One of my pet obsessions used to be wondering whatever happened to Jackie Earle Haley, the little guy from The Bad News Bears and Breaking Away. I couldn't understand how he just disappeared when he was such an obvious talent. After toiling in obscurity for twenty-something years as a pizza delivery guy, a limousine chauffeur, and a security guard, Haley made an amazing comeback (including an Oscar nomination!) last year for his role as a somewhat sympathetic pedophile in Little Children.Anyway, there's a rumor circulating today on the internets that he has been offered the role of Rorschach in Zack Snyder's Watchmen, which I mentioned to you bastards before. This is incredible news, and I hope he gets the part. Here's an article about said rumor.
Oh, and Entertainment Weekly has a pretty interesting article about Mr. Haley over here.
3 comments:
He was very memorable in spite of the briefness of his career. Nice to see it being resurrected. Did I see that he'd done some behind-the-camera work recently as well?
I think I heard my first on-screen curse word in 'Bad News Bears'.
He owns a production company and directs local commercials (good ones!) out of San Antonio.
Check out JEH Productions.
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