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Daniel Radcliffe Interested In Playing The 'Hunchback' In FRANKENSTEIN

Apparently the Harry Potter actor is interested in playing the "lead role" of 'Hunchback' in Fox's planned adaptation of Mary Shelly's classic tale. The report also gives us a few hints of what to expect from Max Landis' script for the movie..

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By Mark "RorMachine" Cassidy - 9/27/2012


According to The Wrap, Harry Potter himself is interested in playing the "lead role of Hunchback" in Lucky Number Slevin director Paul McGuigan’s revisionist take on Frankenstein, which is currently in development at 20th Century Fox. They don't provide any more info on that, but do reveal a few tidbits about Chronicle scribe Max Landis' script. The fact that the Hunchback is described as the lead role is very interesting. They may just mean a lead role, however all signs point to this being a very different take on the story than we are used to, so who knows. The character is described as "pathologically dirty and dressed in old clowns clothing". Intrigued? You should be after this - the site also reveal that this will "put a sci-fi take on this classic story about a creature produced through a scientific experiment.". And here we were expecting a classic version! What do you guys make of this, and the potential casting of Radcliffe?







Source: The Wrap
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MarkJulian - 9/27/2012, 2:25 PM
The hunchback is a lead in a Frankenstein movie? Not the monster or Dr. Frankenstein?
superotherside - 9/27/2012, 2:25 PM
He's a good actor, so I guess I wouldn't mind.
superotherside - 9/27/2012, 2:28 PM
Yeah, but at the same time I feel, like MarkJulian, because isn't it a little weird the hunchback the lead role? But oh well, guess I'll see how it turns out.
ImaNerd - 9/27/2012, 2:29 PM
"walk this way" haha seeing this post reminded me of young Frankenstein
DarthMauve - 9/27/2012, 2:38 PM

@superotherside
"He's a good actor, so I guess I wouldn't mind"

Wait... what? when did that happen? :)
teabag - 9/27/2012, 2:43 PM
Hunchback is the wrong body part for him...bellend maybe :)
Rowsdower - 9/27/2012, 2:55 PM
Is "the hunchback" (Igor?} even in the novel?
rockerdude22 - 9/27/2012, 3:08 PM
@Rowsdower No, he isn't. The hunchback assistant (or Igor or, if we're talking the Boris Karloff version, Fritz) was a character created for the movies. He never appeared in Mary Shelley's original story.
Ha1frican - 9/27/2012, 3:08 PM
I've always like the idea of him as young Charles Xavier. Anyone else?
Ha1frican - 9/27/2012, 3:11 PM
I think at this point Igor (or whatever they call him) has become so iconic it doesnt matter that he isn't in the novel.
TrueRedBlue - 9/27/2012, 3:14 PM
I'm pretty sure he's interested in just about anything. Ever since Harry Potter ended, nobody really cares about him anymore. He's just trying his hardest to stay relevant :/
JokerFanHAhaHA - 9/27/2012, 3:27 PM
@TrueRedBlue
That is one of the stupidest things I've ever heard. He does theater AND film, he's not trying to be relevant, he's just voicing his interest in an interesting role.
OptimisticPrime - 9/27/2012, 3:31 PM
"What hump?" Could be good.
DioFoRio - 9/27/2012, 3:40 PM
what's that Eyegore CG pic from?
DioFoRio - 9/27/2012, 3:41 PM
He can't play Igor He was already another character in a movie. CBM logic? he should play one of the monsters body parts
DioFoRio - 9/27/2012, 3:43 PM
Lil' Landis said in an interview one time that the flick would be told through Igor's eyes
THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 9/27/2012, 4:46 PM
Not gonna lie, he kinda does look like the photo used above.
JULEZ13 - 9/27/2012, 4:56 PM
Oh wow! He's small and a little creepy looking... He's actually PERFECT to play Igor! They should give it to him!
TheDudeRises - 9/27/2012, 5:33 PM
He would be perfect with his tiny face and disproportionate baby arms
lokibane2012 - 9/27/2012, 5:44 PM
No. He is not a 'great' actor.

He is a below average actor.
BuckyCap - 9/27/2012, 6:34 PM
My absolute favorite part of Young Frankenstein:
FlixMentallo21 - 9/27/2012, 6:46 PM
Makes me wonder--will the hunchback's name be Igor or Fritz?
AlexDeLarge87 - 9/28/2012, 12:03 AM
Gotta love Marty Feldman. ;)
Tevii - 9/28/2012, 12:13 AM
"lead role of Hunchback" in Lucky Number Slevin director Paul McGuigan’s revisionist take on Frankenstein'

Im confused by this statement. In this new take are you saying Igor is the lead character and not Frankenstein and not his monster???
SpideyQuad - 9/28/2012, 7:06 AM
@BuckyCap

My favorite parts were any Teri Garr were in. I love her!
plasticman - 9/28/2012, 7:07 AM
No! You will play Harry Potter and that alone. End of story! The deal with the devil that you signed does not include revamping Frankenstein for the 100th time.
JohnnyTorch - 10/1/2012, 5:33 PM
Well they have to make it their own of course, it's FOX! Its like its mentally and physically impossible to do anything true to the source material. .

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