I said back in June that
Paul Giamatti was the best actor to replace Sean Penn when he dropped out of playing Larry in the
Farrelly Brothers comedy
The Three Stooges, and today I'm happy to say that Hollywood agrees with me! Peter Farrelly has revealed Giamatti's casting to
The Boston Globe, but also mentions that they have lost
Jim Carrey, who has decided against playing Curly
despite putting on at least 50 pounds for the part. The drop-out once again leaves MGM a man short for the slapstick comedy, with
Benicio Del Toro as Moe, now the only guy who was with this project from the beginning. Now personally, if your a skinny guy like Jim Carrey and you commit yourself into putting on a load of pounds for a movie role, only to then drop out before filming is to begin - it must be because you are starting to have MAJOR doubts over how this project was coming together. A Farrelly Brothers adaptation of
The Three Stooges has been troubled with production problems for years now and having recently pulled off a miracle of getting three well known and well liked actors attached, the challenge now is to keep them all happy and together - and so far they are failing. Not a good sign... is a Del Toro bail imminent?