Scorsese wants Pacino and De Niro as Sinatra and Dino

Martin Scorsese is going old school to cast his long-awaited Frank Sinatra biopic: he allegedly wants Al Pacino to play Ol' Blue Eyes, with Bobby De Niro as li'l ol' wine drinker Dean Martin.

Scorsese? Sinatra? Pacino? De Niro? Here we have one of those casting announcements that looks absolutely stellar on paper, but upon closer inspection, it really ain't so great.

The Playlist spotted a quote from Scorsese in Indian paper The Hindu, where he listed his dream cast for his Sinatra bio.

Somewhere, Leonardo DiCaprio just shed a tear (but only because he got patchouli oil on his embroided pin-cushion). That's a sick burn Leo, whichever way you look at it. But Pacino as Sinatra? Hoo-ha. I'm having trouble remembering the period in Frank Sinatra's life when he dyed his skin orange and styled his hair after Marge Simpson. Maybe Godfather II-era Pacino could have worked, with his slick Sicilian thing going on. But modern-day, pervy Pacino? Even Frank Sinatra wasn't that grabby.

There are rumours that Scorsese wants to cast several actors as Sinatra at different ages, which might explain his interest in 70 year-old Pacino. For me, you can mark this one down as a story that would have been awesome ten, maybe twenty years ago. Besides, anyone who saw Pacino and De Niro fumbling their way through Righteous Kill knows they aren't exactly the electric partnership they once were.

In conclusion: nothing is ever as good as you think it's going to be. Right, I'm off to watch the final episodes of Lost.