Richard Kind to star in the Cohen Brothers new comedy A Serious Man

[Joe Rogaine]

Serious guys for Coens     Aug. 18, 2008
      
      
   
Source: Variety    
   by: Dave Davis
   
      
   

kFor their last few movies, the Coen Brothers have rounded up some heavyweight talent - George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Tom Hanks, Tommy Lee Jones. After NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, they can pretty much get whoever they want.

So for their next movie, they're going with another familiar face... just not quite as A-list. They've brought in TV fixture, voice actor and Clooney chum Richard Kind ("SPIN CITY", "MAD ABOUT YOU") to star in their comedy A SERIOUS MAN. He'll be joined by Michael Stuhlbarg, a Tony-nominated actor with only a bit of screen and TV experience.

Set in 1967, SERIOUS centers on Larry Gopnik (Stuhlbarg), a Midwestern professor whose life begins to unravel when his wife sets out to leave him and his socially inept brother (Kind) won't move out of the house. It's conceivable a few other Coen regulars will show up as well.

[masterofsparks]

Does this mean he gave Abraham bad advice?

[Pat K]

Aw, I was hoping this was going to be a sequel to NO COUTNRY FOR OLD MEN, where Richard Kind plays Anton Chighur's dad or brother or something. Too bad for you - you missed your chance, Coens!

Also, Richard Kind's "socially inept brother" character on "Curb Your Enthusiasm" never really had me in stitches...

[Joe Rogaine]

Do you remember the specific advise? I just remember it being bad advice.

[masterofsparks]

I think the advice was "Don't become an actor."

[Chris L]

Trailer.  Not much Kind in it, you'll have to wait to get your fix.

[moonshake]

I am more excited about their adaptation of True Grit- 2011!!

[masterofsparks]

I am more excited about their adaptation of True Grit- 2011!!

I'm looking forward to it also, but if they had their hearts set on adapting a Charles Portis novel, I wish they'd done The Dog of the South.

[hugman]

I've always wanted to weigh in on Richard Kind's advice (which was, when asked for advice for young actors said "don't do it" or something to that effect). It was obviously good advice because the fella took it.  It's also not all that original.  You hear that so many times as an actor from older actors.  It's good advice because if you listen to it, you obviously don't want it bad enough in the first place.
A funny thing that transpired back then.  Tom got all on Richard Kind's case for saying that, then not that long after, when the aspiring comedy writer from ohio called to ask Tom and John Hodgman if they could get him a job writing for a tv show, Tom said something like "that's the last place you want to be." 

[Pat K]

I am more excited about their adaptation of True Grit- 2011!!

Who's gonna be in that one, Richard Belzer?

[buffcoat]

I've always wanted to weigh in on Richard Kind's advice (which was, when asked for advice for young actors said "don't do it" or something to that effect). It was obviously good advice because the fella took it.  It's also not all that original.  You hear that so many times as an actor from older actors.  It's good advice because if you listen to it, you obviously don't want it bad enough in the first place.
A funny thing that transpired back then.  Tom got all on Richard Kind's case for saying that, then not that long after, when the aspiring comedy writer from ohio called to ask Tom and John Hodgman if they could get him a job writing for a tv show, Tom said something like "that's the last place you want to be." 

This advice was also given by Patricia Clarkson's character to Claire in the later episodes of Six Feet Under.