CARRY ON CHANTELLE; BB star set to be 'new Babs'.Byline: By Sherna Noah CELEBRITY Big Brother Celebrity Big Brother could refer to:
Babs made the dizzy blonde role her own in the famous comedy series. Now, Chantelle is set to follow in her footsteps along with Ex-EastEnder Shane Richie, Vinnie Jones and Victoria Silvstedt in Carry On London. The movie centres around a limo firm, Lenny's Limos, hired to ferry celebrities to the Herberts, a fictitious version of the Oscars in the capital. Film-makers promise the usual Carry On ingredients of "saucy sauc·y adj. sauc·i·er, sauc·i·est 1. a. Impertinent or disrespectful. b. Impertinent in an entertaining way; impossible to repress or control. 2. humour", "riotous slapstick slapstick Comedy characterized by broad humour, absurd situations, and vigorous, often violent action. It took its name from a paddlelike device, probably introduced by 16th-century commedia dell'arte troupes, that produced a resounding whack when one comic actor used it to " and "double entendres" in the "politically incorrect" movie. Little Britain's Matt Lucas and David Walliams have been reportedly approached to join the movie. Peter Richardson, best known for TV comedy The Comic Strip Presents..., is directing the pounds 6.4million film. Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels star Jones, 41, plays London nightclub owner and gangster Tony Le Berc, known as "Two Fingers Tony". Richie, 42, best known as Alfie Moon in EastEnders, has been cast as Lenny. Swedish blonde and former Playboy playmate of the year Silvstedt, 31, plays a starlet star·let n. 1. A small star. 2. A young film actress publicized as a future star. starlet Noun a young actress who has the potential to become a star Noun 1. being ferried to the awards ceremony. The new cast was announced in Cannes in the run-up to the film festival, which opens tomorrow. Richie said: "Like many people, I grew up with the Carry On movies and was thrilled to be asked to star in the new film." Jones added: "It's great to be part of such a wonderful comedy tradition." A total of 30 Carry On films were made between 1958 and 1978. Carry On London will be shot this summer ROLE OF INFAMY Notoriety; condition of being known as possessing a shameful or disgraceful reputation; loss of character or good reputation. At Common Law, infamy was an individual's legal status that resulted from having been convicted of a particularly reprehensible crime, rendering him ONLY two of the main original cast - Jim Dale and Barbara Windsor - are still alive. Other favourites who can now only be seen on reruns include Sid James, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims and Kenneth Williams, who famously yelled: "Infamy. Infamy. They've all got it in for me," in 1964's Carry On Cleo. CAPTION(S): DIZZY: Chantelle and Babs |
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