Simone Will Not be CGI

By Azad August 24, 2000 1:29 AM

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The Hollywood centric E! Online is disputing a report this month in The Hollywood Reporter that suggested writer and director Andrew Niccol would cast a computer-generated actress in his upcoming film Simone. Apparently, The Hollywood Reporter mixed up reality with the plot of the film, in which a desperate director, played by Al Pacino, casts a digital actress in his movie-within-a-movie. In the film, the computer-generated star gets taken for the real thing and goes on to become a sensation.

But partly in response to complaints from the Screen Actors Guild based on the report, Niccol assured the union that he will hire a flesh-and-blood actress to star in Simone instead of the reported CGI creation. Another report also indicated that Jason Schwartzman (Rushmore) has signed on to the film, while Oscar nominee Catherine Keener (Being John Malkovich) is currently in the casting process to play the character of Pacino's ex-wife.

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FUCK the SAG   reply

Posted by Demona (frogfarm@hempseed.com) on August 24, 2000 3:10 PM

Who the hell are they to tell anyone what they are and are not allowed to do? Complete bullshit.

RE: FUCK the SAG   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on December 9, 2000 1:25 PM

I am supprised
that the Animators union didn't file a
counter protest
If Simone was done
in CG they would have
to employ at least 20
animation artists
And they still would have needed to
hire an actor to do the voice.