Who will play Holden Caulfield or Spiderman?

"On hearing of JD Salinger's recent death, most fans probably experienced a single emotion: sadness. Over in Hollywood, however, the hills shook with the cackling of a hundred avaricious studio execs. Finally, someone will get to make The Catcher in the Rye film.
Jake Gyllenhaal as Holden in The Good Girl (2002) - Gag Reel.

Yet perhaps the biggest problem will be casting Holden himself. Leonardo DiCaprio, John Cusack and Tobey Maguire have all previously been mooted. Salinger called Holden "essentially unactable. A Sensitive, Intelligent, Talented Young Actor in a Reversible Coat wouldn't nearly be enough". The easiest way to grasp catastrophe from the jaws of success would surely be to cast a next-gen teen idol
'Twilight' star Robert Pattinson shooting new film 'Bel Ami' in the English countryside, UK.

– a Robert Pattinson or a Zac Efron – but even the more realistic candidates don't feel quite right.
There's Joseph Gordon Levitt (too old), Anton Yelchin (too Russian), Michael Cera (too geeky), or Jessie Eisenberg (too Jew-fro). Emile Hirsch as Francis Doyle in "The Dangerous lives of Altar Boys" (2002).

Emile Hirsch feels like the closest fit, but you can't help thinking the best Holden will be the true unknown that no-one expects; someone unsullied by fame's own story, able to be the Holden we imagined, in the way Salinger himself might have approved". Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Here's how the final tally of votes shook out:
Joseph Gordon-Levitt: 27%Zac Efron: 23.2%Michael Welch: 10.5%Jesse Eisenberg: 5.7%Aaron Johnson: 5.5%Michael Cera: 4.9%Cory Monteith: 2.1%Patrick Fugit: 1.9%Erik Knudsen: 1.6%
Other: 17.4%
Source: splashpage.mtv.com

"Jews are hot. Last year, actor Jake Gyllenhaal was included on People Magazine’s “Sexiest Man Alive” list.
Jesse Eisenberg, an attractive New York Jewish actor.

Just being Jewish by itself also seems to be attractive.
Woody Allen and Diane Keaton in "Annie Hall" (1977).

“It’s like I’m exotic,’ said a student from a major Midwestern university who asked to remain anonymous. “They seem to really be interested in my curly hair.”

“Even though I could take it as a stereotype,” he added, “they are always saying Jews are funny. I guess it’s something they like.”

But aren’t the qualities mentioned in these verses -- wisdom, dignity, generosity -- the ones that really turn on everybody? Source: www.jpost.comSource URL: http://americanendeavor.blogspot.com/2010/02/who-will-play-holden-caulfield-or.html
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