Javier Bardem Too Tired for 'Nine'

By Nancy Tartaglione-Vialatte | Thursday, May 01, 2008

Javier Bardem at The 13th Annual Critic's Choice Awards. Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA. 01-07-08

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HOLLYWOOD - An exhausted Javier Bardem has bowed out of Rob Marshall’s musical Nine.

Variety reports that the actor, who would have played the lead role of Guido Contini, loved the project but is too tired coming off a busy year including the awards-season frenzy. Bardem won an Oscar for best supporting actor in the Coen brothers’ No Country for Old Men.

Nine will be the big-screen adaptation of the stage musical that opened on Broadway in 1982. It has starred such famous folk as Antonio Banderas, Raul Julia, Jonathan Pryce, Chita Rivera and John Stamos. The musical itself was inspired by Federico Fellini’s movie 8 1/2.

Marshall’s film boasts Penelope Cruz, Marion Cotillard and Sophia Loren in the cast. Nicole Kidman and Judi Dench have also recently been reported to be in talks.

Variety says that Bardem may take up to a year to recharge his batteries.

“Javier personally asked me if we could move production to February, but we just couldn’t do it,” Harvey Weinstein told Variety. “He is an amazing talent and I know we’ll work together in the future very soon.” The Weinstein Company is producing Nine.

Bardem will next be seen in Woody Allen’s Vicky Cristina Barcelona, which will premiere at the Cannes Film Festival this month.

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Javier Bardem Too Tired for 'Nine'

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