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I hope he is the main bad guy. I hate his House character so much that I'd be more than happy to see Robocop put some slugs through him.
After eight seasons as the cranky, mercurial, endlessly fascinating Dr. Gregory House on House, Hugh Laurie is finally ready for his first big Hollywood starring role, and it's a doozy. According to Variety he's in talks to play the villain in RoboCop, MGM's planned remake of 1987 Paul Verhoeven classic. If the story sticks closely to the original, that would have Laurie playing the head of Omni Corp, that builds the android police force, and eventually revives the dedicated policeman played by Joel Kinnaman in order to become the half-human, half-android crime fighter we know as Robocop.
We all know Laurie is perfectly good at being mean, so that should be no challenge if he puts on his villain face for this film. And based on Variety's description, he'll also be able to employ the excellent sarcasm he showed for so many years on House, which was arguably the best part of the character. MGM had no comment on the casting news, but with production set to start this ummer-- and the likes of Samuel L. Jackson and Abbie Cornish recently signing on for roles, they've got to be close to finding at least someone to play the villain part.
Robocop has done a surprisingly good job of attracting a good cast, despite being an 80s remake that no one really asked for and still might not be a good idea. We'd love to see Laurie take a big film role, and as funny as he can be, a villain is probably the way to go.
Thanks to Chopsaki for the submission.
I hope he is the main bad guy. I hate his House character so much that I'd be more than happy to see Robocop put some slugs through him.
I wanna know why Hugh Laurie, isnt in Sherlock Holmes in some capicity???
I think it was OBVIOUS that Mr Laurie would have made an awesome Moriaity,
This is really started to sound like it may be really good. Guess time will tell.
I love Laurie. This blows my mind because he said he was retiring from acting and going behind the camera to produce/direct. Glad to see he is going to stay in front of the camera. He'd make a great villian.
Moriarty? Well, he was basically playing Sherlock on House. But, I agree. However, he might have overshadowed the cross dressing RDJ in that flick.
This site is censoring its threads heavy...not allowing certain subjects to be brought up like attacks the site had on its viewers a few days ago.
They are flagging certain key words not allowing questions or information to be posted.
So Stuart Little and its sequels weren't big enough roles to be considered starring roles?
I like this casting and all of the previous casting as well. At least in that aspect it is shaping up rather well.