LTTE in today's Guardian re: cricket

[billyskank]

Surely, by now Hollywood will have recognised the nail-biting possibilities of a closely fought cricket match? What about a blockbuster with Tom Hanks and Hugh Grant as Ponting and Vaughan, and Arnold Schwartzenegger as Flintoff?
Bob Bird
Great Missenden, Bucks

http://www.guardian.co.uk/letters/story/0,3604,1568457,00.html

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[Spider Jerusalem]

1. Eh. Bollywood's already done a cricket movie.

Lagaan, it was called. (And it was actually pretty good, even.)

[ikri]

2. Yikes

My ears are already bleeding at the thought of Arnie trying to get Flintoff's Lancashire accent right.

There's a link to an Andy Flintoff interview here. Listen to that & then try to imagine Arnie with the same accent.

[tjwmason]

3. Now that really is a terrible idea if ever I heard one.

Can you just imagine how Hollywood would utterly ruin anything about cricket.

The mind boggles.

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