Peter Dinklage and Sacha Gervasi first announced plans to makeMy Dinner with Herveback in 2012 when it was revealed that they were writing a script. And now, HBO has released the first footage from the upcoming movie which premieres on Saturday, October 20th.Peter Dinklageplays Herve Villechaize, who was once known as the most famous dwarf in the world. Villechaize was a French actor who starred inFantasy Islandas Tattoo and inThe Man With the Golden Gunas Nick Nack.
My Dinner with Hervetakes place over one night in Los Angeles when Peter Dinklage’sHervé Villechaizeis interviewed by struggling journalist Danny Tate, who is played in the film by Jamie Dornan. The movie is based off of an interview that director Sacha Gervasi conducted with Villechaize, which was the last interview that the late actor agreed to. Villechaize committed suicide shortly after his interview with Gervasi in 1993 and many believe that the interview was a suicide note from Villechaize.
Sacha Gervasi has gone to great lengths over the years to declare that Herve Villechaize was much more than apop culture icon from the 1970s and 80s. The director has said that Villechaize was “one of the most charming, cultured, and dangerous people I’ve ever met.“My Dinner with Herveis going to explore the depths of the man behind Tattoo and Nick Nack and attempt to put forth who he was in real-life. Peter Dinklage doesn’t exactly look anything like Villechaize, but he has the acting chops to bring forth an excellent tribute to the late actor, which is evident in the 30-second teaser that HBO has just released.
In addition to Peter Dinklage and Jamie Dornan,My Dinner with Hervealso stars Mireille Enos as Herve’s longtime girlfriend, Kathy Self, Harriet Walter, Fiona Baskin, Oona Chaplin, Katie Nielson, David Strathairn, Marty Rothstein, andAndy Garcia as Ricardo Montalban, Villechaize’sFantasy Islandco-star. In addition to directing the film, Sacha Gervasi also co-wrote the screenplay with Sean Macaulay. Dinklage also serves as a producer on the project along with Gervasi and Garrett Basch and David Ginsberg.
As previously noted,My Dinner with Hervehas been in development for years. HBO is preparing to debut the movie on October 20th, so fans will finally get to see what Peter Dinklage and Sacha Gervasi have been working on for so long. The teaser video for the film packs a lot into 30 seconds and teases Herve Villechaize’s “real story,” through clips of the actor onFantasy IslandandThe Man With the Golden Gun, as Villechaize is at the top of his game and then at the end of his life as he sits down for his interview with Danny Tate. You can watch the first footage forMy Dinner with Hervebelow, thanks to the HBO YouTube channel.
