I always feel uncomfortable on the behalf of celebrities in interviews. It must be such an awful experience, where the key is to tell a moderately amusing story, amusing enough that people won't get bored, but not so amusing that it will ignite any controversy. Ashley Greene has a longer leash than Kristen Stewart, say, but still the goal is really to be forgettable. And to look good. Ashley Greene has definitely accomplished the second goal; when the third day story about Mr. Williams being rushed to the hospital for an exploded penis breaks, that first goal will no longer be attainable.
And obviously Leno breaks out the magazine cover and asks her about her body right away. Jay has mastered the art of seduction, huh? Hey, nice to meet you. So you look really good in a bikini! You can get there eventually Jay, but do a little "how you doin' where you from" first, okay?
I was going to complain on behalf of the public education system that Ashley Greene went to a magnet school, but if she went there from a "private Christian school" then really, she's moving up the Liberal ladder.
Hey, uh, do you think Summit will let me fix the green screen in Eclipse before it is too late? Because uh-oh! Is that clip from a rough draft or something? Is Eclipse supposed to be a throwback like Shutter Island? Was that fucking rear-projection? OH MY GOD. FIX THAT, PLEASE. Maybe they spent the green screen budget on Ashley Greene's terrible wig? I am going to hate this movie, I can already tell.
Who seated Robert Pattinson's parents next to the serial killer? That is bad staffing, people. What a dashing motherfucker, this Pattinson. Jay Leno seems even more like an asshole next to him! And hey, do you think Leno's questions could be more obviously premeditated? "Hey, so was your father instrumental, or anything?" Can Robert Pattinson's dad write movie taglines from now on? "Batman: It's Like Jaws, Mixed With A Movie About A Guy Who Likes Bats."
We should also take a moment to mention that Public Enemy #1 Trudy Campbell - I mean, Emma Roberts - was also on with Pattinson. Yesterday I mentioned on Twitter that her remark that she was "Team Jacob" had prompted heaps of scorn from fans, to the point that Roberts allegedly deleted her Twitter account. I noted that I was obviously way out ahead of the hating Emma Robert's bandwagon, but it turns out that Twilight Fans have hated Emma Roberts forever. I quote from Twilight Lexicon:
Emma Roberts (who was also on Leno last night) was once suggested by Stephenie Meyer as a possible Bella back in the days before there was a movie. The fan reaction was visceral to say the least prompting Stephenie to write on her then active MySpace; “I didn’t realize that Emma Roberts had personally run over so many people’s dogs.”
So there you have it; I was more right than I ever knew. Clips of Emma Roberts's appearance are available if you follow the above links. Thoughts on these appearances?
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I am probably really setting myself up for disappointment, but I am straight up excited for Eclipse. It looks pretty good and despite the whispering lines to actually speaking lines ratio I remain hopeful. I may be more forgiving of bad special effects than you are, though. The last 2 books are my favorites, Eclipse for its better story line and Breaking Dawn for its sheer batshit craziness.
I have to admit, I didn't have an opinion about Ms. Greene until now, but I like her in that interview. We are not going to be BFFs like me and KStew, but that's okay. AG is kind of like your more fabulous party friend.
And I really enjoyed the RPattz interview the next day, what a sharp suit! Just ask ZZ Top. I am a total sucker and love it when celebs talk about their parents. I know it's all scripted but I still think it's really cute. When your parents are in the audience, it has to change the way you act in an interview. At least, it should. Have some respect!
I stuck around that night to watch the Emma Roberts bit, too. She is much younger than Ashley, which may have something to do with why they cast her in Scream 4 instead. But she is a showbiz kid through and through, so I took an immediate dislike to her. She did say, though, that when she was younger she wanted to be a secretary so on breaks from her Nickelodeon show she would go down to the main offices and want to answer phones. That kind of endeared her to me. I used to be obsessed with office rubber stamps when I was little. I would pretend to stamp and file all the papers in the house.
I am also excited about Eclipse, though, really, I've been excited about all the Twilight movies so far. I'm also aware that I have terrible taste in movies, so that could be part of it.
If Emma Roberts wants to be a secretary, she is totally welcome to switch jobs with me. Sign me up!
My technological expertise only extends as far as chroma-keying out my green IKEA table for weird video collages in college (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZSAUjpPFEw) and for the most part, my technological tolerance level is pretty low. One of my friends "hated" Shutter Island because of the rear projection (essentially it was deliberately bad green screen, which makes sense both story-wise and tone-wise) stuff, and I loved it. I'm not very experienced with special effects, but I'm experienced enough to know that the Eclipse movie had a big enough budget to do better than this. It just looks lazy! Especially when it is so aggressively color corrected, which I still give it credit for.
I go back and forth on Ashley Greene(if that's what she said I'd like to meet her) at least vis-a-vis personality. But agreed, she was fun here. Is it me or did it seem like she was trying in vain to inject a little SEX into the interview? Jay Leno is no place for sexy talk, but she was trying anyway! Like the girlfriend who tries to fuck you at your grandmother's house. More accurately, in your grandfather's garage.
Robert Pattinson's parents seem nice. Did the e-mail reading thing seem oddly too personal to anyone else? I was like, shut up! I don't want to be made so acutely aware of your father's love!
I don't mean to sound too down on Eclipse. I'm sure it will be a good time, but it's like... if you're going make all that money, why is Summit so tight with the purse strings?
i felt like agreene was trying pretty hard to seem like she's not just tits and ass. "I WAS IN ADVANCED CHEMISTRY!! I WANTED TO BE A LAWYER!! I EAT PIZZA!!!" i dunno. i know that not everyone has to be funny, and a lot of people aren't funny at all, but i don't have any interest in those unfunny people and i regret having to state that agreene is an unfunny person. not funny. i didn't even smile at anything she said. so she remains mostly interesting to me for her tits and ass, which is what i (she) said and felt fine about.
i am often mildly disappointed by rpattz interviews. he's just so awkward all the time, and laughs at his own jokes too much. he seemed a bit more relaxed than in some other interviews i've seen, but obvs jay leno is no ellen, so he still wasn't as relaxed as i'd like. (i would like him to feel comfortable enough to take his shirt off and possibly go into a hot tub, ideally. with me.) the parents stuff was cute, and probably a good angle to take for someone who has almost nothing normal happen to him at all these days. no one can relate to living your life in hiding, having a secret, highly speculated upon relationship with a co-star and living out of hotels for years. but everyone can relate to parents. despite the questions seeming canned, rpattz seemed sort of unprepared for some of them, right?
"how did your parents feel about your nudity?"
"uuuuuh..um...well...i think... uh...i think they were fine. i dunno."
well said, rob!
am i being unfair? i know not all actors are good in these situations, and me having a crush on someone doesn't obligate them to "bring it" to an interview, but i always want a little more from him that i get. i'm sure it's nothing that a rufie in his drink and some time locked in my hotel room can't cure, though.
re: eclipse, my expectations are exactly where they need to be, it seems. expecting a cringe-tastic movie experience and it seems like it's gonna deliver!
oh, also, rpattz does this thing where he keeps his head tilted down all the time during interviews and it's a bummer. i'm not watching this interview so i can see the crown of your head and your eyebrows, man! SHOW ME YOUR FACE AND TAKE OFF YOUR PANTS!
Kira--I LOVE the looking down all the time thing! I feel like it's such a band boy thing, though. Like actors should be prepared to look you in the eye at all times, but musicians mostly just want to do whatever their version of rock out is and not do TV. The awkwardness and laughing too much at his own jokes is sometimes cringe-inducing but I find it totally endearing. I love a good weirdo.
But "SHOW ME YOUR FACE AND TAKE OFF YOUR PANTS" should definitely be on a T-shirt.
Oh, I didn't watch the first part of the AG interview, so I didn't see the advanced chemistry part. Isn't she, like, 25? I was in honors English and took the AP French test as a junior, you don't see me bragging about it, do you? (Oh. Maybe I just did.)
Kim--I didn't see or read Twilight till it was on video, but I was suuuuuper excited for New Moon. My friend and I had tickets a month in advance. But when we saw it I was sort of crushed by how not perfect it was. I don't know what I expected, really. Well, I do. Better writing, better storytelling, better costumes, better acting/directing. But other than that, what was I thinking? I guess in my hopes and dreams, they would have taken all the things that pissed me off about the first one (that I still enjoy immensely despite its flaws) and with a bigger budget, more time, and a different director, fix them.
Zac, I felt a little self conscious about his reading his dad's email, too. I was like "no! too personal!" I don't know. It's probably not that personal, but I was afraid his dad would be embarrassed. So I was embarrassed in advance. But his dad seemed cool with it, typically British and unfazed.
Rosanne - Yeah, I kind of feel the same way. I'm always really excited and then end up disappointed when I see them, but then I'm super excited again when the next one comes out.
I agree that Ashley Greene's brain is not what people come out to see. It's sort of telling that on all of the Ashley Greene fan sites WHICH I VISIT SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS BLOG they do scans of her magazine articles, but they just scan the pictures. None of the text is included.
Poor Ashley Greene. Half of Jay Leno's audience watched that interview on mute.
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