Run This Town -- S: Platt, Dobrev, Lewis, Massoud, Speedeman, Ehle -- Rob Ford film
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Run This Town -- S: Platt, Dobrev, Lewis, Massoud, Speedeman, Ehle -- Rob Ford film
Rob Ford, the controversial former mayor of Toronto, is getting the big-screen treatment.
Damian Lewis is portraying Ford, who died in 2016, in Run This Town, a drama currently shooting in Toronto.
Kit Magazine, which published an interview with Lewis, reported the actor was being fit with a prosthetic to play the former mayor.
Many of the details remain under lock and key — IMDb doesn’t even have character names — but the film is understood to follow a reporter (Ben Platt) who attempts to expose a scandal involving a politician who doesn't play by the rules. The politician's aides, played by Nina Dobrev and Mena Massoud, try their best to handle him and keep the story suppressed. Additional cast members include Scott Speedman and Jennifer Ehle.
The politician, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed, will be the fiery Ford, and the story is told against the backdrop of the last year of his mayoral term.
The other characters in the movie are fictitious.
Ford was mayor from 2010 to 2014 but had already established a history of public intoxication and substance abuse. During his years as mayor, video surfaced of him smoking crack cocaine; he was accused of sexual assault and argued publicly with staff while intoxicated. He died in 2016 at the age of 46.
Lewis is repped by UTA, UK's Markham, Froggatt, and Jackoway Tyerman.
Damian Lewis is portraying Ford, who died in 2016, in Run This Town, a drama currently shooting in Toronto.
Kit Magazine, which published an interview with Lewis, reported the actor was being fit with a prosthetic to play the former mayor.
Many of the details remain under lock and key — IMDb doesn’t even have character names — but the film is understood to follow a reporter (Ben Platt) who attempts to expose a scandal involving a politician who doesn't play by the rules. The politician's aides, played by Nina Dobrev and Mena Massoud, try their best to handle him and keep the story suppressed. Additional cast members include Scott Speedman and Jennifer Ehle.
The politician, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed, will be the fiery Ford, and the story is told against the backdrop of the last year of his mayoral term.
The other characters in the movie are fictitious.
Ford was mayor from 2010 to 2014 but had already established a history of public intoxication and substance abuse. During his years as mayor, video surfaced of him smoking crack cocaine; he was accused of sexual assault and argued publicly with staff while intoxicated. He died in 2016 at the age of 46.
Lewis is repped by UTA, UK's Markham, Froggatt, and Jackoway Tyerman.
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re: Run This Town -- S: Platt, Dobrev, Lewis, Massoud, Speedeman, Ehle -- Rob Ford film
Wow....no way I'd come close to guessing that was Lewis without already knowing.
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re: Run This Town -- S: Platt, Dobrev, Lewis, Massoud, Speedeman, Ehle -- Rob Ford film
Is this a Thinner remake? The fat suit technology seems on par.
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It’s too bad Chris Farley died. He would have killed it as Rob Ford.
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re: Run This Town -- S: Platt, Dobrev, Lewis, Massoud, Speedeman, Ehle -- Rob Ford film
They already made this movie, albeit with more gunfights and names changed to protect the stupid.
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pVOzM0QNCMk" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Also, there was a minor flap up here when the female reporter who actually broke the story of Frod's () extra-curricular activities was changed into a man by the screenwriters.
http://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/blog/rob-f...male-1.4612981
This in turn led the filmmakers to admit that the film is heavily fictionalized.
Which will probably make FILTH CITY the more entertaining version by a long shot.
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pVOzM0QNCMk" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Also, there was a minor flap up here when the female reporter who actually broke the story of Frod's () extra-curricular activities was changed into a man by the screenwriters.
http://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/blog/rob-f...male-1.4612981
This in turn led the filmmakers to admit that the film is heavily fictionalized.
Which will probably make FILTH CITY the more entertaining version by a long shot.
Last edited by Brian T; 04-24-18 at 10:58 PM.
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Re: Run This Town -- S: Platt, Dobrev, Lewis, Massoud, Speedeman, Ehle -- Rob Ford film
I saw the title, and I was excited because I liked both a Single Man and Nocturnal Animals. Then I opened the thread, and...oh yeah...that's Tom Ford.
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Comparing it to ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN is asking for trouble. Yay amateur film review sites.
The parking garage scene, the 70's-looking newsroom, sheesh . . . liberties indeed.
Honestly, stories like these don't really need to be made into movies anymore. So much of the original reportage is still out there, and that's hard to top.
The parking garage scene, the 70's-looking newsroom, sheesh . . . liberties indeed.
Honestly, stories like these don't really need to be made into movies anymore. So much of the original reportage is still out there, and that's hard to top.