Sister, Do You Know My Name?

by admin on July 8th, 2007

White as Elvis? (Source:Flakmag) Looks like rumors about our own Mr. White acting in the parody biopic Walk Hard are absolutely true.

A John C. Reilly vehicle co-written by Judd Apatow (Knocked Up, The 40 Year Old Virgin), Walk Hard will feature Jack as the King himself, Elvis Presley.

But we Yorbites know this isn’t his first foray into the acting world. He appeared as Georgia in Cold Mountain and did a vignette with Meg about a Tesla coil in Jim Jarmusch’s Coffee & Cigarettes.

Here’s how the role came about, in Jack’s own words:

John C. Reilly called me up and asked if I would do it. They were filming in a couple of days. I said, ‘OK, but what year is it supposed to be?’ He said 1957, so that was OK. I thought it was just going to be for cable or something but he said, ‘Oh no, this is one of the biggest films this company is going to put out this year.’ He sent the script over and it was really funny.

Well, I think this is only the beginning. More Stripes on the silver screen!