Pauly Shore will star in a biopic about health guru Richard Simmons, having beforehand portrayed him within the unrelated upcoming quick movie The Court docket Jester. Nevertheless, evidently the undertaking will go forward with out the true Simmons’ blessing.

Introduced on Wednesday, the movie will likely be produced by Warner Bros. Discovery subsidiary The Wolper Group. Although no author, director, or different solid members have but been confirmed, president Mark Wolper seems assured that Shore’s casting would be the pivotal piece guaranteeing every little thing else falls into place.

“We now have been dancing across the concept for years, nevertheless it by no means coalesced till a number of months in the past once I noticed the press about Pauly Shore being touted by social media because the ONLY particular person that might play Richard,” Wolper stated in a press release, including that they have been aiming for a tone just like the gently optimistic dramedy Little Miss Sunshine.

“All of us want this biopic now greater than ever,” stated Shore. “Simmons represented psychological well being, getting folks in form, and being his genuine foolish self!”

Sadly for them, it seems to be as if there’s at the least one one who does not suppose we’d like this biopic in any respect. Simply hours after the announcement, the movie’s reclusive topic Simmons took to social media to explicitly disavow the undertaking.

“You might have heard they could be doing a film about me with Pauly Shore,” Simmons wrote Wednesday on his Fb account. “I’ve by no means given my permission for this film. So don’t consider every little thing you learn. I now not have a supervisor, and I now not have a publicist. I simply attempt to stay a quiet life and be peaceable. Thanks for all of your love and assist.”

A well-liked health icon within the ’80s, Simmons all of a sudden retreated from the general public eye in 2014. His mysterious disappearance sparked appreciable concern on the time, and prompted some followers to fret about his welfare. It even prompted the creation of fashionable 2017 podcast Lacking Richard Simmons, which investigated his vanishing by speaking to varied associates of his. Thankfully, Simmons has clarified that his newfound reclusive way of life is just a matter of non-public desire, and that he wished to deal with taking good care of himself.

Contemplating Simmons’ public need for privateness, it is not shocking that he is lower than thrilled by the prospect of his story being dragged again to the fore. Even so, Simmon’s disapproval does not seem to have deterred The Wolper Group from urgent on with its plans. Chatting with Selection, the manufacturing firm acknowledged that although it could have favored to have Simmons concerned, it could “respect his need to privateness” and proceed with making “a film that honors him” with out him.

“We all know he’s deeply non-public and we’d by no means wish to invade that, nevertheless he’s an incredible person who modified hundreds of thousands of peoples’ lives, and the impact he has had on the world must be acknowledged,” The Wolper Group stated in a press release to Selection.

It sounds as if Simmons may dispute that, although.