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Wednesday, 21 October 2009 - 19:47:18 WIB
Colombia Pictures hard to find the figure for replacing Ketut Liyer
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Gianyar, Bali: The American Oscar winner, Julia Roberts is almost on news story on every media in Bali and Indonesia since her arrival to Bali for her debut on the upcoming movie titled Eat, Pray and Love that the camera shooting is currently being taken in Ubud, Gianyar, Bali. For Ubud society, the coming of almost hundreds of movie crews and Julia Roberts herself are meaningful for these people to get the benefits from spectators who come to Ubud for watching Julia Roberts presents in this area.

But different case is coming to the old man name I Ketut Liyer (80), a traditional shaman of Banjar Pengosekan who used to be a spiritual advisor to Elizabeth Gilbert, the novelist who writes Eat, Pray and Love when during her journey to Bali for pursue the meaning of true life and she found Ketut Liyer, then become her spiritual adviser, who declined the offer to play the role as himself on this movie for reasons of illness and old age.
Meanwhile His role on this movie is important since Elizabeth admitted that Ketut Liyer has brought her spirits back through his advised during the journeys to Bali.

Ketut Liyer knows Elizabeth as his friends and treat her equal with other hundreds of foreign customers who came to his house at that time. “I do not have special notes for her visit since I considered her as friend and guests altogether” he said as reported to Balipost.

He remembered Liza came to his house for a month for consultation and gave her the spiritual advices that gradually increase her spirits back.

Now when the movie crews of Columbia Pictures came to propose Him for playing the role on this movie, He declined and saying that He could not afford to play for the movie due to consider his ages that has been 80 years old and illness that he got. He is afraid His illnesses will make the movie taken not runs properly.

Claire Raskind of Colombia Pictures said its difficult to find the right person for replacing Ketut Liyer roles and added that if Ketut Liyer is able to play the role as himself in this movie that would be a great opportunity as he would play with ranges of Hollywood artists like James Franco, Richard Jenkins, Bill Crudup, Viola Davis and Julia Roberts herself.