Would there be a potential comeback role more appropriate for Mel Gibson than some sort of tongue-in-cheek involvement with Matthew Weiner's critically-adored, '60's-set drama "Mad Men"?Rumors have it that the fantasy teaming may actually be in the works. Women On The Web report that Weiner is a fan of Gibson and has recently met up with him to plot a collaboration for the show's next season, its fifth, which begins lensing next summer. Weiner is said to have "told a pal recently that he sees a lot of dramatic potential pitting Gibson against Don Draper."
Too good to be true? It looks like it. According to a source close to the show, the rumor is bunk and more importantly Weiner and Gibson "have never met." Ah well. We figured it was too soon for Gibson to be talking about acting roles. He's yet to do the talk-show-interview/crying-in-public routine that these sort of situations usually demand before all is forgiven. Surely this all spawned from wishful thinking but we guess stranger things have happened.
Gibson, of course, still has Jodie Foster's man-and-his-puppet tale "The Beaver" waiting in the wings even if its prospects seem up in the air at this stage. We're also still wondering if his planned William Monahan-scripted Viking epic with Leonardo DiCaprio is officially dead and gone just yet. It might be bias, blind optimism but something tells us audiences haven't been put off Gibson by his recent tape-gate scandal — in fact a recent CBS/Vanity Fair poll said that 76% of respondents replied that they would not be less likely to see a Mel Gibson film following his latest controversy. Whether Hollywood feels the same way is another question.
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