Barrack and Hillary, Kayne and Fiddy, Finke and Poland: Shall we now offer Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon memberships to the make-up-and-make-out-already club? It appears we shall, as yet another report from the set of December’s Four Christmases has the bright-and-grizzled stars clashing and disrupting the set, this time over (not) filming a sex scene. Back in December, the New York press ran with a source that claimed Witherspoon was livid with Vaughn’s scratch-and-act work ethic and his tendency to brush off her requests to block out scenes. And what’s worse? The two are co-producing the film. Is it just me? Did Jambi need to be carted into the offices of their agents to predict the sheer incompatibility here?
I’d leave this entire news item to Perez, but the director of the holiday comedy is Seth Gordon, who crafted the second highest rated film of last year (doc- or otherwise) with The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters. When I interviewed him in September, Gordon said he was lucky that the formidable icy stare and big hair of videogame champ Billy Mitchell didn’t haunt his dreams (though a few of his friends hadn’t been so lucky). Perhaps Mitchell, who remains disgruntled over his portrayal in Kong, has cast his stare onto the Hollywood set?
Gordon went on to say that Christmases would not be a cookie-cutter yuletide studio “comedy” like Deck the Halls or Christmas with the Kranks, as some sites have snarkily pegged it. With Jon Favreau, Robert Duvall and Sissy Spacek on board, it would seem to aim higher. But if the infighting continues, the film’s potential audience will be able to see the bad buzz…from space.
January 7th, 2008 at 2:20 am
Vince Vaughn in another Christmas Movie? He must like the “most wondertime of the year” (Unless your a movie fan)
January 7th, 2008 at 3:10 am
Good for her, I’d refuse a sex scene with Vince Vaughn too. You know, cause I’m a guy. Seriously though, she’s hating on Vince for not being professional and is not being professional herself by refusing to act a scene that’s in the script and that her director wants. Grease Sliverspoon needs to get her act together. Or at least come and explain the situation directly to me in my bed. Yeah, that’d be nice. Zing!
January 7th, 2008 at 4:19 am
Vaughn’s a pretty disgusting looking slob. I don’t blame her, even if it’s just a “movie sex scene”.
I bet he smells much like the way he looks. Something between a month old budweiser can and packets of broken rubbers. Probably has toe nails that look like frito corn chips.
January 7th, 2008 at 9:58 am
Draaaama!! Ha.
Here’s hoping this turns out good anyways. Gordon’s King Of Kong was great, and I’d like to see him continue his winning streak.
January 8th, 2008 at 4:31 am
I met Vince Vaughn when he was filming in SF. He is the nicest guy you’d every want to meet. I was with a young girl and he graciously took the time to come over and talk with her. This man is a class act all the way. Reese on the other hand, is very full of herself. There is nothing sexy about this woman, she looks like a 14 year old.
January 8th, 2008 at 8:04 pm
I think in a way it is good that she still stands behind her beliefs but this is a job and honestly everyone one of us does our job or loses it maybe she just already has enough money that she don’t care