Sean Penn Not Playing a ‘Stooge’

If you, like most of us, thought the idea of Sean Penn playing Larry in the updated version of ‘The Three Stooges’ sounded like a horrible idea, you weren’t alone.  In fact, the most important party of this story thought it was a bad idea, as well.  Penn has dropped out of the role claiming he wants to take a step away from Hollywood for a while to spend time with his family.

We brought you word back in March that Penn had been cast in the role, while Jim Carrey had been cast as Curly, and Benicio Del Toro had been cast as Moe.  The Farrelly Brothers have spent the better part of a decade trying to get a ‘Three Stooges’ project off the ground, and it looked like  this time, they would finally get something moving.  However, this news about Penn stepping out only makes the pre-production stage that much longer for the writing/directing team.

This hiatus is also causing Penn to step out of his role in the Universal thriller, ‘Cartel.’  No official word on how long Penn plans to stay out of hte Hollywod spotlight, but sources claim it could be up to a year.

Source: The Hollywood Reporter