James Franco is game for pretty much anything. While it's no surprise that the versatile actor is willing to go the extra mile, it sure seemed like Franco was ready to go a few more on what was the last new "Saturday Night Live" of the decade. Though the episode certainly wasn't the best of the season (Taylor Swift and/or Joseph Gordon-Levitt get bragging rights to that, in my humble opinion), Franco gave it his all regardless.
The actor, who admitted in his monologue he had nothing to promote (except, maybe, his fake movie "Hope's Promise"), took potshots at himself about both his stint on "General Hospital" (joking his agent, family and the other actors on the show think it's a "major step backward" in his career) and the infamous picture of himself asleep in class at Columbia University. The rest of the monologue had Franco telling viewers that most of his career moves come from a bin filled with idea slips. So what's on Franco's horizon according to the suggestion bin? He'll play a dead body on "Law & Order," do another "Spiderman" movie and hook up with every woman in a town in the Midwest (whoops, seems he'd already done that in Kansas!)
Apparently to be a Roller Derby Queen you need mascara (Drew Barrymore, insert shameless plus here!) a mouth guard, green tights and, oh yeah, a kick-butt attitude. And in this clip from "Whip It," out on Friday, it seems like Bliss (played by Ellen Page) has all of the above. Plus, she's got a pretty cool Roller Derby name: Babe Ruthless!
Plus, with her teammates (played by the awesome and tough Eve, Drew, Zoe Bell and Kristen Wigg) by her side coaching her to be one of the beat Roller Derby Queens in Austin, Texas, Bliss wants to show the world just how hardcore Babe Ruthless can be in a match. All we have to say is: we really hope she doesn't end up puking out there! Press play below to see the Hurl Scouts prepare for action.
It's no wonder actress/ first-time director Drew Barrymore and her costar Ellen Page bonded during the filming of "Whip It" (we learned in the duo's cover feature in the most recent issue of Marie Claire that they're basically besties now) — they got to go to work everyday (along with the rest of the female-heavy cast) to film food fights and laugh till their stomachs hurt.
In the clip below from the Oct. 2 roller derby flick, things get pretty sticky when rival teammate Dinah Might (Juliette Lewis) saunters into a restaurant and provokes the Hurl Scouts by insulting their newest member, Bliss (Ellen). "I just want to congratulate you on your new poster child," Dinah says just before slopping some gooey french fries on Bliss' face. Then milk shakes get poured on hair and before you know it, all the derby girls are participating in an old-school "FOOOD FIIIGHTTT" (as Drew screams). You'll have to press play below to witness how the not-so-appetizing action unfolds!
It seems like just yesterday we were laughing at the adorable 16-year-old pregnant "Juno," but this time Ellen Page has traded in her baby bump for a pair of roller skates. Ellen stars as Bliss in the upcoming movie "Whip It," which is helmed by first-time director Drew Barrymore. "Whip it" follows the life of an indie-rocker misfit whose mother would rather her be a beauty queen than who she really is. After her family moves to the nothing town of Bodeen, Texas, Bliss decides to leave her high heels behind to join a roller derby team, and finds not only a piece of herself but a family she can relate to. With stars like Ellen, Drew, "Saturday Night Live" star Kirsten Wiig and singer Eve, the trailer looks like the type of girl empowering movie we could use. Read more...
If you’ve never been to a roller-derby match before, get ready to be intrigued by this crop of new photos from Drew Barrymore’s directorial debut, “Whip It.” USA Today brings us the exclusive images, which feature Drew, Ellen Page, Kristen Wiig and Zoe Bell as members of the Girl Scout-themed team “Hurl Scouts.” There are also some shots of the movie’s villain, played by Juliette Lewis, who leads the Catholic schoolgirl-themed rival team, “Holy Rollers.”
Based on the young adult novel “Derby Girl,” the plot of “Whip It” focuses on Ellen’s character, a teenage runaway, who lies about her age and joins up with a roller-derby league in Austin, Texas. Going by the alias “Babe Ruthless,” she skates alongside her new mentor, “Maggie Mayhem” (Kristen), as well as “Smashley Simpson” (Drew), “Bloody Holly” (Zoe) and other tough ladies with similarly badass nicknames. Read more...
FROM MOVIES BLOG: The man who gave us “Office Space,” Mike Judge, will be sitting down with MTV’s Josh Horowitz at San Diego Comic-Con on July 25. Judge’s next project “Extract” will be the topic of the day, and he will be joined by stars Jason Bateman, Mila Kunis and Kristen Wiig. Judge will be screening exclusive footage from the upcoming film as part of the panel.
Those of you who won’t be making the trip to San Diego can take heart, as MTV.com will premiere exclusive “Extract” footage to coincide with the Comic-Con panel. Expect plenty of laughs at the panel though. Judge, in a recent interview with MTV, expects “a lot of smart ass answers from the actors. [The 'Extract' cast and crew is] a happy bunch. We all really had fun making this. It came together nicely.”
By Christopher Campbell