I’m trying not to be negative about these new Michael Fassbender photos, where My Fassbender is in San Sebastian, Spain, promoting Shame at the San Sebastian Film Festival. I’m trying not to be negative when the first think that pops into my head is “Methy at the Beach”. And my second thought is, “Damn, I would bang the hell out of that methhead right at the shore line, in front of beachgoers, film critics and whoever else wanted to film it for posterity.” At the end of the day, any new photo of the Fassbender is going to be a good day, no matter if he looks crackie or not. For the record, I don’t think he’s actually crackie – I just think he photographs that way in candids sometimes, especially when he’s wearing sunglasses. Michael without sunglasses (sexy, artistic bon vivant):

With sunglasses (crackie):

Oooh, there’s video too:

Aw, he’s so cute. I love his shark smile. As for Fassie in Spain, and who he’s boning… I don’t know. I don’t know where Zoe Kravitz is, but my guess is that she didn’t join him. I do know that Clive Owen was sending us letters from San Sebastian just a few days ago, so is it too much to hope for another Dong Summit? Please let Clive and Michael met up once again. Please let parts of their bodies touch for a moment, man-skin on man-skin. Sigh…

In other Fassbender news, he’s now one of the leading contenders to take over George Clooney’s vacated lead in Steven Soderbergh’s The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Clooney pulled out last month, I think, after concerns about his old injuries and scheduling. Michael and Soderbergh worked together on Haywire, which will be released in January – that’s the film where (spoiler) Michael gets his head blown off in the first 20 minutes or so (it’s in the trailer!). The Man from U.N.C.L.E. is obviously based on the cold war spy show from the 1960s, and sources claim that Soderbergh is keeping the whole “Cold War spy in the 1960s” vibe for the film too. Fassie is just one of many names in the running for the American spy (there’s also a Russian spy that needs to be cast). Also in the running? Ryan Gosling, Alexander Skarsgard, Jon Hamm, Jude Law, Ewan McGregor, Leonardo DiCaprio and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Soderbergh reportedly wants Joel Kinnaman (from The Killing) to play the Russian. You can read a lot more about the casting rumors here.

Photos courtesy of Fame.