Ralph Macchio Is Not a Screenwriter; He Just Plays One in Gervasi’s ‘Hitchcock’
Source: @wordandfilm
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“Ralph Macchio is the latest in a long list of actors to sign on for Sacha Gervasi’s biopic about Alfred Hitchcock. The movie, based on Stephen Rebello’s book, Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho, until recently was using that as the working title and then changed it to the more succinct, “Hitchcock.” Macchio will play “Psycho” screenwriter Joseph Stefano, perhaps one of the more interesting characters in the story behind the making of the classic film.
It’s hard to imagine Macchio getting a whole lot of screen time considering he’s competing with the likes of Scarlett Johansson, Jessica Biel, Helen Mirren, Toni Collette, and Anthony Hopkins, just to name a few. The role does, however, have the potential to bring some insight into the method and madness behind the man and his most popular film…….”


