David Schwimmer In 'The Iceman': 'Friends' Star As Mob Killer

He made his name as the neurotic, beleaguered Ross on "Friends" and has been voicing children's cartoons, but David Schwimmer has a dark side, too. He directed the online predator film, "Trust," and now he may be going depraved once again.

According to Variety, Schwimmer is in talks to join the cast of "The Iceman," the indie film about Richard Kuklinski, a prolific east coast contract killer. Shannon will take on the part of Kuklinski, while Schwimmer would play Josh Rosenthal, a killer who works for and worships a mob boss played by Ray Liotta. Maggie Gyllenhaal will play Shannon's wife.

The film recently suffered a high profile loss, when the tireless James Franco actually dropped out of the project. There was speculation that his exit would end up sinking the film, but it looks like things are still moving as scheduled.

For more, click over to Variety.

Comments

[ennui the third]

06:20 AM on 11/14/2011

Did you also hear that Danny DeVito has signed to play the famous wrestler, Andre the Giant?

[framah]

02:55 PM on 11/13/2011

The least talented one of the Friends group. Annoying at best.

[JadedNY]

09:54 PM on 11/13/2011

Totally agree. He was the worst actor of the bunch. Why does he always sound like he is groggy and just woke up?

[CarlIII]

07:54 AM on 11/14/2011

You forgot Jennifer Aniston. Schwimmer is twice the actor she is.

[John Gondeck]

10:15 AM on 11/12/2011

Liked Friends, never liked you in show.

[HRN-STL]

11:20 PM on 11/11/2011

Seems like a huge downgrade to go from James Franco to a 90s sitcom actor

[OKSunny]

08:19 PM on 11/11/2011

*sigh* I miss Friends...

[JadedNY]

09:55 PM on 11/13/2011

Um, it's still on tv 24 hours a day on cable. Each and every single totally unfunny episode.

[OKSunny]

01:03 PM on 11/17/2011

No need to be rude. Im sure there are numerous shows you watch (and might miss) that others find "unfunny"

I liked Friends and since it was on for a decade, I assume that many others did as well. I was referring to new episodes...and other Friend's fans, I'm sure, would agree....

[jsa750k]

09:05 AM on 11/11/2011

A whining hit man ? He's even more annoying than Ben Affleck.

[CarlIII]

07:57 AM on 11/14/2011

faved ..Hey i'm not a Schwimmer fan but that was cold blooded ;)

[richardcheese02]

09:05 AM on 11/11/2011

His career took a "Deadly Turn" when Friends was taken off network TV

[pandarzan]

12:16 PM on 11/12/2011

Thank goodness for syndication royalties!

[richardcheese02]

02:21 PM on 11/12/2011

Agreed my friend!

[Margo Arrowsmith]

08:49 AM on 11/11/2011

I am a sucker for great Mob drama and I am looking forward to seeing Swimmer do this.

[scooter123]

07:49 PM on 11/12/2011

I really liked him in a largely unseen little film called The Pallbearer. Great character cast.

[inesison]

07:08 AM on 11/11/2011

Career takes deadly turn? Hard up for readers? To post a headline like that, then turn around and have a story about a character he plays, is pretty pathetic journalism

[Margo Arrowsmith]

08:48 AM on 11/11/2011

That one was telegraphed.  lol  When you are here long enough these things stop fooling you.

[JadedNY]

09:56 PM on 11/13/2011

lol. so true. I automatically assumed it was about a new role.

[Strywever]

07:10 PM on 11/11/2011

Quite typical of entertainment journalism, however, which is in a (low) class all by itself.

[Laney Day]

06:43 AM on 11/11/2011

Schwimmer needs to forget about Franco and hire Larry David for the movie. The two were actually great together on "Curb Your Enthusiasm". Larry is a little nutty himself so it would be a good fit. Talk about alot of whiny dialogue.

[moparpup]

06:14 AM on 11/11/2011

Oh yea, He was very good in Band Of Brothers too. Is he the best Actor, Producer etc..... Of Course not be holds his own and he is good where alot of so called Actors fall apart and that is LIVE and on stage.

[moparpup]

06:10 AM on 11/11/2011

Hey Seattlewkr, Schwimmer has as much or more telent than any of the other membere of friends. He`s a decent actor, He can produce, direct and he is very good on stage! he Was Great In the Movie/play he directed, produced that started as a play (I believe) and was meant to become an Online movie too. He just does not promote himself like the rest of "LA PLASTIC PEOPLE"

[gposner750]

02:24 AM on 11/11/2011

WHO?

[inesison]

07:07 AM on 11/11/2011

Ross - Friends

[greenmiamicat]

01:19 AM on 11/11/2011

Hmm, I thought he was on a break?

[Strywever]

07:10 PM on 11/11/2011

;-)

[scooter123]

01:12 PM on 11/13/2011

Good one.

[Manny Rodriguez]

01:14 AM on 11/11/2011

I have the book. This should be interesting. Pretty brutal.