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It’s been well established that I’m a huge Guy Ritchie fan, so when I continue seeing previews of his new film RocknRolla AND read about new trailers being dropped at Comic Con along with a cast / panel presentation, I get my little panties in a bunch.
The big names that American audiences will know (if they haven’t seen Snatch or Lock Stock) are Gerard Butler (300), Chris Bridges (Ludacris) and Jeremy Piven (Ari – Entourage).
1. Upon being asked if there was pressure from the studios to do a movie that resembled his more successful early efforts, Guy Ritchie didn’t bother trying to bullshit the audience, instead offering up an enthusiastic, “Yup!”
2. When a woman went up to the stage in a get-up I can only assume was meant to portray what the Queen of England would be like were she to go to Mardi Gras, followed by only further distancing herself from the realm of sanity by bulging her eyes out, bobbling her head in various directions, and making it very clear she wanted to ride Gerard Butler’s jock, the famed Spartan made the simple but effective claim, “You’re fucking weird.”
3. Jeremy Piven revealed that he was the one who approached Ritchie for a part in the film, with the intention of doing a role that would separate him from his Ari Gold persona on Entourage. As it so happened, the only Americans in the script were two black men. “And that’s why you see what you see here today.”
4. Commenting on Gerard Butler’s coverage of multiple genres, from comedies to action to musicals, a Comic Con attendee asked, “What do you want to do next?” Butler’s response: “Halle Berry.”
