Originally Posted by batman

I get where you are coming from Aaryk, but I think Coogan might do OK as Eddie Edwards. Alfred Molina looks nothing like Tony Hancock but his performance as 'The Lad Himself' was masterful. I think they would have trouble casting anyone who remotely resembles Eddie .... except maybe football pundit Jimmy Hill!




Jimmy Hill and Eddie Edwards


Bats.

Originally Posted by christoph404

I don't think it would be that hard to look like Eddie The Eagle, the haircut, those large aviatar style spectacles and a funny little moustache, almost a distinctive a look as Groucho. There is the potruding chin I guess, I think a result of his bottom teeth overlapping his top which as has been pointed out he has had fixed. And he doesn't wear those oversized specs anymore, I think Eddie himself worked quite hard on that nerdy image. So Steve Coogan as Eddie? Yes I can see that and I don't think its that critical to look exactly like a real life character you are playing on film, the actor, whose name escapes me ,who played Kenneth Williams in the recent TV film was brilliant in the part and caught the essence of the character perfectly and he didn't look especially like Williams but it was a brilliant performance, ....otherwise......think Al Pacino as Arthur Scargill in the Comic Srips "The Strike"....superb bit of casting.

Originally Posted by Steve Crook

Or rather, think Peter Richardson as Al Pacino as Arthur Scargill

And it was Michael Sheen that played Kenneth Williams in Fantabulosa! (2006).
He also played Tony Blair in The Deal (2003) and The Queen (2006)

Steve

Originally Posted by christoph404

Ah yes of course, Michael Sheen, very talented actor, and wasn't Peter Richardson great as Al Pacino playing Scargill, charging around on that Harley motorcycle, great stuff, and I believe Meryl Streep played Arthur's wife