There are good things. There are bad things. And then there's Human Centipede 3 (Final Sequence). Resting somewhere along the grotesque fringes of sullied limits and nightmarish human contact, the third Human Centipede film — available Friday — promises a 500-person formation that never really needed to exist but proudly does anyway.
Human Centipede 3 stars prolific IMDb credits collector Eric Roberts as Governor Hughes, controlling his gag reflex for 100 minutes alongside roughly 499 other people. However, Roberts might not have been Human Centipede writer / director Tom Six's first choice. Oddly enough, that honor goes to the late legend James Gandolfini.
In a recent EW interview, Six says he originally approached Gandolfini for the role — but Gandolfini (wisely and unsurprisingly) turned it down. "When James Gandolfini read the script," Six told EW, "he was a little bit hesitant." According to Six, Roberts was always quite keen on the role — and the Human Centipede universe in general. "We approached [Roberts], and he loved the Human Centipede films."
James Gandolfini's final film appearance ended up being last year's The Drop, which also starred Tom Hardy and Noomi Rapace.
