The first reaction I heard was that Pete Davidson was too short for the role. He's 6-3. Joey Ramone was 6-6. 🙄Pete Davidson will produce and star in I SLEPT WITH JOEY RAMONE, a new biopic chronicling the life of the king of punk — whom we lost 20 years ago today.
— NetflixFilm (@NetflixFilm) April 15, 2021
The film, directed by Jason Orley from a treatment by Davidson and Orley, is based on Mickey Leigh's memoir of the same name. pic.twitter.com/4r49gZfsmo
Saturday, April 17, 2021
ICYMI: Pete Davidson to play Joey Ramone in Netflix biopic
More details at Deadline.
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ReplyDeleteActually the bigger issue for me is that Davidson’s chin is way too strong as compared to Joey.
Pete Davidson's height is the last thing to worry about. 6'3" is very tall for Hollywood. My main concern would be Pete Davidson not being nearly talented or deep enough to do justice to a character like Joey Ramone.
ReplyDeleteand who will play Linda 🤔
ReplyDeletePete Davidson seems like a sensitive person who will try to do justice to Joey Ramone. He also looks more like a Ramone than 99% of people on earth, he's a NYC borough kid too, and really, no matter what the film turns out to be, Pete Davidson as Joey is already 10x superior to the dumpster-fire cast of 2013's CBGB.
ReplyDeletePete would be better suited playing like a bridge and tunnel member of the audience at CBs. But an actual fucking Ramone??........that's like Donald Trump playing Hilly Kristal.
ReplyDeletePete Davidsons feet are the wrong size to play the character
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