Does the real Joey Coyle make a cameo?
http://online.tvguide.com/movies/database/showmovie.asp?MI=35608
This url claims he does.
Thanks for the heads up. According to TV Guide he's one of the hired dockworkers in the beginning of the movie. He's either Dunleavy ("See what a little clean living will do?") or Joey Sullivan (who says nothing just nodding). The latter is an older gent so my guess it's the former. Either way, shame about his passing. BTW - this movie is only so-so. I had to quit it early. Cusak is a ham who plays the same character role after role. Always good but in my opinion, never exceptional.
shareI thought Cusack was pretty damn exceptional in this movie!
shareMe too! He was kind of acting against type, too. The guys he usually plays are much smarter and more eloquent. He was a pretty convincing meat-head in this film, I thought.
I've always found him irresistibly lovable, though, even in douchey roles. I guess it's an acquired taste.
Me three (gawd, I hate when people say that, and then here I go). John Cusack is a very appealing actor who could handle a much great variety of roles than he is generally given. If only he were given more of them. "Grace is Gone" is probably the biggest reach of a role for him.
This film is very entertaining primarily because of Cusack. Without him – say, with Nicolas Cage – this film would be practically unwatchable.