
Dave Franco. (Photo by Arturo Holmes/Getty Images)
Dave Franco Answer to the people with whom he is compared Luigi Mangione.
Franco, 39, spoke to The Hollywood reporter At the Sundance Film Festival on Saturday, January 25th, where he was asked whether someone told him about the comparisons that people made between the actor and Mangiones counterfeis. Before Franco could answer, his partner Alison Brie said, “someone? Do you mean all? “
Franco told the sales point: “I have never received more SMS about anything in my life. Everyone who has my phone number has contacted it. “
Many of the comparisons took place on social media, and it was even suggested that Franco should play Mangione in a film. “I don’t think there were official offers,” replied Brie, 42, jokingly. Franco added: “No, no official offers.”
Mangione, 26, is the man who is suspected of shoting the CEO of Unitedhealthcare Brian Thompson in New York City on December 4, 2024. After a five -day search, manion was arrested in Pennsylvania on December 9th and charged with murder. It was found with a ghost gun, similar to the one that was probably used at Thompsons Murder and a handwritten manifesto in which the health industry is criticized. Mangione has undergone back surgery in recent years.

Alison Brie and Dave Franco. (Photo by Bryan Steffy/GC Images)
Photos of Mangione went viral after his arrest A number of celebrities commented on his appearance. Stephen Colbert in one episode from the interest of the Internet in Mangione in December 2024 The late show with Stephen Colbert.
“This story started tragic, but then became strange very quickly, because when the authorities initially published the suspect’s safety photos, the Internet reacted quickly and violently,” said Colbert. “You know that the type of Italian is because you could rub Parmesan on his abdominal muscles.”
Although no film adaptation of the event has yet been announced, A documentary is already in progress From the filmmaker Stephen Robert Morsein which the fatal shooting of Thompson and its consequences are examined.
“This case is complex and raises important questions about vigilante justice, the devastating costs of a privatized health system and the inevitability of violence if a peaceful change is considered impossible,” said Morse Deadline in December. “My goal is to present a balanced examination of the murder of Brian Thompson, CEO of United Healthcare, to show all sides of history and at the same time respect the difficult loss of human life and its effects on everyone involved.”
Morse, a filmmaker, who was biped twice for the Emmy, said that he expects “the documentary to be remembered”, and added that he hoped that he was hoping through the different perspectives of everyone involved, including mangion, “a deeper understanding” of the case to promote.