Last night I saw The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (see the video in my 1/30/09 post comparing Benjamin Button to Forrest Gump) and was surprised to discover Jason Flemyng (see pic above) featured as Benjamin Button’s freaked-out father. Jason starred in the British comedy I wrote, Lighthouse Hill (see the trailer in my 1/29/09 post below). I had the pleasure of working with the actors and director in rehearsal in England shortly before Lighthouse Hill was shot.
One night while riding back in the car with Jason from the pub where we were shooting the film north of London, Jason got a call from Brad Pitt or “The Pittman” as he called him. I believe they’d met when they were both in Guy Ritchie’s film, Snatch and had been friends ever since. It could be that Brad Pitt was of help to Jason when producers were casting Benjamin Button. Jason is a excellent actor and underrated in my opinion. If you watch the Lighthouse Hill trailer, you’ll hear Jason’s natural speaking voice. His role in Benjamin Button required a Southern accent which he did spot on.
Both Benjamin Button and Lighthouse Hill are magical realism stories and if you are a fan of that genre and liked Benjamin Button and Forrest Gump, you may consider getting Lighthouse Hill on DVD when it’s released on Amazon.com in March.
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