Oct 18 2007Rodriguez Being Seriously Uncool About Barbarella Casting
Universal has supposedly dropped backing of Robert Rodriguez's Babarella remake after the director refused to cast anyone but girlfriend Rose McGowan in the lead. And I, for one, totally know where Universal is coming from.
Sometimes you gotta just be like, dude, you cannot bring your girlfriend this time. It's like this one time my bud J-Dog was coming to see Old School with me, and he totally showed up with his girlfriend, who was like this heinous bitch. I had to be like, no way, J-Dog, Old School is our movie, and I don't even mean in a gay way. It's just we seriously identified with the characters and jokes, and this was before the next Will Ferrell movie we identified with. I only bring that up because the point wasn't that she was such a bitch (which she was), it's just that you can't bring your girlfriend everywhere, bro. He was so P-whipped, which I told him right then through little mimed whip cracks. Whatever, man. Whatever.
Barbar-hella! Robert Rodriguez Is Fonda of Rose McGowan in Queen of the Galaxy Role, But Universal Winces (that's seriously the title) [NY Observer]
Reader Comments
1. Luballs - October 18, 2007 4:58 PM
So essentially he's saying that Rose is comparable to Jane Fonda, circa 1968. In other news, my poop smells like fresh pumpkin.
Oh wait, I'm sorry, he must be trying to represent what sweet, delectable old Barbarella would look like now if you exhumed her body from Lythion and peed all over and then put it through Jane Jetson's makeup machine a few thousand times. Good call Rob! You did it!!
2. mowgli - October 18, 2007 5:37 PM
its going to be pretty hard finding anyone to look as hot as jane fondda did way back when
3. Jeff L - October 18, 2007 5:56 PM
From what I've read, Rose is a "bitch on wheels" as well as opportunistic and controlling. In other words, she's wife material and will in no way ruin Robert's movies by grabbing his balls and squeezing them if she doesn't get her way.
4. Mr. Wisdumb - October 18, 2007 5:59 PM
Whether they use Rose or not, they should film the naked bubble scene with her and let it leak out and generate some viral buzz.. I am confident this is a very sound marketing tactic. In no way should it be thought of as just some ploy to get naked footage of Rose. Not at all. Shame on you for even thinking that. Really. I swear.
5. Ethan Duke - October 18, 2007 7:07 PM
RR needs to take the "Never Cast Your Girlfriend" class , and take Tim Burton with him.