Let’s think about who should play Mssr. Gugie in the film adaptation.
It doesn’t seem like the sort of role in which Brad Pitt could provide appropriate gravitas, but Tom Hanks is so adaptable. Imagine however, Rowan Atkinson as young Friar Gugie gathering bikes and returning them in the late night shadows of the small Italian village.
Thank you, @
Andy_K, for gathering the facts and enduring copious beer to tell this compelling story.