May 2nd, 2009 / 11:17 pm
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Literary Doppelgangers: Brett Easton Ellis and Benicio Del Toro

Ryan Bradley tipped us off to this latest doppelganger. According to Dark Horizons, Benicio Del Toro might play Brett Easton Ellis in a movie adaptation of Lunar Park.

Is this a case of true literary doppelgangerism? Or is it just, like, movie news?

I don’t know. Brett, what do you think?

I think he’s interested just because he’s rarely offered Anglo parts. I think that’s one of the reasons it was very exciting [to him].

More at the MTV Movies Blog.

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28 Comments

  1. pr

      I hate that I smoke. It is 12:30 here-I am smoking. I just got home. But Kuz is playing my husband’s favorite- Dementieva. Also know as DEMENTED. But man she’s cute. Her thighs.
      I like Benicio. Not so much Ellis.

  2. pr

      I hate that I smoke. It is 12:30 here-I am smoking. I just got home. But Kuz is playing my husband’s favorite- Dementieva. Also know as DEMENTED. But man she’s cute. Her thighs.
      I like Benicio. Not so much Ellis.

  3. pr

      that was supposed to be a comment. Something is wrong . Sorry!

  4. pr

      that was supposed to be a comment. Something is wrong . Sorry!

  5. Nate

      I wanted to like Lunar Park…but it fell apart for me.

  6. Nate

      I wanted to like Lunar Park…but it fell apart for me.

  7. pr

      I liked Ellis when I was in my 20s. He just has not held up for me. But that is just me.

  8. pr

      I liked Ellis when I was in my 20s. He just has not held up for me. But that is just me.

  9. ryan

      del toro is an amazing actor. i’ll watch anything he’s in. i’ve never read any of ellis’ stuff though.

  10. ryan

      del toro is an amazing actor. i’ll watch anything he’s in. i’ve never read any of ellis’ stuff though.

  11. Nate

      I am in my 20s, so maybe that’s my problem pr :)

  12. Nate

      I am in my 20s, so maybe that’s my problem pr :)

  13. Brandon Hobson

      Don’t really care for Ellis, but I really like del toro.

  14. Brandon Hobson

      Don’t really care for Ellis, but I really like del toro.

  15. Josh Kleinberg

      I couldn’t take BEE seriously after Glamorama. Am I the only one? I kind of thought that would be a heftily voiced opinion here.

      I think I’m disproportionately cynical when I’m at this site.

      Less Than Zero is maybe the last book I ever read that I’d consider “formative,” though. How’s that?

      And Del Toro was awesome in Traffic.

  16. Josh Kleinberg

      I couldn’t take BEE seriously after Glamorama. Am I the only one? I kind of thought that would be a heftily voiced opinion here.

      I think I’m disproportionately cynical when I’m at this site.

      Less Than Zero is maybe the last book I ever read that I’d consider “formative,” though. How’s that?

      And Del Toro was awesome in Traffic.

  17. Nate

      Josh,

      I haven’t read Glamorama, but I haven’t heard great things about it.

      I taught Less Than Zero this semester in my ENG 101 class and it was almost unanimously hated.

  18. Nate

      Josh,

      I haven’t read Glamorama, but I haven’t heard great things about it.

      I taught Less Than Zero this semester in my ENG 101 class and it was almost unanimously hated.

  19. Jonny Ross

      Ellis can string the sentences together as good as anyone, but his character’s are as thin as the paper they’re written on, his narratives uninteresting and repetitive, his attempts at satire weak and uninspired. Not to mention his simplisitic moralizing (money is bad and people are greedy and we need to learn to open up and communicate better, or something). Lunar Park read like a mix between Augusten Burroughs and Stephen King. I imagine the movie to be about as good as the recent adaptation of The Informers, even with Dr. Gonzo, I mean Che Gue, I mean Del Toro.

  20. Jonny Ross

      Ellis can string the sentences together as good as anyone, but his character’s are as thin as the paper they’re written on, his narratives uninteresting and repetitive, his attempts at satire weak and uninspired. Not to mention his simplisitic moralizing (money is bad and people are greedy and we need to learn to open up and communicate better, or something). Lunar Park read like a mix between Augusten Burroughs and Stephen King. I imagine the movie to be about as good as the recent adaptation of The Informers, even with Dr. Gonzo, I mean Che Gue, I mean Del Toro.

  21. Pete

      Based on those two photos, del Toro doesn’t look a bit like Ellis, so the “doppelganger” claim doesn’t really stick. The Ellis photo looks more like a young Dan Ackroyd to me.

  22. Pete

      Based on those two photos, del Toro doesn’t look a bit like Ellis, so the “doppelganger” claim doesn’t really stick. The Ellis photo looks more like a young Dan Ackroyd to me.

  23. Ryan Call

      agreed. i guess you didnt fall for the cigarette trick.

  24. Ryan Call

      agreed. i guess you didnt fall for the cigarette trick.

  25. Nathan Tyree

      Glamorama kinda blew. But Less than Zero, American Psycho and Lunar Park were all good, in my opinion.

  26. Nathan Tyree

      Glamorama kinda blew. But Less than Zero, American Psycho and Lunar Park were all good, in my opinion.

  27. zachary german

      did anyone see ‘the informers’

      i guess jonny ross might have

      so it was bad?

      just wondering

  28. zachary german

      did anyone see ‘the informers’

      i guess jonny ross might have

      so it was bad?

      just wondering