Gary Oldman Quits Star Wars Ep. Iii
<div class="IPBDescription">continuing trend: awful character names</div> From <a href='http://www.darkhorizons.com' target='_blank'>Dark Horizons</a>:
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The IMDB reports that Gary Oldman has pulled out of the next "Star Wars" movie because he refuses to work overseas illegally.
The "Harry Potter" star had agreed to voice the evil CG robot Jedi knight killer General Grievous in the upcoming "Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge Of The Sith", but recently quit the production because it was made outside the Screen Actor's Guild rules.
Oldman's spokesman explained - "Gary was excited and looking forward to working on the film. The snag is that the movie is being made without members of the Screen Actor's Guild. It means Gary would have been working illegally overseas. Out of respect and solidarity with the other members, he could not and would not consider violating the rules of his union".
No word as yet on a potential replacement.
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Let me be the first to ask what kind of special magical crack must a writer be on to devise an <b>"evil CG robot Jedi Knight killer"</b> named <b>General Grievous</b> of all things? Watch out for Sith-hunting ninja commando cowboy potatos in episodes 7 through 9.
Gary made a wise choice here, and not in the least because an IMDB credit for "the voice of General Grievous" sounds very much like "people can't stop laughing when they take a look at my resumé".
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The IMDB reports that Gary Oldman has pulled out of the next "Star Wars" movie because he refuses to work overseas illegally.
The "Harry Potter" star had agreed to voice the evil CG robot Jedi knight killer General Grievous in the upcoming "Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge Of The Sith", but recently quit the production because it was made outside the Screen Actor's Guild rules.
Oldman's spokesman explained - "Gary was excited and looking forward to working on the film. The snag is that the movie is being made without members of the Screen Actor's Guild. It means Gary would have been working illegally overseas. Out of respect and solidarity with the other members, he could not and would not consider violating the rules of his union".
No word as yet on a potential replacement.
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Let me be the first to ask what kind of special magical crack must a writer be on to devise an <b>"evil CG robot Jedi Knight killer"</b> named <b>General Grievous</b> of all things? Watch out for Sith-hunting ninja commando cowboy potatos in episodes 7 through 9.
Gary made a wise choice here, and not in the least because an IMDB credit for "the voice of General Grievous" sounds very much like "people can't stop laughing when they take a look at my resumé".
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I swear, i started laughing so hard when i read that.
Come on, it's like these people have never heard of the guy before.
I swear, i started laughing so hard when i read that.
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Well, it's a good reference since it is the latest big-budget movie he has acted in.
Oh wait.............. he did that.
<span style='font-size:2pt;line-height:100%'><a href='http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120738/' target='_blank'>Lost in Space</a></span>
(Somebody else reads DH, cool!)
Why does he have to go anywhere?
Now that you mention it, dooku does sound a bit silly, but at least not as if it was ripped straight out of the scripts of Toy Story.
Oldman rocks... if anything it's hard to remember him outside of Leon. Ok so he did the firm and a ton of other stuff but LEON!!!
<span style='font-size:8pt;line-height:100%'>Leon...</span>
He joined the Director's Guild. Star Wars didn't have any credits before the movie began. They got mad. He quit.
He's had bad experiences with guilds.
Which would make much more sense if we wasn't set to voice a droid.
Oh wait.............. he did that.
<span style='font-size:2pt;line-height:100%'><a href='http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120738/' target='_blank'>Lost in Space</a></span> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
It's all about the cash, baby.
<img src='http://www.bredalsparken.dk/~conniekretzschmer/gary_oldman1.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
<i>"Bring me everyone."</i>
"What do you mean 'everyone'?"
<b>"EVERYONE!"</b>
Only Gary could bring such passion to Leon.
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No, see -- General *cough* Grievous is going to go after Oldman for backing out ... oh, why do I bother?
It was about 15 or so five minute long shorts of stuff that goes on inbetween the second and third movies.
And General Grevious hands out a metric TON of whoop *** on the Jedi.
Id jump on that role in a heartbeat. Screw any goofy names.
Lucas : "**** guys, how can I make each Star Wars more exciting? Originally we had one lightsaber, then we had Darth Maul with a double bladed lightsaber, then we had Anakin wield two lightsabers.... What am I gonna do?"
Yes-Man#1 : "Well, we could always have some crazy knife fighting style..."
Lucas : "Psh, done in Riddick, too slow."
Yes-Man#1 : "How about two saber staffs? Or a saber-ax!"
*Lucas pulls gold plated .44 and has one of his many lackeys shoot Yes-Man#1.*
Yes-Man#2 : "How about, we have a guy, who wields lightsabers, wait for this, with his FEET! That'll save us!"
Lucas : "Bob, you're a genius! Quick, someone order me another Yacht! And release another version of Return of the Jedi while you're there! I dunno, make it feature Cowboy Ninja Pool Cleaners, and say they have huge supplies of minichlorine injectors or something.... IL&M will figure out the rest."
- Shockwave
It was about 15 or so five minute long shorts of stuff that goes on inbetween the second and third movies.
And General Grevious hands out a metric TON of whoop *** on the Jedi.
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Amen, anyone who hates General Grievous obviously has not seen the Clone Wars series. And if they <i>have</i> seen the Clone Wars and still don't like Grievous, then their soul is empty and life is meaningless.
Does that mean you still count the Star Wars Holiday Special, but not Droids?
Lucas : "**** guys, how can I make each Star Wars more exciting? Originally we had one lightsaber, then we had Darth Maul with a double bladed lightsaber, then we had Anakin wield two lightsabers.... What am I gonna do?"
Yes-Man#1 : "Well, we could always have some crazy knife fighting style..."
Lucas : "Psh, done in Riddick, too slow."
Yes-Man#1 : "How about two saber staffs? Or a saber-ax!"
*Lucas pulls gold plated .44 and has one of his many lackeys shoot Yes-Man#1.*
Yes-Man#2 : "How about, we have a guy, who wields lightsabers, wait for this, with his FEET! That'll save us!"
Lucas : "Bob, you're a genius! Quick, someone order me another Yacht! And release another version of Return of the Jedi while you're there! I dunno, make it feature Cowboy Ninja Pool Cleaners, and say they have huge supplies of minichlorine injectors or something.... IL&M will figure out the rest."
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My God, that was brilliant parody. Let me try.
*Flash back to George Lucas Circa 1980's. He just finished The Empire Strikes Back and is working on Return of the Jedi*
Lucas: Okay, guys, we need something cool.
Lackey 1: A lightsaber fight!
Lucas: That's good, but we need more.
Lackey 2: A space battle! And a battle on a FOREST planet!
Lucas: I like your thinking! Have some money.
Lackey 3: Let's have... a double bladed lightsaber!
*Lucas pulls out a 12 gauge and shoots Lackey 3*
Lackey 1: Teddy bears?
Lucas: I smell money!
Just because something for Episode 3 doesn't immedietly strike you as brilliant doesn't mean it will suck. You would never have watched Return of the Jedi if you had been told teddy bears are a principle part of the plot and that nothing much happens other than a space battle, a ground battle, a lightsaber fight, and an argument with a fat slug in the desert.
I take it upon myself to make it a life mission to see any movie involving fat slugs in the desert and teddy bears beating militants armed with laser guns to death with rocks.
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/edit and when i clicked on this i thought it said garry colemen quits starwars episode 3, i was like WTH mate
Oh wait.............. he did that.
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It's all about the cash, baby.
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<i>"Bring me everyone."</i>
"What do you mean 'everyone'?"
<b>"EVERYONE!"</b>
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lol yea! when you need a psychotic bad guy Oldman is teh winnar!
And he worked so well along side natalie portman in Leon too.
He was a pretty good bad guy in AirForce One too.
And he made me laugh in the 5th Element. oh yea and Lost in Space he becomes the evil doctor Spider fade guy. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Omg hes gonna be Lt. Gordon in In the new Batman movie.
Plus he does video game voices!
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault - Spearhead.... Sgt. Jack Barnes
True Crime: Streets of LA .... Rocky, Agent Masterson
Original Star Wars:
Organa
Hutt
Fett
Vader
Palpatine
Kenobi
Solo
Skywalker (this is about the worst it got, and even then, its not too bad)
New Star Wars:
Dooku
Binks
Maul
Grievious
WHERE WILL THE SUCKING STOP, LUCAS?!
I swear, if this new movie isn't half-way decent, we're forming a mob. Who's with me?!
So we're all having problems with Dooku now?
What about Han or Anakin or Chewbacca or Karash or Yoda or anything else compared against
Luke
and
Leia
<i>Skywalker</i>
Someone just fell off the crazy names bandwagon right there.