saving point and thank the heavens that she has been cut.
Posted by: Jen at April 4, 2005 09:47 PM
Jen,
Yeah, Ritchie's public image has been emasculated since marrying Madonna and casting her in his own films. His dick and balls are tightly bound in red string.
Posted by: Franklin at April 4, 2005 10:15 PM
I don't think anyone can say the movie will be saved because he cut Madonna (okay, some can and will say that). My opinion is - Thank God he cut her out! Madonna as an actress is joke and I can only pray that people will continue to keep her out of films.