Not All of You Will Appreciate My Discovery…
by admin on Jul.14, 2008, under Industry News, Pre-Production
I’ll start off with a little description of what I am talking about. Tucker Max, a D-List celebrity, entirely of internet and his NY Times Bestseller fame, is in production of a movie based on “The Austin Road Trip Story” in his NY Times Bestseller I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell.
The casting has been complete and one of the biggest problems they had, aside from casting the character Slingblade, was finding the right person that could embody the narcissistic, womanizing, alcohol-driven arrogance of Tucker Max. This wasn’t another Van Wilder character, although that is what it sounds like and what many critics will probably compare it to, this was a fictionalized younger Tucker at his prime. According to the production blog, link below, they found him a few weeks back.
http://www.ihopetheyservebeerinhell.com
Recently Tucker released pictures of himself during the pre-production process, posting them all on a Flickr account and providing his fans with a link to them all. Although they have not released the names of the cast in the trades(official announcements through industry-specific news sources for those unfamiliar with the Hollywood lingo), but I have some news: I found him. I have found evidence of who is to be Tucker Max in the Indy $7 Million Film.
The guy you see from behind is Tucker. He’s discussing something in the production office with the Director, costume designer, and the other screenwriter/friend. The picture is cropped, but I have the link below.
If you look behind Tucker on the tack board you see a picture with the name “Tucker” on it. You can’t really make out the name that well, but I did some investigation and figured out who that is. I know who is playing Tucker Max in I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell. His name is Matt Czuchry, last name pronounced zoo-crie. He has most recently been on the show Gilmore Girls as well as Friday Night Lights. I remember seeing him in part of one episode of something(can’t remember what), and he came off as a jackass on that, so I trust that he can be a jerk on film too.
That’s all I’ve got for now. More when I find it.
IMDB link here:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0194516/
Full size, un-cropped picture:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rudiusmedia/2615846665/sizes/l/in/set-72157605851243289/
UPDATE: Tucker posted the cast, and guess what? I was right!
- Robert
