And while you’re pretending that the title of the film isn’t inherently off-putting and that you’re just happy to hear about a lesbian component in a new comedy, here’s bit of a twist in the fantasy good news: their sex scene will also involve John Turturro, the writer and director of the project, who stars in the Hung-like film as a man forced into prostitution out of economic necessity. Take one actress best known for an iconic lesbian role and another actress that lesbians simply wish would switch teams, put them both in a new film and what do you have? Sharon Stone and Sofia Vergara in bed together in something called Fading Gigolo. Sofia Vergara in bed with Sharon Stone and… Somebody teach this guy the finer points of rugby and get the cameras rolling. And as for gay? He did that already too, slow-dancing with Gerard Butler in Rock-n-Rolla. This is a man whose body is more than up to the challenge (see Warrior or Bronson for all the proof you need) and whose chameleon-like abilities can see him dance around the edges of a film like Inception or practically into the woodwork in films like Tinker Tailor Solder Spy. Enter Tom Hardy, currently in talks to take on the part. How would it work? And then came news that even Rourke wasn’t convinced he was up for the role’s physical demands. After all, Rourke is in his late 50s and Thomas in his mid-30s.
It wasn’t bad news to hear that Mickey Rourke wanted to play Welsh gay rubgy star Gareth Thomas in a new film about the athlete’s 2009 professional coming out process, but it was, admittedly, odd news.