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That was a rumor created by equally bad journalism that was debunked by the director himself!
Fifth Paragraph Down Just because Collider hires writers who don't keep up with the news and what's true or not, that doesn't make it true cause they're writing about it. Someone asked Padilha about actors he likes and he mentioned Fassbender but that doesn't mean he was in consideration for Robocop.
Meanwhile, online reports have repeated news that Padilha reportedly wants actor Michael Fassbender as his star. But Padilha insists that talk is very premature, no one has even been approached for the title role, and that Fassbender’s name only came up as one in a larger discussion of actors he liked -- and pushed for that answer to boot. “I did this interview for the Dutch media, because Verhoeven is Dutch, and I was doing them for ‘Elite Squad’ which is opening there,” he revealed. “And I’m being interviewed by these guys and they said, ‘so who is going to be RoboCop?’ "
“I said I don’t know, and after the guy asked the same question like ten times, I said, ‘there’s so many great new actors in American films, like Michael Fassbender, Chris Pine [who was once rumored to be on the top of the 'RoboCop' wishlist], and so on.’ And all of a sudden I’ve called Fassbender out, but we haven’t even discussed this film. But it’s true – he’s a great actor. But they’re all great actors. So it’s from one sentence in one interview with a Dutch guy,” he said with a shrug.
COLL: [MFASS] talks about possibly playing [ROBOC]. Scheduled for release in 2013. Nov 12, 17:52
It's not "scheduled" for release...perhaps they're aiming for that? {nm} Nov 12, 19:19
This is non-news. The director already said he's not interested in MFASS cause he wants an American. {nm} Nov 12, 19:24
The article clearly states that Director Padiha is eyeing MFASS for the role. {nm} Nov 12, 21:52
Actually it says MFASS says the director is eying him for the role. He might be trying to keep his name out there. {nm} Nov 13, 01:26
That was a rumor created by equally bad journalism that was debunked by the director himself! Nov 13, 03:51