Kick in the Head
Aug 14 2006, 09:13 AM
Empire Online reports Simon Pegg is to play Toby Young in an adaptation of How To Lose Friends And Alienate People:
QUOTE
Chronicling Young’s self-promoting attempts to make it as a star contributing editor for US culture mag Vanity Fair, How To Lose Friends… is a catalogue of his blunders and bad luck, while also taking aim at the pompous attitudes of the publication, its staff and particularly editor Graydon Carter.
Adapted by Peter Straughan, the film will be directed by Curb Your Enthusiasm’s regular shot-caller Robert Weide next year in NYC and the UK.
widowspider
Aug 14 2006, 12:34 PM
QUOTE (Kick in the Head @ Aug 14 2006, 10:13 AM)
Empire Online reports Simon Pegg is to play Toby Young in an adaptation of How To Lose Friends And Alienate People:
Now then, now then....shooting in NYC? Woo! May have to wheedle my way onto the set one day.
CazBag
Aug 14 2006, 01:35 PM
thirtyhelens
Aug 14 2006, 04:10 PM
HA! This book is actually sitting in my "to read" pile; I was sent the Coming Soon link this morning from my friend Erin's boyfriend who has already read it and states firmly "He's absolutely perfect for the part."
I may have to bump this little tome further up the pecking order. *scratches chin*
theevilresident101
Aug 16 2006, 10:51 AM
Darn! I wanted to post this!
But great to hear he's so popular...a little too popular.
ipse dixit
Aug 16 2006, 11:10 AM
My flatmate read this a while ago, I'll have to see what he thinks on the matter.
Wife Of Rolex
Aug 28 2006, 03:30 PM
It's clearly a mistake (is it?), but IMDB have Simon playing Toby's dad instead.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0670408/Wife Of Rolex
CazBag
Aug 29 2006, 08:06 AM
QUOTE (Wife Of Rolex @ Aug 28 2006, 03:30 PM)
It's clearly a mistake (is it?), but IMDB have Simon playing Toby's dad instead.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0670408/Wife Of Rolex
Definitely a mistake! All other reports say he's playing Toby. Otherwise he'd be playing the father of someone his own age!
dolfyn
Aug 30 2006, 05:30 AM
QUOTE (CazBag @ Aug 29 2006, 07:06 PM)
Definitely a mistake! All other reports say he's playing Toby. Otherwise he'd be playing the father of someone his own age!
Unless there's a lot of make-up & prosthetics involved...
Unlikely, though.
Feel the love.
dolfyn.
CazBag
Aug 31 2006, 09:09 AM
Has anyone read this yet? I'm almost half way through ...
thirtyhelens
Aug 31 2006, 04:18 PM
I'm still reading
Carter Beats the Devil, and I may have to read something else first.
It's still sat in the pile, tho.
sweetbutinsane
Aug 31 2006, 07:57 PM
Wow, another film for Simon? I'm never going to be away from the cinema in the next couple of years ...
I suppose I ought to read the book first though.
CazBag
Sep 1 2006, 08:14 AM
QUOTE (thirtyhelens @ Aug 31 2006, 04:18 PM)
I'm still reading
Carter Beats the Devil, and I may have to read something else first.
It's still sat in the pile, tho.
Let us know what you think when you've read it ...
thirtyhelens
Oct 12 2006, 06:56 PM
Ran a cross a short Toby Young piece from the FT which says Isla Fisher's been cast as the love interest.
And no, I still haven't read the book.
(I must get to
World War Z first or Craig will have my hide!)
dolfyn
Oct 13 2006, 12:09 PM
QUOTE (thirtyhelens @ Oct 13 2006, 05:56 AM)
Ran a cross a short Toby Young piece from the FT which says Isla Fisher's been cast as the love interest.
And no, I still haven't read the book.
(I must get to
World War Z first or Craig will have my hide!)
Man! I can't believe Isla Fisher has gone so far after being in crappy Home & Away!
Oh well. Good on her.
Feel the love.
dolfyn.
CazBag
Oct 14 2006, 07:13 PM
QUOTE (dolfyn @ Oct 13 2006, 12:09 PM)
Man! I can't believe Isla Fisher has gone so far after being in crappy Home & Away!
Yeah she's not done bad. And look how far Heath Ledger has come from being 'Sally's' boyfriend too!
mcraigclark
Oct 15 2006, 01:43 AM
QUOTE (thirtyhelens @ Oct 12 2006, 02:56 PM)
Ran a cross a short Toby Young piece from the FT which says Isla Fisher's been cast as the love interest.
And no, I still haven't read the book.
(I must get to
World War Z first or Craig will have my hide!)
Seriously, you're going to love it.
thirtyhelens
May 18 2007, 02:36 AM
I did love it when I finished it, months ago.
In other, actual news:
The Dude, Scully, MJ, Arthur Burns... and little Timothy Bisley. Awesome, awesome.
Peronel
May 18 2007, 06:30 AM
I read the majority of the novel a few years ago, then it fell under my bed and I forgot about it. Thouroughly enjoyed what I did read though - a kindred spirit who managed to bugger things up without even trying sometimes. I think Pegg's a great choice.
dolfyn
May 18 2007, 08:21 AM
QUOTE (thirtyhelens @ May 18 2007, 12:36 PM)
Aw, how cool!
Simon finally gets to work with Gillian Anderson (Agent Scully)!
I bet he tells her about
Spaced, & how they tried to get her to appear in the show.
Feel the love.
dolfyn.
widowspider
May 18 2007, 01:59 PM
QUOTE (thirtyhelens @ May 18 2007, 03:36 AM)
I did love it when I finished it, months ago.
In other, actual news:
The Dude, Scully, MJ, Arthur Burns... and little Timothy Bisley. Awesome, awesome.
How cool is this movie going to be?
AusChick
May 20 2007, 12:07 AM
^
Well that's just, like, your opinion, manAnd it's mine too!!
What a brilliant cast! Can't wait to see it!!
melzilla
May 21 2007, 12:53 AM
Squeeebles!
CazBag
Jul 11 2007, 08:59 PM
For those of you good people living in the UK, there's a chance for one of us to win an extra's role in this 'ere filum.
See the channel4 competition from this 'ere link. This would be so cool!
Wife Of Rolex
Jul 12 2007, 03:52 AM
QUOTE (CazBag @ Jul 11 2007, 09:59 PM)
For those of you good people living in the UK, there's a chance for one of us to win an extra's role in this 'ere filum.
See the channel4 competition from this 'ere link. This would be so cool!
Entered.
Though, I've probably already used up my competition winning quota for this year.
Wife Of Rolex
thirtyhelens
Jul 12 2007, 04:56 AM
First production still...
Filth.
ipse dixit
Jul 12 2007, 09:32 AM
^ Excellent t-shirt.
Anni
Jul 12 2007, 10:13 AM
^ agreed
dolfyn
Jul 13 2007, 02:17 AM
^I concur.
Aw, Simon....!
QUOTE (CazBag @ Jul 12 2007, 06:59 AM)
For those of you good people living in the UK, there's a chance for one of us to win an extra's role in this 'ere filum.
See the channel4 competition from this 'ere link. This would be so cool!
Dammit! Once again, I'm in the wrong hemisphere.
I can only hope that Simon travels down my way again to promote some of the many movies he's been making lately.
Feel the love.
dolfyn.
curtinparloe
Jul 14 2007, 12:52 AM
Ooh, looks like good. Hope it is good.
AusChick
Jul 15 2007, 02:56 AM
I hope so too.
Is it going to be on broad release?
Seems like Simon makes so many movies and I never see any of them!!
CazBag
Aug 9 2007, 01:22 PM
There could be some great captions made from this
This was taken on set yesterday in New York City (apparently). Source
MeganFoxSource.com:
dolfyn
Aug 9 2007, 01:59 PM
hehehee! What a funny expression!
Feel the love.
dolfyn.
LeWatt
Aug 9 2007, 04:06 PM
Lady in white T-shirt: "I'll stop doing them if you stop laughing"
QUOTE (LeWatt @ Aug 9 2007, 05:06 PM)
Lady in white T-shirt: "I'll stop doing them if you stop laughing"
Is that not Gillian Anderson? You'd think Simon would be happier to be stood behind 1995's sexiest woman.
Stella MM
Aug 9 2007, 04:13 PM
QUOTE (Zoe @ Aug 9 2007, 05:11 PM)
Is that not Gillian Anderson? You'd think Simon would be happier to be stood behind 1995's sexiest woman.
No, I'm pretty sure that's not her nose.
thirtyhelens
Aug 9 2007, 05:01 PM
It is GA, and her nose.
mcraigclark
Aug 9 2007, 05:07 PM
GA needs to eat a sandwich.
thirtyhelens
Aug 9 2007, 05:11 PM
She doesn't look bad, IMO. The Scully Seasons 1 & 2 babyfat's gone, but hey... it happens.
She's smokin' in the other pics on that site.
mcraigclark
Aug 9 2007, 05:24 PM
Oh, I didn't mean she looked bad. I just like her a bit curvier.
thirtyhelens
Aug 9 2007, 05:29 PM
I can't complain about a man who wants to see more curves.
AusChick
Aug 9 2007, 10:05 PM
That pic is classic.
Mr Pegg will never cease to amuse me!
And I have a theory that you are better off to put on a little weight as you get older because I find skinny people show their age more.
(possibly a slightly self-serving theory but there it is)
curtinparloe
Aug 9 2007, 10:22 PM
QUOTE (Zoe @ Aug 9 2007, 05:11 PM)
You'd think Simon would be happier to be stood behind 1995's sexiest woman.
Ah, but he wasn't placed.
Besides, he doesn't want it to look too obvious...
AusChick
Aug 9 2007, 10:26 PM
Yeah it's like the modern equivalent of dipping her plaits in the ink well
Plaits? Ink Well? Isn't everything modern in relation to that? Everything post 1930.
MyDogAteLA
Aug 10 2007, 12:51 AM
QUOTE (CazBag @ Aug 9 2007, 08:22 AM)
I couldn't think of anything to say, but I really wanted to comment.
Omniscia
Aug 10 2007, 01:12 AM
The first thought that springs to mind is "Gee, Pegg looks like he's having trouble not going in for a grab."
The second thought is "That woman on the left has the longest neck I've ever seen."
Wife Of Rolex
Aug 10 2007, 02:09 PM
'Look Gillian...my hands are clean.'
CazBag
Aug 31 2007, 08:15 AM
Toby Young's article in the Daily Mail. Definitely worth a read.
QUOTE
A BBC interviewer recently asked him how he was going to make the protagonist sympathetic.
"Do you mean how am I going to transform someone as loathsome and despicable as Toby Young into a character that the audience will root for?"
"Exactly." "Two words: Simon Pegg."
dolfyn
Aug 31 2007, 10:40 AM
QUOTE
A BBC interviewer recently asked him how he was going to make the protagonist sympathetic.
"Do you mean how am I going to transform someone as loathsome and despicable as Toby Young into a character that the audience will root for?"
"Exactly."
"Two words: Simon Pegg."
Aaawww!
That just says it all.
Feel the love.
dolfyn.
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