HANNAH: Paul Rudd. Sweet and a bit goofy. That’s who always pops into my head when I think of who could play him. Although Paul Rudd pops into my head a lot these days, just generally. A lot of people know him from movies like Knocked Up or I Love You, Man, or when he married Phoebe in Friends.
But I liked him in Cider House Rules years ago. So I saw him first…
ROB: You do know he’s a big Hollywood star who’s married with kids and lives thousands of miles away and you’ll never meet him, right?
HANNAH: He looked good in a uniform in that movie. I wonder if Dan could use a uniform…
DELPHINE: What movie star would play Dan? Zat’s tricky. You know, I’ve met many stars of cinema. French cinema of course. Gerard Depardieu tried to seduce me once…
DAN: What movie star would play me? I’d say Matthew McConaughey could do a good job. We’re about the same height, he’s a tiny bit taller, maybe. And I don’t have wavy hair, or piercing blue eyes and striking bone structure. And obviously working out is effectively part of his job as a movie star, and I don’t get paid to go to the gym, so perhaps I don’t have quite the same abdominals.
But then I’ve never been arrested playing the bongos in my pants, so I think we’re even.
DELPHINE: To play me, Brigitte Bardot would have been perfect I zink, if she’d dyed her hair. Gerard said I reminded him of her. That was before I said no to his advances, and ‘e drove off in a rage, crashing his scooter. Men are such babies.
ROB: For me, it’d be tricky. I’d need someone with classic leading man looks, an action movie physique, and Groucho’s comic timing. Probably best if I play myself.
DAN: For Rob…You know these days the actor Vince Vaughan plays these kinda schlubby ordinary Joes with a good line in bitter sarcasm? But when he first became a star with Swingers he was this tall, skinny, good-looking guy with great hair and stylish clothes; a new Hollywood star with a mischievous twinkle in his eye that let guys and gals know he’d be a blast to hang out with? Well Rob looks a bit like him after that time.
HANNAH: I think I’d best be played by Amy Adams. Largely because she already has experience of hanging around with a bunch of Muppets.
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Why Is Dan Taylor Giving Up On Women?
ChickLitAs Dan Taylor Is Giving Up On Women by Neal Doran is published by Carina UK, we go behind the scenes for interviews with Dan and his friends to find out why he's given up on women, and how on earth he thinks he's like the Diet Coke Guy.
