We’ve already told you about “My Dinner With Herve,” a biopic of the “Fantasy Island” little guy, Richardo Montalban sidekick Herve Villechaize that’s going to be directed by Sacha Gervasi, the director behind the winning metal documentary, “Anvil! The Story of Anvil.”
Who will play Villechaize, the famous, diminutive Tattoo on the 70s TV series, “Fantasy Island”? Gervasi tells EW (not online, it’s in a small sidebar) that actor Peter Dinklage is going to play the part (he was fantastic in “The Station Agent,” one of our favorite indie films of 2003).
“I’m going to do the true story of Herve Villechaize from Fantasy Island. I was the last journalist to interview him. A week later, he killed himself. It’s a dinner interview as he flashes back on his life,” Gervasi explained about the project and its planned narrative structure.
Gervasi told us last week that the film will shoot in the Fall and recently updated us with the fact that he’s currently giving the script one more rewrite pass to have it ready.
Our hardnosed friend Edward Douglas at ComingSoon.net will say this is not news if it’s not official, but if it’s Gervasi’s intention to have Dinklage star in the film, that’s definitely of note. But hey, if you want to wait until the trades announce it and link them, be our guest. 😉
