I haven't seen the movie "The Aviator" yet, but my expectations are high!
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Howard Hughes
s_aucejo — 21 years ago(January 23, 2005 10:34 AM)
I haven't seen the movie "The Aviator" yet, but my expectations are high!
I do like Di Caprio's work and I think he is a promising actor.
Still, I have heard Jim Carey was the first choice to play Hughes on the movie.
If you were to cast somebody (just for fun) who would you cast to play Hughes?
Let me raise the issue and give an opinion: I guess Jim Carey would have been a good choice.
Let me hear from you now!
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orlandoisapie — 21 years ago(January 30, 2005 12:14 PM)
Well, I dont know much about Howard Hughes (except for what is shown in The Aviator), but I just saw the movie last night and I really think Leo Dicaprio did a remarkab5b4le job
The movie was good, too.
And I really cant see Jim Carrey in that kind of role
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haven1801 — 21 years ago(January 31, 2005 08:42 PM)
the movie is excellent. Leo is undescribably stunning. There's nobody could replace Leo as Howard Hughes in this movie. He's perfect.
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jacasserie — 20 years ago(May 23, 2005 11:09 AM)
It seems like everyone loved Leonardo in the role, but truthfully I did not by him as Howard Hughes. I went out and got a book on Hughes and my boyfriend had a book about him already that had all of his personal notes and memos.
The movie was a glossy version of his life and not exactly true to life when it came down to his nueroses. Howard Hughes had quite a few mental illnesses going on at once that the film doesn't even touch on for instance he had anorexia nervosa.
I think Jim Carey probably would have been better at playing Howard Hughes people like LD pretty face and I think it may give him an advantage. I thought the movie was good in the context that it was "epic", but after reading the two books and getting a better idea of who HH was and why I think the movie did not do enough to depict the true nature of the beast that was HH.
Just a couple of examples one is the focus on his relationship with Katherine Hepburn when in reality the loves of his life were Billy Dove and his last wife Jean who he married after "dating" her for 10 years. I don't understand the focus on him and Hepburn other than for box office reasons they were more friends than the die hard in love foreve1c84r types.
Also, his extreme hatred of Black people was not even mentioned, but was a prominent aspect of his persona.
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sherrybear — 20 years ago(May 27, 2005 01:43 PM)
I think Leonardo DiCaprio did an excellent job. I am sure that they did not mention every single mental illness that Howard Hughes had because it would be a little too much for the film. And it would be probably pretty offensive to put in that he hated black people.. I think they just wanted to make him a likeable character and if they showed him as racist, then many people would not feel for him the way that they wanted us to feel for him.
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tygrlady79 — 20 years ago(May 27, 2005 02:44 PM)
Just watched 'The Aviator' last night and watched the extras today. I am not a huge DiCaprio fan but after watching the documentaries of Hughes in the extras, I think that he did capture Hughes' voice and mannerisms. As for the story itself, a screenwriter can only fit so much into a film and usually concentrates on a certain time period in a person's life. This story captured some of the highest and the lowest points in Hughes' life helping the movie to have a great storyline.
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lbradford47 — 20 years ago(June 04, 2005 07:18 AM)
Years ago Warren Beatty wanted to do a biography on Howard Hughes. At the time he 2000was the perfect age, tall, and a womanizer like HH. He practically begged the studios to cast him but they wouldn't give in. I had my doubts about LD but have seen the Aviator and he captures the 'spirit' of Howard Hughes. What impressed me was Ava Gardner pulling him together in time for the senate probe into his airplanes that didn't fly. I've seen old newsreels of the investigation and LD captured that HH 'spirit'. I rate his acting performance a 9. Honestly, I didn't think he could do it but was very happy with his performance.
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stroetel — 20 years ago(August 18, 2005 10:53 AM)
Although he was great and understated in "Eternal Sunshine for the Spotless Mind". Comedy is Carrey's forte, but he IS a very talented actor, and I imagine he could have done HH justice. That being said, I agree with those who said DiCaprio made the role his own. I can't imagine anyone else playing Hughes right now, since I saw LD play it very well just yesterday.