The original title of this article was ‘FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO’, but that screwed up the formatting of our menu on the left.
What has me so up in arms? The announcement that Mike Myers will be playing ex-Who drummer and ex-living and breathing person Keith Moon in an untitled biopic. Yeah, not the guy who kills people in Haddonfield, the guy who was the fucking Cat in the fucking Hat.
Now, this isn’t a total shock. I’ve heard about Myers’ interest in this part for the last few years. I wrote about it 3 whole years ago (Jesus, I have been writing for CHUD that long?) when Myers was talking about it while shilling Goldmember. At the time Roger Daltry endorsed the idea, but that guy has aged into a completely clueless prick anyway.
Keith Moon was one of the great wild men of rock and roll. I guarantee he did more fucked up stuff at an average aftershow party than any of you have done in your lives. Especially if you have ever attended a Star Wars screening in costume. Moon died at 32, and pretty much everyone was amazed that he had made it that long.
Myers has done the “serious” acting bit before, and it was a complete disaster – the truly hideous 54. It’s a terrible, terrible movie, but easily the worst part of it is Myer’s “performance.”
I’ll be tracking this story as it evolves, much like Anderson Cooper standing around in the wind and rain as a hurricane approaches. People, I urge you to evacuate your local theaters when this comes out.