Just in case there was any doubt in your mind that Patrick Dempsey is every bit as manly as bare knuckle boxer Jack Dempsey, CinemaBlend today has an article with the headline "Dempsey Got Depressed While Filming Enchanted."
Actor Patrick Dempsey suffered depression on the set of his new movie Enchanted - because he felt desperately out of his depth making a semi-animated movie. The Grey’s Anatomy star struggled acting alongside imaginary creatures, and doubted his acting abilities for the first time in his career. He says, "It was a real challenge. There’s a scene where birds are coming in, and I’m reacting: `Was it big enough or is it too big?’
Oh Patrick, that’s a question I’ve often asked myself. I’ve found that the answer is, "Oh, haha, you’re kidding, right?"
"I’d go home and be completely depressed because I was like, `Am I making this movie work?’ It was like, `Please just let me go back to Grey’s Anatomy.’"
Gosh, you poor dear. I have just the solution: look to your right - it was the first result of a google image search for "Magic Rainbow Pony". With Magic Rainbow Pony on the case, you can’t possibly be sad! [Thanks to the always huggable Mikael for the tip]
The big story this weekend was Enchanted, making $50 million on 3,730 screens (also, some people were pissed when they thought they heard the F-word in it, but it turned out to be bogus).
Since it’s a Disney flick currently tracking above 90% recommended on RT, the news wasn’t that surprising. What was surprising was This Christmas taking the number two spot, grossing $27 million on 1,858 screens (that’s $14,531 per), and topping both Beowulf and Hitman. This for a movie with a $13 million budget (and from the looks of it, could’ve been shot for a lot less).
Roughly 65% of the aud was African-American, while 59% were females and 43% between the ages of 17 and 34. “We couldn’t be happier. Everything about the movie worked. And it certainly crossed over,” Sony prexy of distribution Rory Bruer said. “It had universal appeal.” [Variety]
Oh, and I bet movie execs will take in this news with the kind of circumspection we’ve come to expect of them. Personally, I can’t wait to see what gets produced with the hope of scoring the now-lucrative black movie market - I’m lovin’ it. Which reminds me, Look for I’m Lovin’ It: The Movie some time next year.
