Alex Cox

[Joe Varo]

On Fri, 18 Apr 1997, Jay Herzog wrote:

> 	
> 	While I haven't seen it, I hear Cox's most recent work is a
> straight Spanish language melodrama,filmed in Mexico, called "Highway
> Patrolman". Next up for Cox: an adaptation of "Fear and Loathing In Las
> Vegas" starring Johnny Depp(!) as Hunter S. Thompson. If anyone can do
> justice to HST's drug soaked masterpiece, its Cox, though it does seem a
> case of miscasting(Ed Harris of Walker would seem a much better choice).

You're being far too kind by using the term "miscasting".  Johnny Depp as
HST?!  You've gotta be kidding me...I just can't stand that guy, his
acting, his roles.

Christ, Bill Murray's rendition of HST ("Where the Buffalo Roam") would be
absolutely glowing in comparison.

Joe