07.09.09 DREW BARRYMORE TAKES IT FROM BEHIND
…the camera. USA Today just premiered the first publicity stills from Drew Barrymore’s directorial debut, Whip It, based on the book Derby Girl. She’ll also act in the film, playing Smashley Simpson, alongside Kristen Wiig as Maggie Mayhem, Death Proof’s Zoe Bell as Bloody Holly, Juliette Lewis as Iron Maven, Eve, and Ellen Page.
Page plays a 17-year-old Texas girl named Bliss Cavendar, who hates the beauty pageants her mother (Marcia Gay Harden) makes her compete in and finds a release for her secret aggressive side by joining the underground world of roller derby.
“Everything I’ve learned throughout my whole life, whether it was going to a museum or listening to a certain song, has been going into this piggy bank, and I just smashed it all over the floor for this one,” Barrymore says. [more pics available at USA Today]
Look, I’ll freely admit that 85% of the reason I hate Drew Barrymore is that her speech impediment weirds me out, but I’ll still bet most of my bank account that Drew’s idea of girl power and rebellion is gonna be a lot like an Avril Lavigne song. She’s just a sk8r gurl, she said see ya l8r gurrl….
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DREW BARRYMORE TAKES IT FROM BEHIND
“Girl Power” should be reserved for the kitchen.
Slapshot w/chicks I do not want fornicate with.
I wish Ellen Page would play Bliss Cadaver.
I have friends who joined a roller derby team, it’s like rugby for goth chicks, they’re completely insane…. and I never saw one player who was half as bangable as Kristin Wiig.
Is shark-infested water dildo dueling on that Asylum poll?
So let me get this straight…….Juliette Lewis is a chick?
I think I liked Ellen Page back when she played Lilith Sandstromon the Canadian TV show “ReGenesis”. And not just because she was underage, then.
OK, because she was underaged. Can I get you something to drink while I’m up, Mr. Hansen?
i feel like chris klein should be in this movie
I’m secret aggressive too…I punch children during blackouts.
drew barrymore’s love interest in this film is a dead raccoon
I can’t be the only person who thinks Kristen Wiig is wildly overrated, can I? I mean, besides Rachel Dratch.
Based on that Barrymore quote, I’m pretty sure she’s making the entire movie as an inside joke to herself. Bravo, second-generation Hollywood. Bra-fucking-vo.
Where the hell is John Wayne in a Devo Hat when Vince puts up a post about a movie named ‘Whip It’?
Whip It is a reference to what led her to write this.
Girls can make bad movies every bit as well as boys can!
This movie would be better if it starred Drew Barymore, Jenifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon and was directed by Jay Leno.
Next time some chick says to me that “women can do anything a guy can do” I’m just gonna say “I can punch a woman in the face”. After that, I’m pretty sure she’s gonna have sex with me.
I wish I could smash Barrymore’s piggy bank on Justin Long’s face and then Whip It to Kristen Wiig.
The definition of Girl Power to me is getting out of a ticket by showing the officer my headlights.
You know, if I’m putting together a Girl Scout roller derby team, I’m looking for Samoas, not Thin Mints.
The definition of Girl Power to me is getting out of a ticket by showing the officer my headlights.
I love you, Chino.
Women directing movies? Does this mean I have to make my own breakfast? Hmmm, I know! I’ll just improvise: cloves, Tom Collins mix, frozen pie crust…
Titties have done more for women’s rights than Susan B Anthony did giving blowjobs.
This movie will only gross two thirds of what a Judd Apatow film would pull in.
Based on that banner pic, I assume Drew wears the helmet off the set too.
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