Bigfoot Abides

rich richard.romeo at gmail.com
Fri Jun 1 09:52:33 CDT 2012


nah, jeff can play the burned out zombie sax player with the wife and
kid but he may be too old for the part. maybe the vietnam vet bit
player in the book, the guy who repairs shit



On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 6:02 AM,  <bandwraith at aol.com> wrote:
> You're right, I think, about the importance of
> Bigfoot. The relationship between him and
> Doc would be key to any successful translation
> to film. M. Downey, Jr., while not quite right
> physically- in my mind- for the role of Doc, is
> probably resourceful enough to pull it off. In the
> inherent circularity of the narrative, Doc is sort
> of "Littlefoot." Shasta, who sees through all
> Doc's disguises, does, indeed, nail it, and
> recognizes their similarity and codependence.
>
> Jeff Bridges, clean shaven and short-haired,
> is my choice for Bigfoot.



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