Aug 19 2008'Whip It!' Recreating the Magical Coupling of Fallon and Barrymore
Remember the night you first saw what what would become the defining baseball-themed romantic-comedy of your lifetime, Fever Pitch, and how as the house lights rose, illuminating a packed audience of satisfied smiles, you couldn't help thinking how you would do anything to see Drew Barrymore and that guy who cracks himself up together again? Well, your dream is coming true, only this time America's Official Sweetheart will be behind the scenes. Because she's a director. From /Film:
Jimmy Fallon has been cast in Drew Barrymore’s directorial debut Whip It! Fallon has been spotted by /Film sources on set of the roller derby dramedy playing “Hot Tub Johnny”, a cheesy hungover announcer who makes nasty comments to all the skaters. My sources have also spotted Andrew Wilson, brother of of Owen and Luke (fans of Wes Anderson know as “Future Man” in Bottle Rocket), who is playing a roller derby coach. The film stars Ellen Page as “an indie-rock loving misfit” who finds a way of dealing with her small-town misery after she discovers a roller derby league in nearby Austin Texas.
As much as I dislike the idea of Jimmy Fallon in movies (let alone in his own talk show), I have to trust Barrymore's instincts on this. Because she's a director. Drew Barrymore is a director.
Reader Comments
1. Who Me? - August 19, 2008 3:19 PM
Poor, poor Drew
2. James - August 19, 2008 3:19 PM
Gotta say that I did enjoy Fever Pitch, partially because I really like movies that show off the city of Boston (Fever Pitch was probably filmed mostly in Canada or something, but the point stands).
Jimmy Fallon did a decent job in that flick. Maybe he'll do a decent job in another. The whole late night thing though, yech.
3. Nick - August 19, 2008 3:53 PM
But he's Nick Burns, your company's computer guy! Surely, that annoying, cliche role must count for something?!
4. K lee - August 19, 2008 3:58 PM
Ellen Page an indie-rock loving misfit? Get the freaking fuck out of here.
5. delic8 - August 20, 2008 2:26 PM
Ellen Page as in indie-rock loving misfit. Well, at least she doesn't have to worry about being typecast or anything like that.
Fuck me dead.
6. H.P. Lovechoad - August 22, 2008 8:07 AM
I love roller derby, too bad this movie sounds like shite - since Barrymore and Fallon are in it. What a stretch for Ellen Page. Next thing you know she'll play an indie-rock loving misfit living in a small town...