Slashfilm is so tawdry today. The last time I recall reading about Inferno, the Linda Lovelace/Deep Throat biopic with Anna Faris set to star, Vulture was getting lashed by Faris’s dad for making bad puns. Faris now tells MTV that the film, a seedy departure for the goofy comedienne (Smiley Face, the Scary Movies), will likely begin shooting this summer with Slashfilm fave, Sam Rockwell (real name), apparently aboard to play her husband.
“I’m going to do ['Observe & Report' with Seth Rogen] first, and then hopefully we’ll get together for the summer. …You’re not going to even know who I am,” she half-joked. “I’m not there right now, but I will be when the time comes. I’ll be in a very dark place.”
The movie will be directed by newcomer Matthew Wilder (real name) whose quasi-Philip K. Dick (real name) biopic, Your Name Here, starring Bill Pullman (real name/bad pun) opens this year. We’ll post the trailer for that one shortly. It’s jammed econo with enough ’70s duds, nude hugs and drugs to light a path for Inferno’s American tale of kinky debasement, relentless exploitation and sniffled redemption.
In her early 20s, Lovelace (real name/bad pun, Linda Boreman) starred in Deep Throat, the lil’ porno funded by the mob that became a worldwide theatrical/socio-political sensation in 1972. Its broad influence was examined in the 2002 doc, Inside Deep Throat. She was married to two guys widely described as abusive sleazebag opportunists (Rockwell would play the second one), and later led an anti-pornography crusade of sorts, decrying that much of Deep Throat was filmed against her will. She died in 2002, the result of a car accident. The subject matter isn’t too fresh, but I think Faris would be enticingly insane for this role, far stranger than Val Kilmer as John Holmes in Wonderland.
Discuss: Does Faris + Rockwell get you interested?
June 23rd, 2008 at 3:13 pm
This sounds awesome Faris and Rockwell are in then I’m sold…
June 23rd, 2008 at 4:30 pm
Hunter, you forgot to put (real name) after Philip K. Dick :P
June 23rd, 2008 at 5:27 pm
Hmmm…
I’m looking forward to seeing ‘Your Name Here’. Early word has been really good.
Sam Rockwell is,even when he is in garbage, a terrific actor. I’m never sure with Anna Faris though…
June 23rd, 2008 at 5:58 pm
@ Enrique
Done, thanks. Btw: You got blocked by /Film’s phallic-word filter. Peter will have to wave the /Film wand to get your comment approved a bit later. ;)
June 23rd, 2008 at 6:03 pm
Anna Faris is actually my sociology professor’s sister. He almost got her to come in and hand out teacher evaluation forms, but she was busy. :(
June 23rd, 2008 at 7:52 pm
Great choice of photo (of Anna Faris), considering the subject matter of the film.
The idea of Sam Rockwell as her husband is a great choice.
June 23rd, 2008 at 8:13 pm
Being a bug Sam Rockwell fan and Anna Faris not really being a bother to me.
This combo does interest me.
June 23rd, 2008 at 9:14 pm
You are weak sauce for not posting the trailer for Your Name Here. You said “shortly” and after giving you time to post it, you failed. Not only did you fail me, but you wasted my time. I had to google it and wasted 7 seconds on top of waiting for you to find it for me. And it’s a cool trailer too. You missed out man. You should google it.
June 23rd, 2008 at 9:28 pm
Linda Lovelace biopic? I’m in. I love Sam Rockwell, too, so I’m in even more.
June 23rd, 2008 at 9:33 pm
@Matthew
If you get crushed by a hamster wheel on your morning commute tomorrow, it was mine.
June 24th, 2008 at 7:01 am
I really like her comedy style, and most actors who can pull off comedy have the skills for serious acting, so I’m thinking she will be great for this role. Sam Rockwell is fantastic as well. This old guy I work with tells me that Deep Throat was a big thing to go to back in the days when they played porno in theatres. He said everyone went to it. Ah, the good ole days where you could make a movie about a G-spot in the back of a throat.
July 5th, 2008 at 2:23 pm
speaking of Anna Farris, Deep Throat-The Play will open on the Boston stage titled When Harry Met Linda….
David Bertolino, producer has reported that the production will move to the Broadway stage in February 2009