Wednesday
21Oct2009
Balki Bartokomous Dishes Dirt on Cruise, Denzel
Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 1:55AM
Prior to this week, I never would have put Bronson Pinchot on the business end of a sentence that also included the phrase "pulled no punches." But, as it turns out, rather than being on the receiving end, Pinchot is taking shots at some of the biggest names in show business in a new interview with A.V. Club, the serious section of The Onion.
"We thought Tom was the biggest bore on the face of the Earth. He had spent some formative time with Sean Penn—we were all very young at the time, Tom was 20, I was 23. Tom had picked up this knack of calling everyone by their character names, because that would probably make your performance better, and I don’t agree with that. I think that acting is acting, and the rest of the time, you should be you, but he called us all by our character names. He was tense and made constant, constant unrelated homophobic comments, like, 'You want some ice cream, in case there are no gay people there?' I mean, his lingo was larded with the most… There was no basis for it. It was like, 'It’s a nice day, I’m glad there are no gay people standing here.' Very, very strange."Regarding Denzel:
"[Courage Under Fire] was a low point, because Denzel Washington was behind the incredibly cowardly bullshit of 'This is my character, not me.' He was really abusive to me and everybody on that movie, and his official explanation was that his character didn’t like me, but it was a dreadful experience...Denzel Washington cured me forever of thinking that there is any amount of money or anything that could ever, ever make it okay to be abused. The script supervisor on that movie said it’s like watching somebody kick a puppy. He was so vile."Sour grapes from a guy best known for playing one of the most annoying characters on one of the least special sitcoms of the 1980s? You know, it just could be that. But Pinchot doesn't railroad everyone; he has nothing but kind words to say about Tom Hanks. Then again, you'd obviously be seeking headlines if you spoke ill of Hanks, who is generally regarded as a saint by Hollywood standards. Nevertheless, it's a pretty entertaining read. I don't think Pinchot comes off as the greatest guy in the industry either, by the way, but it's refreshing to hear someone go off like that from time to time.
Reader Comments (2)
He's in my Death Pool!
"it's refreshing to hear someone go off like that from time to time."
Actually I find it rather sad of him to go there at this point. If either Cruise or Washington were such terrible people why'd he keep it a secret until now? It would be more believable if such accounts of those actors were bounced about by numerous individuals but I haven't seen such. Could Cruise's alleged homophobia have been purely isolated to that instance with Pinchot? Seems doubtful and by the same token where are all the stories of Denzel the utter and complete asshole? Of course one could argue what would Pinchot gain by lying about them? Attention? Lawsuit for defamation? I don't know. It just seems rather sad and pathetic when things like this (ala the recent tell-all book from Dustin "Screech" Diamond) come forth from the has been set.
From Hell's heart, I stab at thee!