Rob Schneider puts a major kink in Mel Gibsons Career when he took out this full page ad in Variety promising to never work with Mel again. God Damn... How am I torn between who the bigger ass is?
"I, Rob Schneider, a 1/2 Jew, pledge from this day forward to never work with Mel Gibson, actor-director-producer and anti-Semite," vowed an open letter baring the comic actor's signature."Even if Mr. Gibson offered me the lead role in Passion of the Christ 2, I, like Bernie Brillstein, would have to say 'NO!'," the Schneider letter declares.
Brillstein is the longtime Hollywood manager who told the Los Angeles Times that, if asked, he would not represent Gibson. "I don't like bigots," Brillstein said.
The Schneider letter evokes Brillstein's name several times, such as when it states that even if Gibson "had a juicy voiceover role in his new flick Apocalypto and I spoke ancient Mayan, I, like Bernie Brillstein would still have to say 'NO!'"
Schneider goes on to rule out potential future work with Gibson's 87-year-old father, Hutton Gibson, who is described as "the Mad Max of Holocaust deniers." He vows to avoid Taverna Tony, one of two Malibu restaurants, along with Moonshadows, where Gibson reportedly held court in the hours before his DUI arrest. And, in a plug for his own upcoming movie, Big Stan, Schneider declares he wouldn't cast the younger Gibson as the film's "Nazi gang leader"--even if he "had a time machine and could go back in time and recast the lead."
Schneider's publicist did not respond to an email Thursday seeking further comment and clarification of the Variety ad.
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Rob Schneider's clock is ti... (Below threshold)1. Posted by CrzyDJM | August 7, 2006 7:58 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Rob Schneider's clock is ticking (or at least I wish it were)
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1. Posted by CrzyDJM | August 7, 2006 7:58 AM |
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Posted on August 7, 2006 07:58
2. Posted by Matt | August 7, 2006 5:01 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Dude, it's a joke.
He's actually helping Mel's career by making fun of all the righteous outrage on display in Hollywood (the righteous outrage that somehow failed to appear when Theo Van Gogh was murdered).
2. Posted by Matt | August 7, 2006 5:01 PM |
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Posted on August 7, 2006 17:01
3. Posted by sulla | August 8, 2006 12:30 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Not a great joke, but not JUST a joke - it's also a plug for Schneider's upcoming movie (and directorial debut).
It's not the first time Schneider has pulled a full-page stunt like this. But hey, it's his money.
3. Posted by sulla | August 8, 2006 12:30 AM |
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Posted on August 8, 2006 00:30
4. Posted by CrzyDJM | August 8, 2006 7:00 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Oh I know it's a joke, but I just recently sat thru the first 15 minutes of "The Benchwarmers"...If you've tried to watch that one, you'll probably understand why I wish he'd go away...
Deuce Bigalow was funny, but that's about it for Schneider...He's in dire need of a throat punch in his next movie... :-)
4. Posted by CrzyDJM | August 8, 2006 7:00 AM |
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Posted on August 8, 2006 07:00