Am I The Only One Who Thinks Steve Martin Is Totally Wrong For The Pink Panther?

[Lighthouse]

Steve Martin is set to play Peter Sellars role in a new Pink Panther movie. I like Steve Martin, but I can't say enough of how totally wrong he is for this part.

[The Singularity]

Hollywood casting strikes again... :(

[Kevin Roegele]

It's up there with Matthew Broderick as Inspector Gadget (WTF?!) and Leslie Neilsen as Mr Magoo.

It should be Steve Coogan as Inspector Cleseau, he's the new Peter Sellers.

[Morg]

didn't even knew they were doing another Pink Panther and Steve as Inspector Jacques Clouseau? I don't think so

[~†~§iX~†~]

I'll shall reserve judgement for now, but I think it is positive, especially if Steve Martin can get his game on and do the kind of acting he was doing 20 years ago, then I think he'd do a fair job!......

[Sava]

The guy might be good

[kypade]

They're making the Pink Panther?!?! :cool: Awesome! :D

[Everyman]

Martin as Clouseau? Bad idea...

[bakerboy]

I think that Steve Martin is a great comic, but his humour is very different from Peter Sellers. Sellers was one of the greatets comics in cinema story with Chaplin, Keaton, Marx brothers, Laurel and Hardy, Lewis, Hope, Kaye, etc. Martin is very good, but not at his level.And his way of comic acting is very diferent from Peter's. I think that Rowan Atkinson would be a better choices. Even i can see more serious actors like Kevin Kline and Geofrey Rush as inspector Closseau. Rush did an excellent job playing The Peter Sellers's biography movie.

[Spidey_Freak]

i havent seen any of the pink panther movies???

[Max Shrek]

Originally posted by bakerboy
I think that Steve Martin is a great comic, but his humour is very different from Peter Sellers. Sellers was one of the greatets comics in cinema story with Chaplin, Keaton, Marx brothers, Laurel and Hardy, Lewis, Hope, Kaye, etc. Martin is very good, but not at his level.And his way of comic acting is very diferent from Peter's. I think that Rowan Atkinson would be a better choices. Even i can see more serious actors like Kevin Kline and Geofrey Rush as inspector Closseau. Rush did an excellent job playing The Peter Sellers's biography movie.

Sellers' best film was by far Dr. Strangelove. MEIN FUHRER! I CAN WALK!

[bakerboy]

Yeah, Max. Peter's performance in doctor strangelove was one of the best peformances, comic or serious, that i have ever seen, his way of playing the three diferent characters was brillaint.

[black_dust]

Hmmm Steves comedy style has kind of slipped in the past few years and hes been taking more mature roles, his old style would have still been abit oddly placed for the part so i dont know, i`ll see when i see the trailer. :D

[Lighthouse]

Originally posted by bakerboy
I think that Steve Martin is a great comic, but his humour is very different from Peter Sellers. Sellers was one of the greatets comics in cinema story with Chaplin, Keaton, Marx brothers, Laurel and Hardy, Lewis, Hope, Kaye, etc. Martin is very good, but not at his level.And his way of comic acting is very diferent from Peter's. I think that Rowan Atkinson would be a better choices. Even i can see more serious actors like Kevin Kline and Geofrey Rush as inspector Closseau. Rush did an excellent job playing The Peter Sellers's biography movie.
Now that you mention it, I think Kevin Kline would be a much better choice.

[Lord Blackbolt]

He's better than the rumor of Chris Rock a couple of months back in the role....

And he's also better than Mike Myers... who was also in talks for the role too...I think.


But... I think the guy that plays Mr. Bean is the best choice...

[Lighthouse]

Thing is, I've never really liked Steve Martin when he's playng a zany, wierd guy, with the exception of The Jerk. I like him better when he plays a regular guy like in Parenthood, or Father Of The Bride. When he plays weird guys he always overdoes it. I like the ideas of Kevin Kline, and Geofrey Rush. Heck, if they went for a French actor, I think Jean Reno could do it.

[theJust]

now i havent seen any of the pink panther movies either, and didnt think they had much of an impact on any audiences today.
funny enough i see quite the turnout in this thread, just seems things only get a mention when something new is about to strike.
well anyways i despised the idea of mike myers in anything, he should of rounded off his waynes world movies, but oh no got to popular for that, and goes off with his scottish ascent into every movie he does. so no on him, yes.
with the mention of jean reno above, as well as the mentions of Rush as well, i think between them would be the best choice.
steve martin kinda got back into the game, and has been cast in everything lately, which isnt so great when actors are abused with like 4 releases in a year.

[theJust]

just had a casting idea, i doubt he would do it. but
dustin hoffman.

[Clouseau]

well it seems i'm in the minority, but when i first heard that Martin was cast for the role, i was one of the few who actually thought it was a great idea... i've always been a fan of Steve Martin (particularly of his earlier work), and i've always liked the Pink Panther films, so when i heard about this, i was genuinely excited...

and i must say that after seeing the film, i'm not the least bit let down... the pacing and style was different from the Sellers films, sure, but i think it would've flopped if they'd tried to make it too much like those earlier films... that is, i like the fact that it's different, and i like the fact that Clouseau's character even changed a little... if Martin had tried too hard to be like Sellers, it would've come off cheap, but instead, Martin owned the role and made it his own... not only was the accent different, but Clouseau actually solved the mystery on his own, proving he's not as bumbling as everyone thought... and i can't remember the last film that made me laugh so hard! this was very well done, IMO, and i sincerely hope there's a sequel! :cool:

anyone else care to share their thoughts on the subject???

[Cinemaman]

It was one of the worst comedies 2005.

[Wilhelm-Scream]

well it seems i'm in the minority, but when i first heard that Martin was cast for the role, i was one of the few who actually thought it was a great idea... i've always been a fan of Steve Martin (particularly of his earlier work), and i've always liked the Pink Panther films, so when i heard about this, i was genuinely excited...

and i must say that after seeing the film, i'm not the least bit let down... the pacing and style was different from the Sellers films, sure, but i think it would've flopped if they'd tried to make it too much like those earlier films... that is, i like the fact that it's different, and i like the fact that Clouseau's character even changed a little... if Martin had tried too hard to be like Sellers, it would've come off cheap, but instead, Martin owned the role and made it his own... not only was the accent different, but Clouseau actually solved the mystery on his own, proving he's not as bumbling as everyone thought... and i can't remember the last film that made me laugh so hard! this was very well done, IMO, and i sincerely hope there's a sequel! :cool:

anyone else care to share their thoughts on the subject???


How's it goin', Steve!!!
I loved the Jerk, btw!:up:

[Gamma Ray]

Am-burger!

That movie looked so bad.

[Clouseau]

It was one of the worst comedies 2005.
well it certainly couldn't have been one of the BEST of 2005, since it wasn't even released until 2006! :p

anyway, as i said, i'm apparently in the minority... but then, it did do pretty well at the box office... :D

[Timstuff]

Steve Martin is horrible for Inspector Cleuso. I think the only reason the PP remake got made was because some producer overheard Martin doing a Cleuso impression at some rich party somewhere and said "Wow, we've got to use this in a movie!" With Peter Sellers, I totally believed he was Cleuso. With Steve Martin, he's anything but a character actor, so when he plays Cleuso it seems like nothing more than Steve Martin with a fake french accent.

[Clouseau]

i'll agree that the accent seemed a bit put-on at times, but i still think he did a good job... the thing is, while they paid homage to Sellers a couple times, Martin's character was not really meant to be the same character Sellers played, and i think that's evident in the way the character was both written and portrayed... he has a different accent, he looks/dresses differently, he has a different way of carrying himself, the continuity doesn't fit in several places, and he's smarter than Sellers' character got credit for... as i said above, if he'd tried to be exactly like Peter Sellers, it just wouldn't have worked, but i love the fact that Martin made the character his own... at the very least, Martin did a better job as Clouseau than Alan Arkin, and was a better replacement for Sellers than Ted Wass or Roberto Benigni!

[JackBauer]

Martin hasn't done a comedy that wasn't a big fat stinking piece of s#!t in about ten years.

he's a has-been and should just retire. specially if he keeps choosing his projects as badly as he has for the past few years...

[Clouseau]

i dunno about that, Jack... i really enjoyed Cheaper by the Dozen (though i haven't seen the sequel yet); and while i didn't care much for it, my wife really liked Bringing Down the House; Bowfinger, Prince of Egypt, and Sgt. Bilko were all decent (though not great), too, IMO... and if you go back to the early '90s, L.A. Story, Father of the Bride 1&2, Housesitter, and Mixed Nuts were all quality work... he's missed the mark his fair share of times, i'm sure, but i still like the vast majority of his work... ;)

[Wilhelm-Scream]

Let me recommend The Santa Clause with Tim Allen.

[ultimatefan]

To answer the question, no, you´re not. I remember someone said something brilliant about it... Problem is, Martin´´s Clouseau knows he´s in a comedy. Sellers´Clouseau never knows it, he acts like he´s the most serious cop who´s ever lived, that´s why he´s so funny.

[JackBauer]

i dunno about that, Jack... i really enjoyed Cheaper by the Dozen (though i haven't seen the sequel yet); and while i didn't care much for it, my wife really liked Bringing Down the House; Bowfinger, Prince of Egypt, and Sgt. Bilko were all decent (though not great), too, IMO... and if you go back to the early '90s, L.A. Story, Father of the Bride 1&2, Housesitter, and Mixed Nuts were all quality work... he's missed the mark his fair share of times, i'm sure, but i still like the vast majority of his work... ;)

as I said, he hasn't done anything worthwhile in about ten years. before that, he was still making some good movies from time to time.

but from Sgt. Bilko on it was all downhill. Pink Panther and Cheaper by the Dozen 2 were just the cherry on top of a turd sundae.

and sorry to say, but if you not only liked Pink Panther but also Cheaper by the Dozen, you have horrible taste.

[Movies205]

My problem with remaking classic characters with new actors, is they never have the balls to try and do something different with the character and usally become lame charcitures of the originals... See the Producers for a great example of this... I have not yet seen the new Pink Panther.

[Clouseau]

if you not only liked Pink Panther but also Cheaper by the Dozen, you have horrible taste.
well i'm sorry you feel that way, but everyone's entitled to their opinion... i've been a Steve Martin fan for years, and i guess if i can find something to appreciate in The Man with Two Brains, i can find something to like about almost anything... ;)

i'm not joking, though, when i say i nearly fell out of my seat laughing the first time i saw the new Pink Panther movie, and while the film had plenty of room for improvement, i admit, anything that can make me laugh that frequently and that hard is A-OK in my book! as a matter of fact, this was the one and only film that i've ever actually gone back to see more than once while it was still in theaters, which says a lot to me!

[deathshead2]

I couldn't stand the PP the old movies are fantastic this movie was not. Steve Martin hasn't been funny sense the jerk and im angry this movie made money hopefully there won't be another one.

[Sam Fisher]

Well, I liked it.

[turtlefocker]

This is one long lasting thread

[fu manchu]

the movie was okay. However, I found Martin's performance as Clouseau, at times, annoying.

[bullets]

i thought martin was funny . it worked for me . not really a clouseau purist and never saw the original so it didnt bother me .

[L0ngsh0t]

Steve Martin is set to play Peter Sellars role in a new Pink Panther movie. I like Steve Martin, but I can't say enough of how totally wrong he is for this part.


even though this question was asked about 4 years ago, I would like to give my wise ass two cents

you probably are the only person who cares that he is in the pink panther

[Roughneck]

So...here's what I thought 4 years ago when I first heard this.....My thoughts were that Steve Martin was wrong for Clouseau....I thought the perfect actor for the Part would be Kevin Kline......and then low and behold they cast him in there.....but I still feel that he should have been the inspector.

[Venomfan]

three people i can think of that would have done well
Geoffrey Rush
Sacha Baron Cohen
Johnny Depp

[Roughneck]

Well then you're an Idiot......Rush is the ony decent choice on that list but he's too old.

[Venomfan]

well i picked 3 character actors, and thats what a Pink Panther movie needs. Sellers was a character actor

[SolidSnakeMGS]

If it was my choice, I'd cast in the role. Who? That's right, NO ONE, because I wouldn't have remade the ****ing movie in the first place!

[signalman]

Aren't they filming a sequel right now?

[TheVileOne]

If it was my choice, I'd cast in the role. Who? That's right, NO ONE, because I wouldn't have remade the ****ing movie in the first place!

Yup pretty much.

I also thought Kline was terrible in the movie as Dreyfus. He's no Herbert Lom. Herbert Lom doesn't get enough respect as Clouseau's British foil.

[Iceburgeruk]

Steven Martin is evidently a grade-a isiot. I mean who willing puts themselves up for trying to redo the most well known and iconic roles of Peter Sellers (The aforemntioned Pink Panther bit) and Phil Silvers (Sgt. Bilko). I mean seriously what idiot comedian would ever belive they could top either of those two greats. I mean Sellers was classic and Phil Silvers was so good a cartoon cat even imitated him. Don`t you try and tell me Top Cat wasn`t a blatant Bilko ripoff. lol.

[Clouseau]

Steven Martin is evidently a grade-a isiot.
i just had to laugh at that! :woot:

Aren't they filming a sequel right now?
they sure are! with John Cleese taking over for Kevin Kline as Dreyfus, and co-starring Alfred Molina, Andy Garcia, and Aishwarya Rai!

i, for one, am excited! :word:

coincidentally, you can keep up with the latest news about the sequel (or put in your two cents about any of the Panther films or cartoons) at the link in my sig... :cwink: