Sometimes, persistence pays off, and director Sacha Gervasi‘s (“Anvil: The Story Of Anvil,” “Hitchcock“) and star Peter Dinklage never gave up on My Dinner With Hervé.” The project has been in the works for years, but this year saw the stars align and the movie get in front of cameras, with Jamie Dornan joining the cast. And now we have a colorful first look at the movie.
The film is drawn from Gervasi’s own experience interviewing Hervé Villechaize, aka Tattoo, the famous dwarf on TV’s “Fantasy Island,” who met a tragic end when he committed suicide in 1993. Here’s the official logline from HBO:
An unlikely friendship evolves over one wild night in LA between a struggling journalist and actor Hervé Villechaize, the world’s most famous gun-toting dwarf, resulting in life-changing consequences for both.
This picture is selling “intense, tropical shirt, drama” which sounds just fine to me. No word yet on an airdate, but it’s one we’ll be watching out for. [Vulture]
