You might recall that, back in October, we heard from Terry Gilliam at the Dr Parnassus premiere that he'd found his new Don Quixote, but refused to spill on who it was. Now we think we know: Robert Duvall.
Chatting with Collider to promote upcoming drama Crazy Heart, Duvall dropped the bomb that he'd been in discussions with Gilliam to take over the lead in The Man Who Killed Don Quixote.
"I may work with Terry Gilliam next - if they get the money - to play Don Quixote de la Mancha," he says, adding that it would be "Totally amazing to work with Terry Gilliam. But, once again, the money. It’s so difficult to get the money.
So what convinced El Tel to pick Duvall? Turns out it was his performance in Wrestling Ernest Hemingway: "He saw me play a Cuban barber one time with Richard Harris and that’s what gave him the idea to cast me as Don Quixote."
Of course, now Gilliam has to cross that final hurdle and lock down his budget. And anyone who has seen Lost In La Mancha or knows anything about the history of the filmmaker's attempt to shoot his Quixote fantasy, can attest, it's one long, sorry history of problems.
Now, finally, he might just get his happy ending. Fingers, toes and eyes crossed, folks...