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It seems to be official now – according to Variety, Brad Pitt has officially signed on to play a role in Quentin Tarantino’s Inglorious Bastards.
Hang on. I have to go breathe into a paper bag. Brad Pitt and Quentin Tarantino. This makes me SO HAPPY.
Okay, all better now.
According to the article, most of the movie will be in French or German with subtitles; however, Brad will still speak English, playing a “Tennessee hillbilly who assembles a team of eight Jewish-American soldiers to take on the Nazis”.
There had been rumors that Leonardo DiCaprio would be cast in a role as well, though there is no mention of it now; he may have had scheduling conflicts. Casting is predicted to be finished within the next couple of weeks.
Because of the location of the film itself, it makes sense for Brad to choose to take on this role. By the time actual filming gets started, the babies will be a bit older and filming will be done nearby, in parts of France and Germany, so hopefully the Jolie-Pitt family will be able to remain at the chateau.
(Thanks, Ligaya, for the heads’ up!)
753 days ago
Remember the rumor that the Obama campaign had rejected the Jolie-Pitt’s participation? Remember when the JP’s stated that they hadn’t reached out to Obama, and when Obama’s people denied that they had rejected Angelina and Brad? I think the article below is probably more on the speculation side than hard news. It’s from a blog on the intersection between entertainment and politics, and is carried by the Huffington Post. (I used to think that the HuffPost was a hard news left-of-center blog, I’ve since learned that it’s a news aggregator so it doesn’t necessarily endorse everything it posts, and Bonnie Fuller, erstwhile former editor of the Star (I think), contributes a column(!?).
Angelina Jolie Endorsement Sought By Both Obama, McCain Campaigns
Wilshire and Washington | August 10, 2008 04:31 PM http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/10/angelina-jolie-endorsemen_n_118035.html
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752 days ago
Remember all the brouhaha about Angelina playing ‘blackface’ as Mariane Pearl? I could see both sides (in fact, I’m usually on the other side), but ultimately I felt that since Mariane wanted Angelina to play her – that should have been the end of it.
I’ve seen the Tropic Thunder trailer at the movies. It’s a satire skewering actors and the movie business. Robert Downey, Jr. plays a white man who has his skin dyed black so he can play a black character. I love and respect everyone in the movie, including Angelina’s KFP co-star Jack Black. The movie looks hilarious. But why haven’t we heard any objections from anybody, especially African Americans? Is it because TT is a comedy/satire? Is it because the actor playing blackface is a man? Is it because none of TT actors have h8ters?
In related news, disability organizations are likely to call for a boycott of Tropic Thunder for its excessive use of “retard.” I’m one of those dour, humorless, ‘politically correct’ people who don’t think that calling anyone or any group a demeaning name is funny or harmless. Two of the words I’d like retired from regular conversation is “retard” and “gay” as in “that’s so gay.” The exception to this would be if people were using these words to make fun of themselves, e.g. black comedians using the “n” word or disabled people using “crip” or “gimp.”
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749 days ago
Interesting P.O.V. I don’t have an opinion – never thought about the points raised before.
http://www.totallyjewish.com/news/TJ_leader/?content_id=9825
News that Brad Pitt is to star in Quentin Tarantino’s new movie Inglorious Bastards couldn’t have been more timely, nor its title more disturbing, given an unsettling trend in eastern Europe at the moment. . .Not that one suspects Quentin or Brad were intending to open any of these cans of worms. They’re probably just looking to make a great movie. But it won’t just be film critics passing judgement, it will also be Israel critics.
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749 days ago
UNDER MOD: Interesting P.O.V. about IB, Brad and Quentin.
http://www.totallyjewish.com/news/TJ_leader/?content_id=9825
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