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Post by Clouseau on Dec 15, 2006 0:26:59 GMT
personally, i'd rather not even think about the possibility of what would happen... i've been a Steve Martin fan for years upon years, and i know he's 60, but he still looks okay to me, and i just don't want to imagine the world without him right now... and i was glad he didn't dye his hair... i admit he doesn't look anything like Sellers' Clouseau - even the mustache is distinctly different - but again that goes back to the imitation bit for me, and i wonder, as much as people already try to compare him to Sellers in the role, wouldn't it be that much worse if people thought he was "trying to look like Peter Sellers" in addition to everything else?? that's all i can think...
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Post by Dreyfus on Dec 15, 2006 21:13:08 GMT
I think we'll probably get 2 or 3 more Martin Panther films, then I'm pretty sure that will be the end of it. I don't think there will be another Clouseau after he has left the role.
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Post by thecolonel93 on Dec 17, 2006 17:28:11 GMT
While I agree three Martin films will likely be the maximum number, I honestly suspect they will attempt to find a new Clouseau after resting the series for a decade or so. The franchise means too much for MGM and Sony to throw away especially since they have yet to re-establish the cartoon series which is surely in their plans. If the untitled Martin sequel is a success, they will likely push for a third one for 2009 or 2010 and either an animated feature or a new cartoon series. I would also suspect a revival for the animated Inspector is on the backburner. MGM On Stage's plans for Broadway adaptations will likely get off the ground in the next decade as well. It is all part of how a franchise is leveraged in today's market. The role is certainly harder to replace than James Bond or Tarzan, but after Mr. Martin's success, I don't think anyone will ever be tempted to try to reintroduce the series with a new character in the mold of Clifton Sleigh or Officer Gambrelli.
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Post by ben on Dec 19, 2006 2:30:32 GMT
I'm sure there could be people who'd be able to impersonate Sellers / Clouseau, but in the end that's all they will be. Impersonations. Sure, Steve Martin is a sound actor in his own right and he did a good job interpreting Clouseau as his own, but the truth is Clouseau is, for lack of a better word, sacred. They can rework and reinterpret Clouseau as much as they like and I'm sure a good performance could be turned out but at the end of the day the only Clouseau is Peter Sellers. Roger Moore's Clouseau was a great performance, but for its own, completely different reasons. Roger Moore's Clouseau was Roger Moore being Inspector Clouseau being James Bond being Inspector Clouseau or something like that, yknow what I mean? It wasn't Peter Sellers. That's the best way I can put it.
I feel they had a good idea going with Clifton Sleigh, even if the storyline was a bit weak. Personally, I love "Son of the Pink Panther". I watch that just as much as the old classics. What do I like about it? I feel Roberto Benigni took the spirit and inspiration of Peter Sellers/Clouseau, and based that on his own character that come across as alot more natural, if that makes sense. Sure it didn't have a strong storyline and consistency but it was a great job and I enjoy that movie alot. They should have kept going like that. Just like with Indiana Jones, I know it might be a bad comparison but with Indiana Jones for instance; you had the main indiana jones movies with Harrison ford etc, but they had the 'young indiana jones' series based on the movies, which didn't necessarily have any connection to the movies or central characters or any sort of ongoing storyline or anything like that, but was popular in its own right as a spinoff.
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Post by The Phantom on Feb 21, 2007 19:38:30 GMT
when i heard bout Steve Martin i said to myself... why not Martin Short?! but even better so... i wish Mike Myers never left the picture.
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Post by Clouseau on Mar 3, 2007 9:59:58 GMT
i don't think i could ever imagine Short or Myers as Clouseau... both ideas seem a bit strange to me... maybe Short seems semi-workable, but with Myers, i think i'd just be too afraid it would end up like another Austin Powers movie........
i dunno...
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Post by Dreyfus on Mar 3, 2007 19:02:45 GMT
I'm more interested to see what Kevin Spacey would be like as Clouseau or what Jackie Chan would have been like as Cato.
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Post by Clouseau on Mar 4, 2007 5:00:48 GMT
Jackie Chan as Cato did sound interesting... Kevin Spacey as Clouseau, though, just sounded weird to me...
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Post by fargus on Apr 14, 2008 0:17:37 GMT
What about Steve Carell as Clouseau?
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Post by Clouseau on Apr 14, 2008 5:55:30 GMT
What about Steve Carell as Clouseau? well i was watching an episode of Get Smart earlier, and i happened to think that Don Adams might've been funny as Clouseau, if he could do the accent - of course, Get Smart was partially based on the Panther films, anyway - so if Carell can play Smart convincingly, then i dunno........ no, i don't think i'd care to see Carell as Clouseau... i'd be more likely to let Bruce Campbell give it a shot before i gave it over to Carell... i wasn't sold on Campbell, either, until i saw his Spider-man 3 cameo...
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Post by Dreyfus on Apr 28, 2008 13:34:05 GMT
I like Bruce Campbell as an actor but I don't know why, I get the impression he's really in love with himself and a bit arrogant. I actually think Kevin Kline would have been a good Clouseau.
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Post by pinkadilly on May 3, 2008 20:48:56 GMT
i cant picture kevin cline doing clouseau either.
i really dont know WHO would be a good pick.
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Post by brandon on May 7, 2008 17:51:03 GMT
Although he is a bit too old now, British comedian John Sessions MIGHT be able to pull of a good Clouseau.
And perhaps Stephen Fry as Sir Charles Lytton.
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Post by bigsupercop4444444 on Jun 9, 2013 0:31:58 GMT
STEVE MARTIN SHOULD PLAY CLOUSEAU. STEVE MARTIN ROCKS!
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