Al Pacino finally woken up and realized his career has gotten boring. So he’s doing an about face. Recently he's been rumored to be interested in playing everything from King Herod, to King Lear, and now he’s signed up to play Napoleon. How tall is Pacino anyway?

Maybe he can hunch to simulate the man who invented the Napoleon complex. HR says he’ll play Nappy in an adaptation of the Stanton Rabin children’s book Betsy and the Emperor. The book is about a 14-year-old girl who plays host to Napoleon Bonaparte while he’s in exile on St. Helena after his capture at Waterloo. Apparently this isn’t all fantasy. There really was a Betsy, Betsy Holcombe, and she really did hang out with Napoleon while he cooled his heels after defeat.

In this context, I can sort of see how Pacino works as Bonaparte. Napoleon Bonaparte is not usually the kind of guy you want hanging out with kids, and neither is Al Pacino. After all he played the devil. Perfect fit.