Who Will Play Jeff Buckley?
James Franco and Robert Pattinson are neck-and-neck for the honor of playing musician Jeff Buckley in a biopic. Here’s what ABC news has to say!
Jeff Buckley, son of musician Tim Buckley, got popular in the ’90s playing cover songs in the East Village before focusing on his own material. In 1997, Jeff accidentally drowned in Memphis at the age of 30. Since he only had one studio album, several songs were released posthumously, including his cover of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah,” which earned him chart success over a decade after his death.
Here’s the author’s opinion -
The Candidates: James Franco is the spitting image of Buckley. Plus he’s a master of the the good-die-young shtick since he’s already played James Dean. Meanwhile, Robert Pattinson has experience playing an emo musician in “How To Be.” And he was a pretty convincing Salvador Dali in “Little Ashes.”
The Winner: My vote’s on James Franco. Pattinson may be the hot young thang, but Franco can handle the tough roles and has Hollywood staying power. Plus, there’s that eerily similar facial structure.
Thanks to NewMoonMovie.org for the photo
Here’s from a singer’s point of view:
(with soundclips as well for you to judge for yourself)
http://bettimusictwilight.blogspot.com/2009/06/rob-pattinson-jeff-buckley.html
Before there was even an idea for a biopic, I thought Ethan Hawke would play a good Jeff Buckley. They have the same shaggy hair, grin, and snaggle teeth.
James Franco – no doubt about it…he’s very good actor, for me he’s the only one to play role of J.B
…and I think that is no need for vocal – producers can do soething with it, but they never replace body! You knoiw what I mean