Over the weekend at the Bronx Zoo in New York, a 20-inch Egyptian cobra escaped and slithered off to infamy... on Twitter; a spoof account, @bronxzooscobra, currently has over 150,000 followers, and its proprietor has even been interviewed ("interviewed") by the New York Times. "I just want Justin Bieber to follow me," the "snake" wrote to the Times in an email. With this kind of coverage, why not? And why stop at Bieber -- there's a movie here! Ahead, five famous snakes that could bring life to the tale of New York's most famous (non-Bernie Madoff) snake.
The terrifying Horcrux has suffered through the indignity of the way Ralph Fiennes-as-Voldemort says her name, which only proves she has a sense of humor. Nagini is also about four times bigger than the Bronx Zoo Cobra, which will come in handy for a big-screen adaptation. As Transformers has taught us, bigger is always better.
Assuming the Bronx Zoo snake is loose in the New York City plumbing system -- just me flinching every time I lift the seat on my toilet? -- a snake actor (snactor?) with underwater experience is necessary. The snakes in Snakes on a Plane proved versatile in that regard -- men reading this are probably still flinching at the thought of getting their nether regions chomped on by a toilet snake.
Indy may hate snakes, but he has to respect their care of craft. Just look at this one's unbreakable concentration! That trait could prove important during film shoots on crowded New York streets.
Ready for a mind-bender: For all you know, the escaped Bronx Zoo snake is the still at-large Black Mamba from Kill Bill. (That one is a cobra and the other is a black mamba is irrelevant.)
Who better to bring the tale of a rugged, wise-cracking New York-based snake to the big screen than Snake himself? Escape from the Bronx (Zoo) has a nice ring to it. You're welcome, Hollywood.