{"id":23091,"date":"2024-04-18T18:26:57","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T22:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=23091"},"modified":"2024-04-18T18:27:46","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T22:27:46","slug":"martin-scorsese-talks-about-jesus-and-frank-sinatra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=23091","title":{"rendered":"Martin Scorsese Talks About Jesus and Frank Sinatra"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

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As if making a film about Jesus Christ weren\u2019t enough, Martin Scorsese<\/a>\u00a0is reviving plans to make his long-delayed biopic about Frank Sinatra<\/a>, with Leonardo DiCaprio<\/a> reportedly being considered to play the iconic crooner. The 81-year-old auteur is currently working on a film about Jesus that is based on a book by Japanese writer Sh\u016bsaku End\u014d.

According to Variety<\/em><\/a>, Scorsese will plunge into the Sinatra project once the Jesus film is completed. The trade paper also hinted that Jennifer Lawrence will be cast in the role of actress Ava Gardner, who was Sinatra\u2019s wife for six years in the 1950s.

This is not the first time Scorsese has tried to make a movie about the legendary singer. In 2009, he had hoped to cast DiCaprio as Sinatra in a biopic for Universal, but nothing came of it. The following year, Scorcese said that he planned to cast Al Pacino as Sinatra and Robert De Niro as Dean Martin, who was part of the close-knit crew known as the Rat Pack.
Scorsese acknowledged then that he might want to have several different actors to play Sinatra at various stages of his life: \u201cWe can\u2019t go through the greatest hits of Sinatra\u2019s life. We tried this already. Just can\u2019t do it. So the other way to go is to have three or four different Sinatras. Younger. Older. Middle-aged. Very old. You cut back and forth in time \u2013 and you do it through the music.\u201d

It was believed, however, that Sinatra\u2019s daughter Tina was not pleased with Scorsese\u2019s concept that would detail Sinatra\u2019s connections with organized-crime figures. At the time, an anonymous source was quoted as saying: \u201cMarty wants it to be hard-hitting and showcase the violent, sexually charged, hard-drinking Frank, but Tina wants to show the softer side of her dad and let the focus be on the music.\u201d.

These creative differences involving Sinatra\u2019s estate finally forced Scorsese to abandon the project. He told a reporter in 2017 that \u201cCertain things are very difficult for a family, and I totally understand. But, if they expect me to be doing it, they can\u2019t hold back certain things. The problem is that the man was so complex. Everybody is so complex \u2013 but Sinatra in particular.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

It\u2019s not yet known whether Tina Sinatra will give her imprimatur to Scorsese\u2019s latest incarnation of the biopic project.

Scorsese, whose 1988 film The Last Temptation of Christ<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, was highly controversial for its depiction of the human side of Jesus, is still contemplating what approach he might take in his upcoming movie.

\u201cWhat kind of film I\u2019m not quite sure, but I want to make something unique and different that could be thought-provoking and I hope also entertaining,\u201d he was recently quoted as saying. \u201cI\u2019m not quite sure yet how to go about it. \u2026 The possibilities of making a film, the concept of Jesus, the idea of Jesus really stems from my background growing up in the Lower East Side, my interest in Catholicism, in the priesthood, which really led I think, ultimately to the film.”

Andrew Garfield<\/a> and Miles Teller<\/a> are reportedly being considered for leading parts in the Jesus film, though it\u2019s not clear what role or roles they might be playing.

Check out more of Edward\u2019s articles.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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