A 'What if' Scenario


If they were to make a TVZ biopic, who would you cast? I know this topic could very well start a sh*tstorm, but hear me out. It's possible to make a good music biopic. They don't have to be cliched like Ray or Walk the Line. If they made a TVZ biopic, it could be done well if modeled after something like Control, the movie about Ian Curtis.

As for my cast, I don't know. Who has the skinny cowboy charm that TVZ had? Maybe, maybe James Franco. He kinda has a TVZ smile, but even he's kinda a stretch. I guess a no-name would be ideal.

If Philip Seymour Hoffman shed a few pounds I could see him as Guy Clarke.

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Well, first thing they'd have to do was rely on "spirits" instead of looks. (as in David Carradine as Woody Guthrie)... Duvall could be in it somewhere. Gary Busey could be in it... he could play Blaze Foley.
For Townes.... .... ....thinking.................thinkin more_________________________________
Busey could even be Guy. Gary Busey is an outstanding actor and he's never forgotten his Oklahoma roots.
Boy this is damn sight impossible.
Billy Bob Thornton could be in there somewheres.
Kris Kristofferson and Willie Nelson could be in it...
Lyle Lovett...

Where would you go but to people who understood the man's music

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Ray McKinnon as Townes

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Jack Ingram as Guy Clark.

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I'd cast Sharlto Copley as Townes.

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