ROTTEN TOMATOES: Scott Porter Signs On for a "Speed Racer" Role

Scott Porter Signs On for a "Speed Racer" Role

by Scott Weinberg | June 05, 2007

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Fans of TV's "Friday Night Lights" may be familiar with actor Scott Porter. Movie fans will see him in next year's "Speed Racer" adaptation.

His only other film role to date was in "Music and Lyrics," but Scott Porter has been chosen to play the older brother of the title character (Emile Hirsch). Apparently his character disappears only to return years later as the villainous Racer X -- who is being played by Matthew Fox.

Production on the Wachowski's family-friendly racing epic gets underway in Germany this month. Obviously the flick's being targeted for a Summer '08 release.

Source: Variety

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blank blank writes:
on Jun 05 2007 01:22 PM

ha ha! this news is unimportant. ha ha

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dagreenman18 writes:
on Jun 05 2007 04:30 PM

wait, Matthew Fox is going to be Racer X? Why?

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bigsexy_90 writes:
on Jun 05 2007 06:39 PM

[b]I dunno about this movie![/b]
for one emile hirsch as speed racer? no wait, mathew fox as racer x? the casting thus far is below sub-par if you ask me. However, it is a wachowski brothers movie, so maybe there is hope, but then again, bullet time in a racing movie, what is chim chim gonna do some crazy car repairs in bulllet time?

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the-russian writes:
on Jun 05 2007 10:21 PM

I'm not a Speed Racer fan, never seen the show, but Hirsch seems like a good choice to me. I mean, who would you have play him? Nick Cage? Hirsch has got that "young boyish-look" to him that harks back to the cartoon.

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Simsgil writes:
on Jun 06 2007 03:44 AM

I don't remember Racer X as being "villainous." Secretive, yes, but he was helpful to Speed on more than one occasion.

But that was 30 years ago.

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SpikeDog writes:
on Jun 06 2007 05:26 AM

[b]To quote Knoked Up...[/b]
You know what's interesting about Matthew Fox? Absolutely nothing.

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