GOING THAT EXTRA YARD TOGETHER AGAIN FOR COMEDY SEQUEL, MATTHEW PERRY AND BRUCE WILLIS PROVE THEY'LL DO ANYTHING FOR A LAUGH.Byline: Evan Henerson Staff Writer The kick-ass action star of the ``Die Hard'' franchise doodled in a magazine and insisted that his interviewer read a story on shock rocker Marilyn Manson
Brian Hugh Warner (born January 5, 1969), better known by his stage name Marilyn Manson, is an American musician and artist known for his outrageous stage persona and image as the lead singer of the . The $1-million-per-episode-earning ``Friends'' star slurped water out of an orchid vase. Both men threw grapes at each other. Then they threw grapes at the action star's 15-year-old daughter. A couple of genuine cut-ups, that Bruce Willis Walter Bruce Willis (born March 19, 1955) is an American actor and singer. He came to fame in the late 1980s and has since retained a career as both a Hollywood leading man and a supporting actor, in particular for his role as John McClane in the Die Hard series. and Matthew Perry, who have teamed up for the 2000 hit-man-meets-dentist comedy ``The Whole Nine Yards,'' a few episodes of ``Friends'' and now the ``Nine Yards'' sequel ``The Whole Ten Yards'' (opening today). This time around, Nicholas ``Oz'' Oseransky enlists the aid of retired hit man Jimmy ``The Tulip'' Tudeski after Oz's wife Cynthia (Natasha Henstridge Natasha Henstridge (born August 15, 1974) is a Canadian fashion model turned actress. Her most notable roles include Species and Species II. Biography Early life & modeling career ) is kidnapped by the father (Kevin Pollak Kevin E. Pollak (born on October 30, 1957) is an American actor, impressionist and comedian. As an actor, Pollak's trademark is usually playing the best friend or confidant characters to the leading men, as he did in Ricochet, End of Days, ) of the Hungarian mafioso whacked by Jimmy in the first film. Mayhem and - the producers hope - hilarity ensue en·sue intr.v. en·sued, en·su·ing, en·sues 1. To follow as a consequence or result. See Synonyms at follow. 2. To take place subsequently. . They're off-screen pals who enjoy working together and who treat the act of publicizing pub·li·cize tr.v. pub·li·cized, pub·li·ciz·ing, pub·li·ciz·es To give publicity to. Noun 1. publicizing - the business of drawing public attention to goods and services advertising their movie like a day at the circus Day at the Circus is the seventeenth episode of season two of the television comedy series Robot Chicken. List of skits Medusa's Hairdresser Medusa complains that she "just can't do a thing with it". . Rumer Willis, the daughter of Willis and ex-wife Demi Moore Demi Kutcher (born Demetria Gene Guynes on November 11, 1962) is an American actress. For most of her career, she has been known as Demi Moore, using the surname of her first husband, singer-songwriter Freddy Moore. , sat at her father's side. Willis had visiting relatives from Pennsylvania at a nearby table. Between flying grapes, Perry and Willis answered a few questions along the way. We covered comedy, nude scenes, the stench of dead chickens and dirty Valley secrets from a certain ``Friend's'' past. Q: (to Perry) I went to high school with you. Matthew Perry: You did? What year were you? Q: Buckley High School (in Sherman Oaks), class of '86, so a year ahead. You were in ``The Sound of Music'' the year I graduated. PERRY: I was in ``The Sound of Music.'' Bruce Willis: Kooky, man. Q: I'll bet I'll Bet was an NBC game show that aired from March 29 1965 to September 24 1965, that was created by Ralph Andrews. The host of this program was Jack Narz. It was a precursor of It's Your Bet, which aired with four different hosts during its four year run: Hal March, Tom the alumni association An alumni association is an association of graduates (alumni) or, more broadly, of former students. In the United Kingdom and the United States, alumni of universities, colleges, schools (especially independent schools), fraternities, and sororities often form groups with alumni hits you up for a ton of contributions. PERRY: They do. They do. They gave me my start. I did ``Our Town'' as well, which is pretty much the law in high school. You have to do that play. WILLIS: What kind of a guy was Matthew in school? Did he have a rep? Q: Witty, charming actor guy. We didn't think he'd amount to anything. PERRY: I sure surprised everybody on that one. WILLIS: As did I. I was the least likely to succeed. Q: Let's back up to pre- ``Whole Nine Yards.'' You get into a room with Matthew Perry, sitcom star, for the first time. Mr. Willis, how intimidated were you? WILLIS: Pretty intimidated. I am a fan of the friendship show, the ``Friends'' show, and couldn't, I think, assemble six funnier people who work together so well. And I like to laugh. I like the subtlety of that show, the comedy of that show (and) at the same time very broad stuff that they did on that show also. I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. . We just kind of started having fun and cracking each other up and not making a big deal out of it. Q: (to Perry) So you were able to put him at ease? PERRY: I was a little intimidated as well when I met Bruce because he left a message on my machine that said, ``Call me back or I'm going to come over to your house and burn your house down and pull you out by your bloody stumps,'' if I remember correctly. WILLIS: ``And watch as you drag your bloody stumps out of the house. Chop off your legs, set your house on fire ...'' PERRY: So I decided to return the call. The intimidation factor worked for the first movie, actually, but now that we know each other better, there's less of that. Q: Speaking of the show, is there any truth to the rumor that on the final episode, Chandler will end up dumping Monica and marrying Joey? PERRY: (laughs) No. There's no truth to that no matter how hard you guys try to spread that rumor. Q: Why a sequel to ``The Whole Nine Yards''? WILLIS: We talked about doing a sequel while we were shooting the first one. It wasn't until Matthew came up with the idea to hire George Gallo, the man who wrote ``Midnight Run,'' that it started to kind of gain some momentum. It was a great idea based on a hook for the second film that Matthew had about our characters kind of switching characteristics. The script was kind of expanded from there into this free-for-all. We realized in a film like this, you could pretty much get away with any kind of ludicrous behavior once you're committed to it. It was just showing up every day and trying to make each other laugh. Q: Did either of you ever say to the other, ``OK, now that's too much. You've gone too far there.'' PERRY: I think we said that a lot to each other, but we just completely ignored it and went as far as we wanted to go. The rule was that there were no rules. Whoever comes up with the funniest line, it's in the movie. From the craft services guy, to the director, to anybody. Q: (to Willis) Does it yank Yank steamship stoker vainly tries to climb the social ladder, then fails in attempt to avenge himself on society. [Am. Drama: O’Neill The Hairy Ape in Sobel, 339] See : Failure (jargon) yank your chain that people want to put a gun in your hand more often than they want to watch you mourn a dead chicken? WILLIS: I was cast in a lot of comedies, but I think you get remembered for how much money your film makes rather than for the comic aspects of them. I would do more bizarre kinds of comic stuff. ``Death Becomes Her'' comes to mind, ``Breakfast of Champions.'' My career as a comedian really hasn't taken off yet. I really feel that after ``Moonlighting'' ... (He laughs and shakes his head). Q: You almost had me going there. WILLIS: If you say it with enough conviction ... you know what, it's the hardest thing in the world to make someone laugh. It's even harder to make people who are really adept at making other people laugh, laugh. If you can do that. ... And that's kind of what we did every day. We just kind of ran into work and tried to make each other laugh. Q: (to Perry) Can Bruce Willis teach you anything about comedy? PERRY: More in the first movie, any kind of minimal style of comedy was funny because we bounce off each other really well. Because I was just crazy and Bruce would get a laugh by kind of like raising his eyebrow a little bit as opposed to me, who would have to jump over a bed and fly into something. We just sort of learned from each other because we both take it really seriously. WILLIS: It really is a peculiar thing. I always tell myself when you're doing the dumbest stuff like holding a dead chicken that's been preserved and, mercifully mer·ci·ful adj. Full of mercy; compassionate: sought merciful treatment for the captives. See Synonyms at humane. mer , killed, but the concept of holding a chicken and doing take after take with a dead skankin' chicken in your hand, the thought always comes to mind, ``What did you do at work today, Daddy?'' And having to explain to the girls, ``I was holding a dead chicken all day.'' PERRY: Which did smell very bad. WILLIS: It did have a funk to it. A little formaldehyde formaldehyde (fôrmăl`dəhīd'), HCHO, the simplest aldehyde. It melts at −92°C;, boils at −21°C;, and is soluble in water, alcohol, and ether; at STP, it is a flammable, poisonous, colorless gas with a suffocating . You can still smell it on my hands. PERRY: I smell Bruce's hands as often as I can. Seriously. Q: Been awhile since you've done a nude scene. WILLIS: Nice segue. Q: Kind of a non-sequitur there, I guess. WILLIS: A little Latin. Throwing a little Latin in there. PERRY: Can you throw me a grape? Just one. (Willis throws it over his head.) That was a little high. You threw it high. WILLIS: Been awhile since my last nude scene. Yeah, not since my big Hollywood hit ``Color of Night'' (laughs), which is still playing in the Penns Grove (N.J., Willis' hometown) Uniplex. Q: Whose idea was the nude scene? Rumer Willis: Mine. PERRY: I think it was George Gallo's. WILLIS: George Gallo's. There were some conversations about that scene. Was it too over-the-top? Ultimately, we tried it and said we'll see if it works or not. If they laugh, good. that's the yardstick we'll measure it by. PERRY: And unfortunately, they laughed. So it's in the movie. Q: Who laughed? PERRY: Bruce. Q: (to Perry) Did you demand equal time? Shouldn't you have also been nude? PERRY: No, my feeling was my character would want to put some clothes on pretty much immediately. And it made for a nice contrast because his character was cool with it and stayed naked (to Willis). Which is the name of your next film, isn't it? WILLIS: ``Stay Naked.'' Let's get down to the nitty nit 1 n. The egg or young of a parasitic insect, such as a louse. [Middle English, from Old English hnitu. gritty: ``The Whole Ten Yards.'' PERRY: ``The Whole Ten Yards.'' A very funny film, good for the whole family. I'm a little bit funnier than I was in the first movie. WILLIS: Kevin Pollak is hysterically funny. I just kind of phone in my normal comedy shtick shtick also schtick or shtik n. Slang 1. A characteristic attribute, talent, or trait that is helpful in securing recognition or attention: . PERRY: No, no. You've very funny. Very funny in this movie. WILLIS: Thank you. And I think in closing, I'd like to add, in retrospect, you'll see it as a cry for help. PERRY: On all of our parts. Evan Henerson, (818) 713-3651 evan.henerson(at)dailynews.com Willis, plus one When it comes to on-screen on·screen or on-screen adj. & adv. 1. As shown on a movie, television, or display screen. 2. Within public view; in public. partnerships, give Bruce Willis a ``Friend.'' Willis has made a career as the ultimate lone wolf Lone Wolf, d. 1879, Kiowa Chief. He led some Kiowas on raids in 1874 after his son had been killed by whites, but he was defeated and with a number of followers was deported to Florida, where he remained in military confinement for three years; he died one year after - the man single- handedly responsible for wiping out a slew of bad guys (the ``Die Hard'' franchise), saving the world (``Armageddon,'' ``The Fifth Element'') or as the bad guy looking to bring someone down (``The Jackyl''). He's occasionally been paired with a nonromantic partner who shares quips and peril. Not surprisingly, he lauds Lauds is one of the two "major hours" in the Roman Catholic Liturgy of the Hours. It is to be recited in the early morning hours, preferably near dawn. Structure of the hour Matthew Perry, with whom he teamed in ``The Whole Nine Yards'' and its sequel, ``The Whole Ten Yards.'' ``What you call chemistry, I think we call timing,'' says Willis. ``When you find someone that knows your timing and you get their timing and you bounce off each other in way that I think most times doesn't happen in films. You really have to work to get to what comes to Matthew and I almost effortlessly.'' Has it worked in the past? Willis's filmography film·og·ra·phy n. pl. film·og·ra·phies A comprehensive list of movies in a particular category, as of those by a given director or in a specific genre. yields only a handful of entries that found Willis buddied. How many have you seen? ``The Last Boy Scout'' (1991) Partner: Damon Wayans Damon Kyle Wayans (pronounced "Waynes") (born September 4, 1960) is an American stand-up comedian, writer, and actor who began his career as a stand-up comic in 1982. He is one of the Wayans brothers. . Willis plays a burned-out detective who teams up with an ex-quarterback to solve a murder. Also an early Halle Berry Halle Maria Berry (IPA: /ˈhæliː ˈbɛriː/) (born August 14, 1966[1]) is an American actress. film. ``Die Hard: With a Vengeance'' (1995) Partner: Samuel L. Jackson “Samuel Jackson” redirects here. For the senator from Indiana, see Samuel D. Jackson. Samuel Leroy Jackson (born December 21, 1948) is an American Academy Award-nominated and BAFTA-winning actor. . Unlucky New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of cop John McClane finally gets a little help, from Harlem store owner Zeus (Jackson), who assists McClane in his quest to foil a would-be school bomber. Willis and Jackson would meet again on screen in ``Unbreakable.'' ``Bandits'' (2001) Partner: Billy Bob Thornton Robert George (Bob) Thornton (born July 10 1962, in Los Angeles, California) is a retired American professional basketball player in the NBA whose career lasted from 1985 to 1996. He was a 6'10" 225 forward. He holds career averages of 3.0 points and 2.5 rebounds in 283 total games. . Willis and Thornton are a pair of bank robbers who fall in love with the same woman (played by Cate Blanchett Catherine Élise Blanchett (born May 14, 1969), better known as Cate Blanchett, is an Academy Award- and Golden Globe Award-winning Australian actress. She has also won various awards, most notably including two SAGs and two BAFTAs, making her one of a few actors who won all ). - E.H. CAPTION(S): 6 photos, box Photo: (1 -- cover -- color) Give 'em an inch... and Matthew Perry and Bruce Willis take `The Whole Ten Yards' (2) Natasha Henstridge, Matthew Perry, center, and Bruce Willis star in ``The Whole Ten Yards,'' a follow-up to the 2000 comedy ``The Whole Nine Yards.'' Tom Mendoza/Staff Photographer (3) no caption (scene from ``The Whole Ten Yards'') (4) no caption (scene from ``The Last Boy Scout'') (5) no caption (scene from ``Die Hard: With a Vengeance'') (6) no caption (scene from ``Bandits'') Box: Willis, plus one (see text) |
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