Is Bobby Cannavale the next Jeremy Piven? Rob Thomas must think so, as he’s just cast the journeyman actor in the title role of his revamped Cupid for ABC.
Despite Cannavale’s rather extensive IMDb filmography, I’ve only seen a handful of the movies in which he’s appeared (most recently: Fast Food Nation, Snakes on a Plane, Happy Endings and The Ten), and I can’t say he made much of an impression in any of them. He won an Emmy Award for his recurring role on Will & Grace, but that’s not exactly a pulse-quickening accomplishment. And while he certainly looks like a happy-go-lucky fella, his eyebrows are the stuff of nightmares; he’d better be the next Eugene Levy with those fuckers cluttering up his forehead.
I’d feel much better about Cannavale’s casting if Thomas had also landed a suitable replacement for Paula Marshall, but The Hollywood Reporter is mum on any such developments (though they do mention in the same story that Bob Odenkirk has been cast in the obnoxiously-monikered pilot Mike Birbiglia’s Secret Public Journal – can’t fail with a title like that!). In case you didn’t watch the show during its brief run back in the late 90s, Cannavale will play Trevor Hale, a charming eccentric who claims to be the banished Roman God of Love. In order to return to the heavens, he must unite 100 seemingly mismatched couples.
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"he must unite 100 seemingly mismatched couples"…. sign up for eHarmony today. Is this guy a drug dealer? He should be. You get somone hooked on crack and they will sleep with anyone to get some more. He will be back in his blasphemous "heaven" in no time.
"…his eyebrows are the stuff of nightmares; he'd better be the next Eugene Levy with those fuckers cluttering up his forehead." – You fucking genius.
"he must unite 100 seemingly mismatched couples". So it's a retread of My Name is Earl.
If it's based on a show that came out years before "Earl" was in existence it can't relly be a retread can it. Also Cannavale doubters should check out the Station Agent? Cannavale is awesome, as is this news.
Cannavale is pretty great, but I thought the headline read "Carnivale Is Stupid." I planned on getting upset and using a few curse words.
Jeremy, if you haven't seen The Station Agent, you not only missed what is surely Cannavale's best performance, but a very good film. Check it out.
Just scanning the headline I misread it as "Carnivale is Cupid" and nearly hyperventilated at the thought of Samson giving lovers free rides on the Ferris Wheel back in the 30s.
Wish his Mayor of New York pilot had gone through. That sounded interesting. Good for him though. Jeremy I know you're jaded from winning so many Emmys yourself, but he is actually fairly talented.
I will agree with 'the station agent', one of my favorite films and a solid outing for Cannavale. As for Cupid, I loved the show back when it was on, but I am curious to see if I can accept the show without the spectacular Piven and hot Paula Marshall. Either way, I will at least give it a chance.
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