Defamer
It seems as if our reconnaissance on Speed Racer—quickly shaping up to be one of the biggest turkeys in recent Hollywood history—proved correct: The film was indeed third at the box office this weekend, taking in $18.6 million, $1.6 million short of the bloated studio estimates released yesterday. (What Happens in Vegas actually $200k more than its $2 million estimate.) And there's more Racer roadkill:
Deadline Hollywood Daily is reporting that earlier today, star Emile Hirsch informed UTA, his agency of seven years, that he would no longer be using their services. They write: "[Hirsch] is planning to park himself with his manager Sam Maydew, I'm told. 'He claims he just doesn't want an agent.'" His agent Shani Rosenzweig, meanwhile, is described as "gobsmacked" by the news, a state of shock that falls somewhere between "flabbergasted," "blindsinded," and "OMFG" on the stunned-reaction spectrum. It will certainly be a sad moment this coming awards season when he and Rosenzweig aren't able to share in any accolades bestowed upon the young actor for his physically taxing performance as an overcaffeinated AV club geek in Gus Van Sant's Milk.
- More 'Speed Racer' Fallout: Emile Hirsch Exits United Talent; "Total Shocker" [Deadline Hollywood Daily]
- 'Speed Racer' comes in 3rd as 'Iron Man' maintains grip [AP]
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Gobsmacked makes me think of Arrested Development.
Emile Hirsh, next year's "Where did he go?" poster boy
I was leaving work last week, riding in the elevator with one of our accountants. Apropos of nothing, he turned to me and said, "Man, that 'What Happens In Vegas' movie looks AWESOME doesn't it?"
It was at that moment I realized that this craptacular piece of celluloid shit would be doing gangbusters at the box office.
Oh, that's not very nice. Sure, you signed up for some candy-colored psychedelic car racing horseshit, but this is also the agent that was probably biting her nails in agony during the whole eight months you were running around Alaska with Sean Penn. Cut her some slack.
Seriously - what a prickish way to respond to a failure, Mr. Hirsch.
Quitter.
Shani call me, let's talk(about how to pronounce your last name among other things).
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