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Scoithniamh
09/28/09

In reply to "I'd seen… [Director] Catherine Hardwicke’s Other Films, And That’s All I Thought It Was, Something Really Small.”
I feel like we've seen this shoot before; can people not style him in anything but uber-Americana?
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OdeliaLongus
09/28/09

In reply to "I'd seen… [Director] Catherine Hardwicke’s Other Films, And That’s All I Thought It Was, Something Really Small.”
Feh. There are much hotter pale boys skulking about the east village right now.
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athenasadidas
09/28/09

@OdeliaLongus: damn straight!
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nyc-caribbean-ragazza
09/28/09

In reply to "I'd seen… [Director] Catherine Hardwicke’s Other Films, And That’s All I Thought It Was, Something Really Small.”
Paramount had the movie and put it in turnaround because they didn't think it would be a hit either.

The exec responsible for that decision is no longer at the company.
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LucyRed
09/28/09

In reply to "I'd seen… [Director] Catherine Hardwicke’s Other Films, And That’s All I Thought It Was, Something Really Small.”
I like him better as Cedric.
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tinydundie42
09/28/09

@LucyRed: Cedric had much better hair. And he was sweeter. I always used to cry at his death.
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Yahtzii
09/28/09

In reply to "I'd seen… [Director] Catherine Hardwicke’s Other Films, And That’s All I Thought It Was, Something Really Small.”
Also? Saying he didn't know it was going to be a massive superhit just smacks to me of trying to win back some iota of respectability for a shitty acting job in an overwrought tween drama.
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ArtfulSlinger
09/28/09

In reply to "I'd seen… [Director] Catherine Hardwicke’s Other Films, And That’s All I Thought It Was, Something Really Small.”
This dude does nothing for me. And I find all the attention he is getting, with such a small bio, super annoying. He's sort of like Megan Fox... people find him pretty so they let him speak. Its not necessary.
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morninggloria
09/28/09

In reply to "I'd seen… [Director] Catherine Hardwicke’s Other Films, And That’s All I Thought It Was, Something Really Small.”
A man giving himself a breast exam never looked so hot.
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Yahtzii
09/28/09

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Norton
09/28/09

In reply to "I'd seen… [Director] Catherine Hardwicke’s Other Films, And That’s All I Thought It Was, Something Really Small.”
Oh fine, RoPatt. I'll f*** you, okay?

GEEZ.
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Norton
09/28/09

@Norton: Let it be noted that I find my attraction to him very embarrassing and have been resisting a long time.
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Zombie Ms. Skittles
09/28/09

@Norton: You and me both, sister.
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Vixen5
09/28/09

@Norton: Um. Me too. My embarassment sparkles in the sun.
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hortense
09/28/09

In reply to "I'd seen… [Director] Catherine Hardwicke’s Other Films, And That’s All I Thought It Was, Something Really Small.”
I don't believe that for a second. Like some agent wasn't constantly saying, "This is a really big deal, this is going to be HUGE." Come on. The competition for that part was probably insane.

While I don't doubt that he didn't expect level of insanity in the fans, I think acting like Twilight was going to be some tiny indie film is a bit much.
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Zombie Ms. Skittles
09/28/09

@hortense: Although in all fairness, when I first saw the previews I thought it was a new TV show on the CW about angsty vampires who angst. Kind of like One Tree Hill only less depressing.
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JennaW
09/28/09

@hortense: He probably thought it would be more like the LOTR and Harry Potter (movie) fandoms which are both obsessive but comparatively sane.
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hortense
09/28/09

@JennaW: Yeah, I can see that. But especially coming from someone involved in Harry Potter, I'm sure he knew that this wasn't just some little film about vampires based on an insanely popular YA series, you know?
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JennaW
09/28/09

@hortense: IIRC Twilight really went nuclear leading up to the last book and weren't they already filming the movie by then?

I agree with you in that I think he's exaggerating to distance himself from getting involved in such a lowbrow franchise, but I think it is believable that its fandom's crazy snuck up on him much more than he'd anticipated.

Earlier stories where the actor who plays Ron Weasley got him to read the Twilight books for the first time *after* he'd committed to the movies show he really had no idea what he was getting into.
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mommy_dearest
09/28/09

@JennaW: Yeah, I agree. I really think he didn't know what he was getting into. Several studios turned it down because they thought it wouldn't sell. Why should he think it would be huge when they didn't?
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k122n
09/28/09

@mommy_dearest: i can see it going down like this:

agent calls manager, says i have this blockbuster vampire movie that will launch his career into the stratosphere

manager says, rob is trying to stick with indie films, he wants to be taken seriously as an actor

agent tells manager, well the director has done some promising smaller films, and listen, this is going to be a massive paycheck for the both of us

manager says, let me see how i can spin this

he tells rob it's w/ an indie director, and exploiting the US tween market after harry potter will give him the clout he wants to do all those indie films he wants to do, both in the states and europe

rob thinks, eh, there's not much else coming in. imdb's the director, reads the amazon blurb on twilight, and boom, he's in.

just a theory of course, but i see situations go down like this all the time.
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samarkand
08/27/09

In reply to Elle's Dog Gets Modeling Contract; Anna Gets Flak; ALT Gets Uggs
Sorry this is a major, er, pet peeve of mine:

Elle MacPherson's lab/poodle mix, Bella

There, fixed that.
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labeled
08/27/09

@samarkand: My long-departed Schnoodle, Rags, is not impressed. Mixed dogs are cute. Cute dog names are cute. Cute dog mix names? Yep, cute.
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samarkand
08/27/09

@labeled: I'm not saying they're not cute, but giving mixes "official" names leads people to believe that these dogs are somehow more special than the mixed breed dogs found at every dog shelter in the country and there's some reason to pay $3000 to a puppy mill or backyard breeder for them. I've got a mutt, I love him to death, I adopted him from a pound.
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SarahMC
08/27/09

In reply to Elle's Dog Gets Modeling Contract; Anna Gets Flak; ALT Gets Uggs
I am so goddamn sick of the name "Bella," for animals and children.
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BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit)
08/27/09

@SarahMC: I thought it couldn't get worse than Bella, then I read the name "Renesmee".
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rah29
08/27/09

@BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit): When I read the plot of the Twilight books on Wikipedia (I figured that would be a faster and more literary way of learning the plot), and got to 'Renesmee', I laughed so hard that I snorted tea.
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phantom lady
08/27/09

@SarahMC: my cat's name is Bela. but as the spelling may indicate, he is named after Bela Lugosi since he is an orange tabby that I got on Halloween.
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BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit)
08/27/09

@phantom lady: Bela = awesome.
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Ultraprison!
08/27/09

@SarahMC: I'm pissed at both Twilight and Mad Men for stealing my future children's names: Joan (maternal grandmother) and Isabella (paternal grandmother's middle name). Now what am I going to use for a secret baby name? Shayla?
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AthertonMerriweather
08/27/09

In reply to Elle's Dog Gets Modeling Contract; Anna Gets Flak; ALT Gets Uggs
I'm curious to know if the designer that actually designed Jessica Simpson's clothing line feels equally as blessed.
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lilbobbytables
08/27/09

In reply to Elle's Dog Gets Modeling Contract; Anna Gets Flak; ALT Gets Uggs
As a middle American, I get a little touchy when people like Amber Valetta (coast dwellers, as I call them) talk about how nice it is. Like, I am glad on one hand that she isn't perpetuating the odd idea that everyone in the Midwest is an ignorant oaf with shrines to Palin and questionable ideas about evolution, but on the other hand it seems a little bit pandering.

Note that I haven't discounted the theory that I am just a total ass who will not give anyone a break. That is entirely possible (Possible now means probable).
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battleaxonista...is a humorless bitch
08/27/09

@lilbobbytables is a la-di-da feminist: But she's FROM the middle, so it's totes ok.

I'm glad to here something about OK that isn't about resident assholes Inhofe or Coburn.
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labeled
08/27/09

@lilbobbytables is a la-di-da feminist: Can I sit next to you? I'll bring casserole and a plate of lemon bars. We can discuss over a glass of tea.
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karmasutra är svensk
08/27/09

In reply to Elle's Dog Gets Modeling Contract; Anna Gets Flak; ALT Gets Uggs
See, my dog is adorable and very photogenic but she's a mutt and no dog line (and I'm talking something substantial like Orvis, not a prissy-pupster-in-pink clothing line) would ever use her.

MUTTS ARE CUTE TOO, you know. And less likely to have bone structure issues and genetic diseases!
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rah29
08/27/09

@karmasutra: Yay for mutts! I loved my little mongrel girl. Ok, so she thought she could fight great danes (she didn't realise she was small), and she used to bury things and then forget where she put them and get all agitated, but my god was she a gorgeous little creature.
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veronykah
08/27/09

@karmasutra: Um, a "labradoodle" is a mutt. Don't let the stupid name fool you.[en.wikipedia.org]
However, if you can find me any evidence of "bone structure and genetic diseases" being less likely in mutts than purebred dogs I'd like to see it.
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