LARRY DAVID TO STAR IN WOODY ALLEN’S NEXT FEATURE
Have you ever exited a Woody Allen movie thinking, “Sure, that was neurotic, but was it really neurotic enough?” Apparently Allen has, as the director has cast Larry David as the lead in his next feature film. David is best known as writer/creator of Curb Your Enthusiasm and Seinfield, in the former of which he portrays a comic persona that bears more than a little resemblance to Allen’s.
David actually worked with Allen previously on Radio Days and Oedipus Wrecks (Allen’s third installment of New York Stories), but both roles were extremely minor. One fortunate effect of this casting is that while previously actors have tried to channel the Allen character’s neurotic behavior, in this case it may just come naturally.
Cast alongside David is Evan Rachel Wood (Across the Universe). Other than these two pieces of information, details about the film are still sparse, which is normal for Allen. It is known, though, that after his four years spent filming in England and Spain, this next project will reunite the director with his beloved New York City and will be a comedy. The picture is set to begin shooting in April.
While all of this info has been released about Allen’s feature for next year, a great deal of information has also leaked about his current project, Vicky Cristina Barcelona. Starring Scarlett Johansson, PenÈlope Cruz and Javier Bardem, according to The New York Post, the film contains a “steamy lesbian sex scene” between its leading ladies. The film’s stars are also said to later have a threesome in the movie, which, despite his many films based around love triangles, would also be a first for Allen. While it sounds a little bit like a fanboy’s wishful thinking, this does correspond perfectly with what Bardem told MTV about the film.
Vicky Cristina Barcelona will be released sometime later this year, with a high likelihood of premiering at Cannes in a few months.
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