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Originally Posted by Steve Carlton
Christian Bale was the first one considered for the Ferrari role. He pulled out over concerns about having to gain weight. Hugh Jackman was going to play the role, but cancelled due to unknown reasons. I suspect Robert Downey Jr would have been great in the role. Without knowing what Enzo was really like, it's hard to say if his portrayal was accurate or not.
How so?
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I know we don't know what he was really like but we know he's an Italian alpha male in the 1950s. That alone makes Driver a bad choice for the role. We also know Ferrari built a racing and automotive empire. How Driver portrayed Enzo is antithetical to those three absolutes.
Like all of his roles, his baseline is whiny and weak such that when he expresses courage/anger/dominance, it comes off as ineffectual and laughable like the scene in the trailer. He feigns these emotions/traits, they aren't authentic.