EXCLUSIVE: Dressing down for film lothario Russell Brand
Sex-mad comic Russell Brand was told off by Billy Connolly after he refused to start filming until a wardrobe girl flashed her boobs at him.
His cheeky demand delayed shooting on the first day for two hours, so the assistant eventually gave in for the sake of the schedule.
Randy Russell, 37, who’s had a stint in sex rehab, was filming Eric Idle’s musical What About Dick? in LA with fellow comedians Billy, 69, and Eddie Izzard, 50. A source said: “It was just a bit of fun.”
But Billy failed to see the funny side. The source added: “Billy got annoyed when he found out and and gave Russell a stern ticking off.”
Russell caused chaos when he pulled the stunt in his dressing room.
The source recalled: “Russell tried to persuade a wardrobe assistant to show him her breasts but she was having none of it — at first.
“But when it started to look like they weren’t going to get any work done she gave in and flashed him. Russell is a charming scoundrel and everybody let him get away with murder on set — except Billy.
“But after their heart-to-heart he settled down and gave a great performance and filmed the scenes like a consummate professional.”
Billy Connolly, interviewed in the Independent on Sunday, 16 December 2012:
"That [widely reported] story," says Connolly evenly, "is a total invention. A complete fabrication. It's total bollocks. It never happened. Russell was very well-behaved, and I found him very interesting."
Just as bad as the alleged lie as a lie, of course -- although I shouldn't have expected any different from the Sun -- is the way that the article portrays Brand as the cheeky rascal for sexually harrassing a young woman, and Connolly as the killjoy for objecting to it. A world away, it seems, from Sachsgate.
ReplyDeleteEver notice how no-one you've ever met talks like unnamed tabloid sources do? Utterly unnatural diction, every time.
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