Sean Penn is no stranger to surfing pictures; after all it was his role in Fast Times At Ridgemount High that launched his career. And now it appears that he may don the board once more but this time for Curtis Hanson’s biopic Jay Moriarty.The star of Moriarty was born in the 199Os; he was young talented surfer never shirking from the conditions on the waves. It was his survival from several huge wipeouts that brought about his notoriety and following.
It was this death defying drive of the young twenty something that led to tragic death, when at the age of 22 he was killed in a free dive. Sounds very much like the script could be of the rails youngster whose ‘tragic accident’ is just around the corner if he doesn’t change his ways, pulling at the heart strings up until the inevitable.
Cinematic have reported that Penn is currently negotiating to play Rick ‘Frosty’ Hesson, an ex lifeguard and champion swimmer who becomes the guide to Moriarty’s rise.
Nothing has been signed yet, but with his past history it is enough to place a sense of probability on, rather than outlandish stretch.
MATT RICHARDSON
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