GLAD:)? (I sure hope so)
One of my favorite books, Bel Ami by Guy de Maupassant, is set to be released as a feature film starring, drum roll: Robert Pattinson as the scheming, ever-opportunistic Georges Duroy. I have faith in this film, especially because Pattinson will be buoyed by a solid set of cast members, including Uma Thurman and Kristin Scott Thomas. My only hope is that Pattinson can do proper justice to Duroy's character. Up until now, we all knew he had acting chops as as a vampire with a soft spot for sweet stoner chicks, but now he's going to have to grow a thicker skin- emotionally speaking- to convey the level of scoundrel-osity, shall we say, that Duroy embodies. The deliciousness of the Bel Ami story is that Georges Duroy's calculating ways- and good looks- enable him to sleep with influential Parisian women, one after another, in an effort to boost his journalism career- and place in society. On second thought, I guess this story's not too far off from a vampire tale, it's just that in Bel Ami, Pattinson will have to convince us he's addicted to sex, power and fame, as opposed to human blood.
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