We are some of those people who think that Mike Judge can’t do anything wrong. He can do things we only nod our heads in acknowledgment of, but they are far from bad.
We’re even into his cameos in Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Spy Kids, and – to a lesser degree - Frasier. He was Kenny’s voice in the South Park movie. We’re the type of people who know that.
So, it was with great pain that we didn’t report on the Mike Judge live-action Beavis and Butthead adaptation a few weeks ago, but now one of the actors he named is returning the buzz…
From MTV:
“For some reason, I used to hate the idea for years,” he said of a “Beavis & Butt-head” movie starring two living, breathing, heh-heh-heh-ing actors. “Now, I think maybe there’s something there.”
My first thought was to imagine Seann William Scott as Beavis, and although he might be getting a bit old, I can still imagine him pulling his t-shirt up over his head and calling upon “The Almighty Bunghole.” Judge agreed with the name but wanted Scott to play the other half of the duo, reasoning: “I guess Seann William Scott’s kinda got Butt-Head eyes.”
Judge also remembered that Johnny Depp once wanted to play Beavis – with Marlon Brando as Butt-Head!
Today, Capone over at AICN was ready to ask Seann William Scott if he head heard the rumors:
Capone: I read that yesterday on MTV movie blog, Mike Judge is thinking about creating a live-action Beavis and Butt-head movie. And he said that he envisioned you and Johnny Depp in those roles, with you presumably playing Butt-head. Had you heard about this?
SWS: Ah, man! You know what? I had an interview earlier, and somebody said that, and I thought they were joking. I have to say, to work with Mike Judge, I think that guy is really incredible.
OFFICE SPACE is a really solid comedy, but I don’t think Johnny Depp is going to want to work with me. [laughs] Not quite yet. But if Mike Judge asked me to work with Johnny Depp, I’d be all over that, even if it was Beavis and Butt-head. I haven’t seen “Beavis and Butt-head” in a long time, but that’s a pretty huge honor. What do you think about that?
Capone:I don’t know what I think about a live-action Beavis and Butt-head, but I like the casting choices. I wouldn’t count out Depp. If you’d told me five years ago, he would be the star of a live-action version of the PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN ride and Disney, I would have done a spit-take in your face. Every once in a while, Depp will do something that you almost can’t believe he’s doing. I don’t think he’d outright dismiss the idea. He’d want to the script to be good. Beavis and Butt-head are iconic.
SWS:You never know. Like I said, I don’t think Johnny Depp would want to work with me, but who knows? That could be a really bizarre, funny film.
You know what this means: people are talking. And for us here at the B&U, it means that we have to keep this somewhere at the back of our minds to make it happen.
‘Cause it sounds awesome.
