The show itself was very funny (went because a friend of a friend’s in the cast) and the artwork for their ad is particularly funny, www.tess-last-night.com.
Congrats to BRIAN HILL for hitting the big milestone. ELEVEN MILLION HITS. We’re checking around for a nifty prize to send him, after all, it’s not every day we celebrate another million hits at this place. Thanks again, to any of you who represented even a single hit of our last million — We’ll be looking forward to the next one!
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (Zap2it.com) — Jason Lee’s next film “I Love Your Work” is a complete 180-degree turnaround from the affable character, Paul he plays in “A Guy Thing” — the MGM movie opening this weekend.
“I Love Your Work” is written and directed by “A Beautiful Mind” actor Adam Goldberg and co-stars Giovanni Ribisi (”The Gift”) and has Lee stalking his favorite celebrity actor (Ribisi). The film is also starring Franka Potente, Christina Ricci, Joshua Jackson and Elvis Costello as himself.
“It’s very well-written and twisted. I play the ultra-neat guy with the hair and the jacket — very creep,” says Lee.
A former pro skateboarder, Lee enjoys working on an independent film budget of one million dollars again.
“It has that high-energy thing of trying to get it done and be creative about it and you don’t have as many luxuries. Things are less driven on a bigger movie cause things are easier — unless you have a big studio telling you ‘do this,’ ” the actor says.
Lee is researching the role by reading pages from books about stalkers put together by Goldberg.
“I’ve been reading through that and it’s really interesting reading about Mark David Chapman and stalking celebrities and stuff,” Lee says. “I don’t work with an acting coach—directors are good with that stuff if they’re good. Lee Harvey Oswald bought a brand new suit the day he killed [John F.] Kennedy, he flew to New York but chickened out and flew back home the first time.”
Spending all of my time up until this point too worried about my “in”, I didn’t have a second question ready. Thinking back to a rumor I had heard the other day about Vulgarthon in L.A., I asked about its validity. He confirmed that it was a pretty good possibility and that with all the requests he gets for it, it’s probably going to happen.
We’re sure this has fans split down the middle, but we can understand an L.A. thon for sure. First off, a whole new fanbase will finally have the chance to attend one of these things without breaking the bank on a plane ticket. And we’re sure that Red Bank will never be forgotten, and that fans here will have another chance to get together again soon as well. We east-coasters can’t take ALL the fun now, can we? But keep in mind, nothing is certain yet, this is all just talk, and we will of course immediately let you know when anything becomes official. With the next thon still almost a year off, we figure there’s still plenty of time to decide — Maybe they’ll even go bi-coastal with it next time.
Be sure to check out our entire photo gallery from the film over at Exit 37.
I enjoyed it & laughed more than I did during Stealing Harvard.
In the scheme of Lee flicks, on a scale of 1-10 (Stealing Harvard being a 1, Amy or Almost Famous a 10) I’d give it a 6. In the grand scheme of moviedom I’d give it a 5. He’s done better, he’s done worse.
It’s in there w/Kissing a Fool or American Cuisine w/less kissing.
It’s a comedy chick flick, yet surprisingly w/a few gross outs for the guys, but w/gags that have been done many times before.
Lotsa Jason, Selma was underused, Julia was a cutie & I would’ve gladly offered to scratch that itch he had.
I must say though that the audience in the theatre was laughing like crazy (a little over the top laughter for my tastes but hey, they liked it & there were critics there too) & on the way out people were talking about his performance & how much they enjoyed it & him.
I think there could’ve been better choices in flicks to put him in good standing w/Harvey Weinstein but it’s way better than Stealing Harvard.
I wasn’t disappointed @ all.
Catch Lee on TV in these upcoming appearances:
Here’s hoping that “A Guy Thing” does good, as any good Lee box office should make it a lot easier to convince the folks at Miramax that Lee’s the man to head up “Fletch Won” with Kevin.
Elizabeth: It’s a toss-up between “Jay and Silent Bob” and “Thirteen Ghosts,” actually.
