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Monday Feb 14, 2005
Natalie Portman, LIt-Girl
Michael Chabon, on the (possible) casting of Kavalier & Clay:
About a month ago there was a very brief buzzing, as of a fruit fly, around the film version of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay. It was a casting-buzz. It went like this: Tobey Maguire as Sam Clay. Jamie Bell as Joe Kavalier. Natalie Portman as Rosa Saks. It buzzed very seriously for about eleven minutes. Then it went away. My reaction (since you asked): Natalie Portman: perfect. Tobey Maguire: interesting choice, like to see it. Jamie Bell: isn't he, like, 15?18. But, for whatever reason, his managers count in dog years.
More interesting is Chabon's response to Portman, evidently on her way to becoming the young & Jewish Nicole Kidman -- i.e. the "adaptation" actress.
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