Gay cowboy to play Joe Namath in Hollywood movie!

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Joe Namath was larger than life. He was a highly-touted high school prospect who starred for Bear Bryant at Alabama, took New York City by storm and led the New York Jets of the upstart AFL to a Super Bowl victory he had brashly guaranteed.

Sounds like a good idea for a movie.

Good enough that Universal Studios will make a movie about the Hall of Fame quarterback, with Jake Gyllenhaal playing Broadway Joe, according to reports.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3131759

 

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wow...who will play bear. charles nelson riley?

 

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Jake Gyllenhal seems like a good choice to me. I can see the physical resemblance.

Jake of course is not a gay cowboy. He is an actor. I personally have nothing against gays so it wouldn't matter to me regardless. But I am getting a tone of homophobic disapproval from this thread so far.

If movies casting for macho characters ruled out everyone who had ever played a gay role, they would sure limit their options.

A few examples of actors who have played gay (and also macho) roles: Val Kilmer, Heath Ledger, Ewan McGregor, Russell Crowe, Tom Hanks, Antonio Banderas, Kevin Kline, Colin Farrel, Guy Pearce, Clive Owen, Al Pacino.

I'm sure there are a ton more.

 

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Groucho said:

Jake Gyllenhal seems like a good choice to me. I can see the physical resemblance.

Jake of course is not a gay cowboy. He is an actor. I personally have nothing against gays so it wouldn't matter to me regardless. But I am getting a tone of homophobic disapproval from this thread so far.

If movies casting for macho characters ruled out everyone who had ever played a gay role, they would sure limit their options.

A few examples of actors who have played gay (and also macho) roles: Val Kilmer, Heath Ledger, Ewan McGregor, Russell Crowe, Tom Hanks, Antonio Banderas, Kevin Kline, Colin Farrel, Guy Pearce, Clive Owen, Al Pacino.

I'm sure there are a ton more.

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All of the above, definitely gay.

 

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Also, I may be extremely sarcastic with both the thread title and my last response. I may be.

 

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jakethompson said:

All of the above, definitely gay.

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Dammit! Beat me to it!

 

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No matter what his preference no doubt he will play a better Namath than Joe did on any of his characters in his ill fated attempt at acting.

 

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I can't stand Jake Gyllenhaal or his sister.

 

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gynecologist said:

I can't stand Jake Gyllenhaal or his sister.

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His sister is smokin hot in the movie "Stranger Than Fiction". ope: