Greg Kinnear On Playing A Role In Possible Remake Of ‘Donkey Kong’ Documentary ‘King of Kong’

Greg KinnearIt’s time to write again about the highly acclaimed “Donkey Kong” rivalry documentary “King of Kong,” my favorite topic of the year.

The occasion? MTV Movies editor/reporter/nice-man Josh Horowitz was hanging out with actor Greg Kinnear for some non-gaming-reason and asked him about the “King of Kong” filmmakers’ desire to have Kinnear play a lead role in a dramatic remake of the documentary.

Had he heard that they think he’d play a great Steve Wiebe, the soft-spoken up-start schoolteacher who makes a run at the “Donkey Kong” world record held by arcade hero (but “King of Kong” villain) Billy Mitchell?

Kinnear told Josh: “No, but I saw that documentary. I loved it. I thought it was a very cool documentary. If they make that into a movie…I wouldn’t want to play Kong. So that guy [Wiebe] would be better.”

I trust Josh will follow through and badger Johnny Depp next about playing Mitchell. Don’t let me down, Josh!

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  2. Tim Tringle says:

    There is only one, people may hate this, but ben stiller would make the perfect billy mitchell. As soon as I saw Billy Mitchell it was the first thing that came to mind. If you’ve seen the Ben Stiller show when he makes fun of Motivational Speakers you already know what I mean.

    It would be hysterical.

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