I learned an new actor fact last night. Our friend Andy was on the lot and he they were recording the final credit music for the newest Star Trek (which he worked on) so he finagled his way in to watch. Chris Pine was also there and they stood at the side chatting during the break.
Pine said "Dude, is that Dermot Mulroney in the Orchestra?" Andy said of course not, but there was a break and Andy went over and it WAS Mulroney. Turns out he is an accomplished cellist, a member of the musician's union and they call him in for a few gigs a year. So he's played on a lot of soundtracks. Andy and Mulroney worked on a tiny indie film-- one of both of their first job--over 20 years ago. Who knew?
and it WAS Mulroney. Turns out he is an accomplished cellist, a member of the musician's union and they call him in for a few gigs a year.
Cool! No wonder he always played the perfect boyfriend.
Another funny moment apprently was that the conductor let Pine have a try at conducting a short bit which he really enjoyed and thanked everyone profusely for. Afterwards, one of the musicians, an older lady, said to Andy "That was a nice young man. What did he do on the movie?"
I remember thinking the trailer for
Red Eye
was awesome, and being pretty confident the movie wouldn't be. But it was a fun romantic-comedy-fakeout trailer I liked a lot.
Scrappy, those are two very amusing/awesome stories!
Sorry if someone already posted this, but my pal Joe interviewed Joss Whedon for the Austin American-Statesman: [link]
Nice. Although the last time he told that story about Illyria, it was King Lear.
You mean Joss is not a 100% reliable narrator? I'm shocked, shocked I tell you.
I was able to sit all the way through
Sucker Punch
by sneering snark, sarcasm, bile, and hatred at the movie for the entire thing. I didn't actually hear a lot of the dialog, but what I did hear was atrocious, and the movie wasn't made any worse by *not* listening to it.
I'm rewatching Iron Man 2 with the hopes that my expanded knowledge of the comics 'verse will help it make better sense.
Almost halfway through, I decided that if it had been titled Iron Man 2: Legacies, I might have caught a clue earlier. (I still feel stupid, because "legacy" was mentioned about five times by this point).
