Dave Franco is responding to the individuals evaluating him to Luigi Mangione.
Franco, 39, spoke to The Hollywood Reporter on the Sundance Movie Pageant on Saturday, January 25, the place he was requested if anybody had advised him concerning the comparisons individuals have made between the actor and Mangione’s likenesses. Earlier than Franco might reply, his companion Alison Brie stated, “Anybody? Do you imply everybody?”
Franco advised the outlet, “I’ve by no means acquired extra texts in my life about something. Anybody who has my cellphone quantity has reached out about it.”
A lot of the comparisons came about on social media, with individuals even suggesting Franco ought to play Mangione in a film. “I don’t assume there have been any official provides,” Brie, 42, jokingly replied. Franco added, “No, no official provides.”
Mangione, 26, is the person suspected of taking pictures and killing CEO of UnitedHealthcare Brian Thompson in New York Metropolis on December 4, 2024. After a five-day search, Mangione was arrested in Pennsylvania and charged with homicide on December 9. He was discovered with a ghost gun much like the one believed for use in Thompson’s homicide, in addition to a handwritten manifesto criticizing the healthcare business. Mangione had undergone again surgical procedure in recent times.
Images of Mangione went viral following his arrest, with a number of celebrities commenting on his seems to be. Stephen Colbert addressed the web’s curiosity in Mangione throughout a December 2024 episode of The Late Present With Stephen Colbert.
“This story began tragic, however then it in a short time [became] bizarre, as a result of when authorities initially launched safety pictures of the suspect, the web response was swift and sexy,” Colbert stated. “You already know [the] man’s Italian since you might grate parmesan on these abs.”
Whereas a film adaptation of the occasion has not been introduced, a documentary is already in the works from filmmaker Stephen Robert Morse, which can study the deadly taking pictures of Thompson and its aftermath.
“This case is advanced and raises necessary questions on vigilantism, the devastating price of a privatized healthcare system, and the inevitability of violence when peaceable change is seen as unimaginable,” Morse advised Deadline in December. “My purpose is to current a balanced exploration of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s assassination, exhibiting all sides of the story whereas respecting the profound lack of life and its affect on everybody concerned.”
Morse, a two-time Emmy-nominated filmmaker, famous that he expects “the documentary might be memed,” including that he hoped to “foster a deeper understanding” of the case by means of the various views of everybody concerned, together with Mangione.
Dave Franco is responding to the individuals evaluating him to Luigi Mangione.
Franco, 39, spoke to The Hollywood Reporter on the Sundance Movie Pageant on Saturday, January 25, the place he was requested if anybody had advised him concerning the comparisons individuals have made between the actor and Mangione’s likenesses. Earlier than Franco might reply, his companion Alison Brie stated, “Anybody? Do you imply everybody?”
Franco advised the outlet, “I’ve by no means acquired extra texts in my life about something. Anybody who has my cellphone quantity has reached out about it.”
A lot of the comparisons came about on social media, with individuals even suggesting Franco ought to play Mangione in a film. “I don’t assume there have been any official provides,” Brie, 42, jokingly replied. Franco added, “No, no official provides.”
Mangione, 26, is the person suspected of taking pictures and killing CEO of UnitedHealthcare Brian Thompson in New York Metropolis on December 4, 2024. After a five-day search, Mangione was arrested in Pennsylvania and charged with homicide on December 9. He was discovered with a ghost gun much like the one believed for use in Thompson’s homicide, in addition to a handwritten manifesto criticizing the healthcare business. Mangione had undergone again surgical procedure in recent times.
Images of Mangione went viral following his arrest, with a number of celebrities commenting on his seems to be. Stephen Colbert addressed the web’s curiosity in Mangione throughout a December 2024 episode of The Late Present With Stephen Colbert.
“This story began tragic, however then it in a short time [became] bizarre, as a result of when authorities initially launched safety pictures of the suspect, the web response was swift and sexy,” Colbert stated. “You already know [the] man’s Italian since you might grate parmesan on these abs.”
Whereas a film adaptation of the occasion has not been introduced, a documentary is already in the works from filmmaker Stephen Robert Morse, which can study the deadly taking pictures of Thompson and its aftermath.
“This case is advanced and raises necessary questions on vigilantism, the devastating price of a privatized healthcare system, and the inevitability of violence when peaceable change is seen as unimaginable,” Morse advised Deadline in December. “My purpose is to current a balanced exploration of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s assassination, exhibiting all sides of the story whereas respecting the profound lack of life and its affect on everybody concerned.”
Morse, a two-time Emmy-nominated filmmaker, famous that he expects “the documentary might be memed,” including that he hoped to “foster a deeper understanding” of the case by means of the various views of everybody concerned, together with Mangione.