Hold the Front Page
Most British newspapers thrive on celebrity these days, with the latest marriage or break up often making the front page. Celebrity is big news in the U.S too, but it seems to be confined to magazines like Ok!
So you can imagine my excitement when I thought I was in for the big scoop on Brangelina this week. You can never believe what you read in the Press (!) so I felt privileged to be dished the dirt by someone in the know.
I went along to a screening of A Mighty Heart at the After Hours Cinema Club, held as I have mentioned previously, in a wonderful old art deco movie theatre in nearby Downer's Grove.
The exciting thing was that one of the actors was due to answer audience questions after the movie.
Gary Wilmes was introduced as a local boy before the film started, having been brought up in the Chicago area. I assumed I hadn't heard of him because I am English, so looked forward to seeing him alongside Angelina. Those of you who have seen the film will know how exciting it is. Quick shots, almost documentary like, make the time whizz by. After 20 minutes I realised I seen the major characters, but no sign of Wilmes. Eventually he turned up about half an hour into the film, gave Angelina a hug and only mumbled as he popped up here and there for the next hour. He played a journalist colleague of Pearl's, investigating his disappearance. Hardly a major player.
Still, the question and answer session was interesting. Luckily the questions weren't too probing. I wasn't sure how much of a grip Mr Wilmes had on the political situation surrounding the film. Seemed like he'd been flown into India for a few weeks of filming, and did exactly have a journalistical knowledge of the events surrounding the story. He perked up when someone mentioned how beautiful India was in the rain, (the film had been shot there) and seemed happy to answer questions on his days as a bit part actor on the Conan O'Brien Show (very late night chat show for British readers).
Finally someone was brave enough to ask about Brad and Angelina. Brad Pitt was the producer of the film, so around the set much of the time.
"Don't believe what you read in the Press. They're lovely. Just like royalty, and perfect together," Gary confided to us.
That was it? He sounded like their PR man. What we really wanted to hear was that they fought all the way through the making of the movie, that she had bad breath and in real life was 200lbs. Obviously not a journalist at all.
So you can imagine my excitement when I thought I was in for the big scoop on Brangelina this week. You can never believe what you read in the Press (!) so I felt privileged to be dished the dirt by someone in the know.
I went along to a screening of A Mighty Heart at the After Hours Cinema Club, held as I have mentioned previously, in a wonderful old art deco movie theatre in nearby Downer's Grove.
The exciting thing was that one of the actors was due to answer audience questions after the movie.
Gary Wilmes was introduced as a local boy before the film started, having been brought up in the Chicago area. I assumed I hadn't heard of him because I am English, so looked forward to seeing him alongside Angelina. Those of you who have seen the film will know how exciting it is. Quick shots, almost documentary like, make the time whizz by. After 20 minutes I realised I seen the major characters, but no sign of Wilmes. Eventually he turned up about half an hour into the film, gave Angelina a hug and only mumbled as he popped up here and there for the next hour. He played a journalist colleague of Pearl's, investigating his disappearance. Hardly a major player.
Still, the question and answer session was interesting. Luckily the questions weren't too probing. I wasn't sure how much of a grip Mr Wilmes had on the political situation surrounding the film. Seemed like he'd been flown into India for a few weeks of filming, and did exactly have a journalistical knowledge of the events surrounding the story. He perked up when someone mentioned how beautiful India was in the rain, (the film had been shot there) and seemed happy to answer questions on his days as a bit part actor on the Conan O'Brien Show (very late night chat show for British readers).
Finally someone was brave enough to ask about Brad and Angelina. Brad Pitt was the producer of the film, so around the set much of the time.
"Don't believe what you read in the Press. They're lovely. Just like royalty, and perfect together," Gary confided to us.
That was it? He sounded like their PR man. What we really wanted to hear was that they fought all the way through the making of the movie, that she had bad breath and in real life was 200lbs. Obviously not a journalist at all.
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