Russell Brand discusses some of the upcoming remakes he has attached himself to
I am very excited to hear that you are attached to Drop Dead Fred. Was this something you enjoyed as a kid? And do you have a lot of new Ideas for it?
Russell Brand: Yes. I think it is going to be fucking brilliant. I love doing stuff with kids. I think it's a laugh. I love hanging out with them. I think it will be different. It won't be punky, like the original. It will be Victorian. And horrible. Fred will be a horrible, nasty imaginary friend. He will be wicked to children, with long, brown fingernails. He will have fingerless gloves, and a stovepipe hat, and a black lizarding tongue. He will whip it out at children. There's more technology now. It can be even crazier than the original.
Do you think kids have imaginary friends in this day and age?
Russell Brand: I imagine they do.
What else is on your development slate?
Russell Brand: There are some things in there. I think I will spill a drink, have a Tic-Tac, pick up some mouse droppings. No, my draw board of development has Arthur, the Dudley Moore movie. I am doing that. Drop Dead Fred, I am doing that. There are a couple of things. I am doing a movie for Paramount that is being produced by Adam Sandler. I am doing more stand-up. I will host some more big events. Go to rehabilitation for drug addicts. See my mom. Flirt with girls.
You have two remakes coming up. Do you worry about that?
Russell Brand: What's there to worry about? Everything's been done before. There are only seven storylines anyway. I'm not going to get worked up about it. The Sandler film is original. There's some good stuff coming up.
What about the Weird Al biopic?
Russell Brand: Are they finally doing that? I will take it!
Drop Dead Fred was released in 2011 and stars Russell Brand.
Arthur was released April 8th, 2011 and stars Russell Brand, Helen Mirren, Greta Gerwig, Jennifer Garner, Geraldine James, Luis Guzmán, Nick Nolte, Christina Calph. The film is directed by Jason Winer.
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Justhim_sir
Alright I was able to go on netflix to watch the Arthur trailer to see what they were talking about, and I think he'll be able to pull it off but the good material has to be there though.
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Haiku
i just love Russell Brand! sucha hilarious actor! cant wait to see him in his upcoming movie with Jonah Hill - "Get Him to the Greek". its going to be shown this june.
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SparkyDarky
I think Brand is a decent bloke and he is funny with unscripted material ( his old radio shows were awesome). I'm glad he's made a name for himself in Hollywood, but he does only really play himself, it's not the biggest stretch for his acting abilities. Drop dead fred might be a step in a new direction for him.
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GeekStar
Sorry,but this guy seems really stupid.When he has something written for him yes,he does sound mildly funny.
As what Katy Perry is thinking.He's probably got a huge a wang and that's all she can manage to see when she look's at him
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SaintCharles
Brand is a DOUCHE....btw Arthur remake i guess i can see that, but Drop Dead Fred, really? wtf is going on in Hollywood
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Stiles
Brand is 1/100th the comedic force that Rik Mayall is. Its a shame the original Drop Dead Fred didn't launch a film career for him (probably due to the awful Hollywood ending they bolted on).
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firstonetodieloses
he's hilarious in the forgetting sarah marshall movie and anytime he's on the big screen with actual words written for him to speak but I really can't stand this guy in real life. really freaking annoying. katy perry what are you thinking lol
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Emmytt
weird AL bio pic really
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