We are SO accustomed to seeing Lawrence Fishburne’s stern and authoritative characters in films like The Matrix or John Wick, that we totally forgot how he started out. Fishburne was a regular on Pee Wee’s Playhouse back in the 80’s. He played the awkward and kindly Cowboy Curtis and even went on “date” with Miss Yvonne. To his credit, Laurence seemed totally at home on the comedy show…
Paul Reubens says he revived “Pee-wee’s Playhouse” at the Nokia theater in LA because he wants to drum up enough interest to make another Pee-wee movie. The show was an immediate hit – his fans really MISSED Pee-wee! The success of the stage production hopefully will lead to a studio investing money so Paul can direct an elaborate “Wizard of Oz” type epic adventure. He wants a big budget Pee-wee this time around. Believe it or not, Paul says he is even considering having ANOTHER actor star as Pee-wee, and he already approached Johnny Depp. Johnny’s thinking it over. We can’t imagine anyone doing it BUT Paul, but Johnny is a provocative second choice.