RUMOR : Jaco the movie auditioning bass players.

I had always heard that Johnny Depp was going to play Jaco. I'll actually be a bit disappointed if he doesn't.

 

+1 I don't know exactly why but I alwys though it would have to be depp.

 

Well he plays bass, and he looks like he could pull off the Jaco look/personality. I think there is a pic of Johnny somewhere holding a bass and he looks like him.

 

it'll be much better without any well known stars.

keep it more underground.
trying to make some big budget film out of it isn't going to happen, how many really know jaco other than jazz fans and bass players.

saw mongol last night so glad tom cruise wasn't genghis khan in this

 

Damn, I'm too fat And bald

 

Wouldn't trying to keep Jaco's name from becoming more largely known be a disservice to his legacy?

 

But maybe they want a "body double" maybe "hand double" - so you see Johnny playing from a distance and then it cuts to somebody else's hands playing Jaco's famous bass lines!!


I don't think anybody who isn't practicing bass every day could play some of Jaco's stuff.

 

Movie auditions on YouTube? THAT sounds like a winner.

bc

 

Johnny Depp would make an excellent Jaco.

Another option is Keanu, he has that junk-head manerism, but I think he may look too humble, which goes against everything that is Jaco. But he already plays bass.

 

I guess Johnny does too?

 

In all fairness Johnny Depp is a fairly talented guitar player.

 

This rumour has been circulating since 2005. You can check Jaco's forum for more details. Are there any concrete proof this time? I'm really hoping for the movie to come out!

 

Robert Downey Junior....because he knows how to lose it. Ugg, sorry, my bad. Not sure if I'd be able to watch a movie like this, even if they made it. His final days were pretty sad.

 

But not that talented though!

 

Hulk Hogan plays bass too. I'm just sayin...

 

He would be by no means on Jaco's level, but the point is more that he at least has a musical foundation on guitar from which he would probably adapt to playing bass fairly easily. It would be challenging but not impossible to cop Jaco's lines - he doesn't have to have the improvisational/compositional skills, he would just need to learn the lines.

I would guess that they would just dub in either Jaco or someone else over whomever was acting, however.

 

Jaimie Fox did a great job playing Ray Charles. I think they should give him a shot at Jaco!

 

Chris Kattan looks lot more like Jaco than Johnny Depp, IMHO.