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Simon Pegg, who was in talks to play British Lt. Archie Hicox in Quentin Tarantino's Inglorious Bastards, has had to bail because of a scheduling conflict, according to a post on Pegg's Myspace page. Pegg would have acted alongside Mike Myers, who recently signed on to play a British general. An 8.16 post on "The Playlist" stating that actors are "dropping like flies" off of the WWII film is a reference to David Krumholtz having also left the project. Two flies, to be precise.

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on August 16, 2008 at 3:45 PM

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D.Z. says ...

They don't want to suffer the same fate as McGowan in Grindhouse. [I.E. an up-and-coming performer whose career gets ruined from being associated with a hack vanity project.]

Posted by D.Z. at August 16, 2008 4:32 PM

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Richardson says ...

Yeah, 1996's rising star was still "up-and-coming" in 2007, but 'Grindhouse' is why her career stalled...

Posted by Richardson at August 16, 2008 4:41 PM

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Richardson says ...

"according to a post on Pegg's Myspace page"

I didn't see the post in question, but I did see the big legend "SIMON PEGG HAS NO MYSPACE PAGE AND PROBABLY NEVER WILL THIS IS A FANPAGE."

Posted by Richardson at August 16, 2008 4:43 PM

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cjKennedy says ...

Jeff linked to the wrong thing. This is the blog purporting to be Peggs with the info. http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=213643855&blogID=424692147

Also, shut up DZ.

Posted by cjKennedy at August 16, 2008 4:53 PM

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Richardson says ...

I'm more disappointed by the Greg Motolla thing... I wish he and Wright would work together permanently.

Posted by Richardson at August 16, 2008 4:56 PM

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D.Z. says ...

Richardson: Actually, '01, if you count being a replacement on Charmed.

Posted by D.Z. at August 16, 2008 4:58 PM

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cjKennedy says ...

Actually, that link isn't exactly right either, but you can get to it from there.

Posted by cjKennedy at August 16, 2008 5:01 PM

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Balthazar says ...

Hopefully they won't respond by giving the meatier Hicox role to Myers. ... Bummer news for QT here. This was one piece of casting I liked.

Posted by Balthazar at August 16, 2008 5:11 PM

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Richard_Stone says ...

Names please. Who was in talks and dropped out?

They already did get the big fish though. I'm surprised Brad Pitt accepted the role, especially after Eli Roth got the Donnie part.

Posted by Richard_Stone at August 16, 2008 5:13 PM

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Richardson says ...

Yeah, if only 'Grindhouse' hadn't cancelled 'Charmed'. I didn't realize *how* terrible Tarantino was until now, DZ.

Posted by Richardson at August 16, 2008 5:16 PM

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D.Z. says ...

Richardson: She only joined Grindhouse a few months after Charmed was canceled.

Posted by D.Z. at August 16, 2008 5:47 PM

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Richardson says ...

If only McGowan hadn't done 'Grindhouse', she'd be lighting up the silver screen. She'd be in every movie, just like Holly Marie Combs. She probably would've won an Oscar by now, like Alyssa Milano.

Posted by Richardson at August 16, 2008 6:18 PM

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D.Z. says ...

Richardson: She'd be remembered as something more than just the "other woman", anyway. But hey, no one complained about Sienna Miller having limited roles before she went into movies...

Posted by D.Z. at August 16, 2008 6:58 PM

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frankbooth says ...

D.Z.

Take two knitting needles and put them on a baking pan in the oven. Turn it to 450 and leave them in there for twenty minutes. Then put on oven mitts, carefully take them out and shove them up your nostrils.

Posted by frankbooth at August 16, 2008 7:18 PM

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K. Bowen says ...

Hey has anything else happened involving Inglorious Bastards in the last few hours since this was posted? Like, maybe the key grip was named? I'm dying to know every single detail about this movie.

Posted by K. Bowen at August 16, 2008 7:58 PM

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actionman says ...

D.Z can't be real. Just can't be. His/her assinity knows no bounds. It's fucking remarkable to be perfectly honest.

Posted by actionman at August 16, 2008 8:20 PM

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The Winchester says ...

Who the fuck is Sienna Miller?

Posted by The Winchester at August 17, 2008 1:55 AM

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corey3rd says ...

Rose was up and coming nearly 15 years ago with Doom Generation. The person's whose career took off because of Grindhouse - Robert's wife's divorce lawyer

Posted by corey3rd at August 17, 2008 7:06 AM

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DavidF says ...

AICN says they replaced Krumhotz with Samm Levine. I guess this is good news in that they are staying with a member of Team Apatow. I still say it might have been easiest for Tarantino to just take the whole lot em - Baruchel, Rogen, Segel etc. They're all young and Jewish and maybe you can get, like, a group discount?

Posted by DavidF at August 17, 2008 9:41 AM

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Richardson says ...

DZ: ...

I don't even know what to say, because I haven't the foggiest idea what what you wrote could possibly mean, even putting aside the question of it not responding to what I said and assume it was a non sequitur.

Posted by Richardson at August 17, 2008 9:54 AM

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Richardson says ...

"Rose was up and coming nearly 15 years ago with Doom Generation."

I thought 'Scream' was when she got her biggest push, but, yeah, that was my initial point.

Posted by Richardson at August 17, 2008 9:55 AM

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D.Z. says ...

The point I'm making is that she had name recognition. But then got branded as a generic B-Actress, and that was it for her.

Posted by D.Z. at August 17, 2008 10:19 PM

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Cadavra says ...

I never believed for a second that Krumholtz was in it. He's the star of a hit TV series; did anyone really think CBS, Paramount and Scott Free would let him off for a shoot that--knowing Tarantino--could take up to six months? Don't make me laugh.

Posted by Cadavra at August 18, 2008 11:15 PM

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