There were going to have to be some casting changes on Seven Psychopaths, as it was revealed in the last couple days that Mickey Rourke had left the production (with a few choice words for director Martin McDonagh, with Rourke saying “The director was a jerkoff. He wanted a whole lot for nothing.”).
However In Bruges helmer McDonagh probably isn’t crying to much, as while Rourke goes off in a corner to take himself far too seriously again (one of the things that helped derail his career first time around), the always excellent Woody Harrelson has taken over the gangster role Rourke was in talks for. Olga Kurylenko and Tom Waits have also joined the cast in unknown roles, according to Deadline.
Rourke actually dropped out of The Expendables 2 to focus on Seven Psychopaths, but now he’s not gonna get to do either.
Seven Psychopaths is about a screenwriter (Colin Farrell) who is stuck on how to write his latest script. He gets lured into his friends’ (Sam Rockwell and Christopher Walken) plot to steal a gangster’s Shih Tzu. The ordeal provides plenty of fodder for his writing, if he can get out of it alive. Shooting started this week in Los Angeles.
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