NY Times Magazine recently did a profile on Megan Fox called “The Self-Manufacture of Megan Fox”. I didn’t read it all because for one thing Megan Fox isn’t that interesting, and for another, whenever I see the phrase “In the age of the 24-hour news cycle and hungry blogs…” I can’t stop sh-tting blood. Luckily the folks at Cinematical read it and were kind enough to pick out the good parts. Namely, the Hitler joke that got cut from her SNL monologue.
The writers of her opening monologue were having trouble coming up with a premise that pleased her. “There’s one specific pitch that we can’t do,” Fox said. ‘They wanted me to do a Q. and A. with the audience for the opening monologue. And Hitler is in the audience. Hitler stands up and says, ‘Why did you compare me to Michael Bay?’ ” Fox laughed. “Which is funny, but we can’t do that.”
I’m not sure why they couldn’t do that, but judging by her monologue that ended up making the show (video below) I can only assume the Hitler joke was rejected for actually being funny. Speaking of which, who told Bobby Moynihan he was funny? Was it Steve? That guy’s such a joker.
The SNL Digital Short this week was a Twilight parody, Firelight, about a girl who falls in love with a Frankenstein (highlights of the rest of the show here). This video’s gonna be everywhere today and I might as well post it too, because I ain’t allergic to cash money, y’all. I know Hulu hates you international types, so I’m attaching a bunch of other versions below, which will probably get pulled within the hour, like my wiener.
I like the digital shorts better when they’re totally absurd, like Threw it on the Ground and Like a Boss, but this one’s pretty solid as a dead-on Twilight parody. My favorite thing about it is that they actually took the time to rip on Cam Gigandet (”I do believe I’m going to strangle someone… by accident.”). At least, I think it was supposed to be Cam Gigandet. It’s hard to tell because everyone in that Frankenstein forehead makeup kind of looks like Cam Gigandet.
Additional trivia: SNL host Taylor Swift is supposedly dating fellow Taylor Taylor Lautner, the werewolf ab guy. No word on whether it’s true or just the gayest rumor of all time.
I always thought MacGruber was kind of a stupid sketch and I can’t believe they’re making a movie out of it. But with a hard-R rating, a guy from The Lonely Island directing, and Val Kilmer playing a villain named “Cunth,” who knows, maybe the good can out weigh the Lorne Michaels. Here’s the synopsis the studio just released:
MACGRUBER April 16, 2010
Genre: Action comedy
Cast: Will Forte, Ryan Phillippe, Kristen Wiig, Val Kilmer, Powers Boothe and Maya Rudolph
Screenplay by: Will Forte, John Solomon, Jorma Taccone
Directed by: Jorma TacconeOnly one American hero has earned the rank of Green Beret, Navy SEAL and Army Ranger. Just one operative has been awarded 16 purple hearts, 3 Congressional Medals of Honor and 7 presidential medals of bravery. And only one guy is man enough to still sport a mullet. In 2010, Will Forte brings Saturday Night Live’s clueless soldier of fortune to the big screen in the action comedy MacGruber.
In the 10 years since his fiancée was killed, special op MacGruber has sworn off a life of fighting crime with his bare hands. But when he learns that his country needs him to find a nuclear warhead that’s been stolen by his sworn enemy, Dieter Von Cunth (Val Kilmer), MacGruber figures he’s the only one tough enough for the job.
Assembling an elite team of experts-Lt. Dixon Piper (Ryan Phillippe) and Vicki St. Elmo (Kristen Wiig)-MacGruber will navigate an army of assassins to hunt down Cunth and bring him to justice. His methods may be unorthodox. His crime scenes may get messy. But if you want the world saved right, you call in MacGruber. [Collider]
Haha, “Cunth.” Gets me every time.
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Via MTV:
DJ Nu-Mark confirmed that he’ll be joining the cast of the “MacGruber” movie. On Twitter. [...] In his own words:
“@djnumark: Ahh, gonna be in my first movie! Playin a DJ in the new Mac Gruber movie (from SNL)..lol. Val Kilmer is gonna take my mic from me..lol”
So there you have it. Val Kilmer: actor, outdoorsman . . . mic thief.
In fairness to Val, he may have thought the mic was an ice cream cone. (Another fat joke? Really? Hell yes you cheeky scofflaws.) And just to clear the air here: I’d still do him. And tweet about it.
By the way, there’s a MacGyver video inside that you should check out. Did MacGyver own any airbrushed vans perchance?
NY Magazine caught up with Bill Hader outside a Paper Heart screening recently, where they asked him about the upcoming Macgruber movie. He said he’s read the script (by Will Forte, Jorma Taccone, and John Solomon), which tells us there’s actually a script, and that it’s… *gasp* rated R.
It’s like a hard-R comedy, and it totally works. It’s hilarious. It’s kind of in the vein of, like, eighties action movies, like there’s a very definitive bad guy. I don’t know if I can talk about the plot too much, but it’s hilarious. The thing that kind of blew my mind about it is that it’s like a HARD-R movie. I was like, “What is this? This is f*cking ugly. You guys are really going to do this?” And they’re like, “Yup.” And I was like, “That is awesome. That is f*cking hilarious.” [Vulture]
Unfortunately scripts have a way of changing once the people paying the bills get ahold of them. And putting out an R-rated SNL movie would take some serious balls, a rarity these days everywhere but your mom’s underwear. As ThePlaylist points out, there hasn’t been an R-rated SNL movie since Blues Brothers, and the conventional wisdom is that they’d lose a big chunk of their network-TV friendly audience by making an R-rated film. But I hope they do it. Not because cussing is inherently funnier, but because that would at least give it some separation from the sketches, which kinda suck. It could be really good if Macgruber was more like Arnold Schwarzenegger in Commando, cutting peoples’ arms off and feeding deer and carrying tree trunks on his shoulder and swearing. And then sometimes a naked girl would walk by for some reason. I guess what I’m saying is that it could be good if it’s nothing like Macgruber.
