Jeremy Piven, you so crazy! You come to Broadway all serious-actor-like, win rave reviews for your performance in Speed the Plow, and then one day you just stop showing up! And the only explanation you offer is something about having too much mercury in your blood!
A friend close to the production told me that Piven finally learned his lines *just* in time for press performances. Ugh, the hollywood factor makes things so predictable.
Seriously though, the best part is what David Mamet had to say:
“I talked to Jeremy on the phone, and he told me that he discovered that he had a very high level of mercury,” Mamet said. “So my understanding is that he is leaving show business to pursue a career as a thermometer.”Snap!
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How much longer do you think it will be, before we hear what new big role Piven is about to take on? My guess is that the prep time and shooting schedule may have conflicted with STP?!?! Right? I mean - it wasn't because he was tired. Right?
My one question is - if all the fish was so bad for him...why didn't he just lay off the sushi? Huh? Doesn't that make sense...have a burger or head over to Sammy's Noodles for some steamed vegetables. It's not like Times Square ONLY has sushi. WTF?
How fierce is DM? Fierce and funny. I heart that comment about Piven's new job.
Hey Bix!
I would love it if he announced some big job, but I don't think it's going to happen. I think he was just bored, tired of doing the show, done with it, and decided to weasel out of it. Now he's paying the price in the press. The sushi thing is a ruse and everyone knows it - the doctor is a crackpot and it just seems bad bad bad all around.
I've heard that Piven is a massive a-hole. Read today that he's banned from Nobu after leaving a waitress a dvd of Entourage in lieu of a tip. That says it all.
Jeremy Piven: you shoulda gone to Piece of Chicken.
PIECE OF CHICKEN!!!!
Hysterical.
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