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The Other Dubya (![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} misswindy) wrote in ![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/community.gif){kind=small} fandom_wank,@ 2006-10-10 15:15:00 |
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Sienna Miller Makes All of Pittsburgh Wank
And not in the good way.
In the last issue of Rolling Stone, actress Sienna Miller bemoaned her tragic fate at having to play the love interest of Peter Sarsgaard and Jon Foster in the upcoming film, Mysteries of Pittsburgh based on the Michael Chabon novel... because the movie is being filmed in actual Pittsburgh. She referred to the city as "Shitsburgh," and added: "Can you believe this is my life? Will you pity me when you’re back in your funky New York apartment and I'm still in Pittsburgh? I need to get more glamorous films."
Residents of Pittsburgh, up to and including Mayor Luke Ravenstahl, didn't cotton too kindly to these remarks. Because Sienna's opinion of the city is apparently crucial, the Pittsburgh Post Gazette writes up a viciously scathing response, calling her a "semi-famous actress," implying a boycott may be in order for the film, and suggesting that if she hates the city so much, she's free to leave.
Fans of Sienna and the film over on IMDB shriek about celebrity entitlement issues, wankers take over the film's message boards and this thread, with upwards of 40 posts in a handful of days, seems to be a matrix for bitter, angry Pittsburghians. Talk of a boycott is becoming more serious over there.
The fallout seems to have made her and the movie an Internet-wide joke (which is unfortunate), and the target of a lot of ridicule because of the ensuing wank, such as the snickering and potshots that take place in this early filming report from CHUD.com, one of many.
In a recent statement given by way of her publicist, Sienna has apologized for "dissing" Pittsburgh, claiming her comments are being taken "out of context" and that it referred primarily to the fact that she hadn't had a chance to do much sight-seeing yet.
Yes, Sienna, I have no idea how anyone could've misconstrued "Shitsburgh" as derogatory. They must just be oversensitive or something.
And not in the good way.
In the last issue of Rolling Stone, actress Sienna Miller bemoaned her tragic fate at having to play the love interest of Peter Sarsgaard and Jon Foster in the upcoming film, Mysteries of Pittsburgh based on the Michael Chabon novel... because the movie is being filmed in actual Pittsburgh. She referred to the city as "Shitsburgh," and added: "Can you believe this is my life? Will you pity me when you’re back in your funky New York apartment and I'm still in Pittsburgh? I need to get more glamorous films."
Residents of Pittsburgh, up to and including Mayor Luke Ravenstahl, didn't cotton too kindly to these remarks. Because Sienna's opinion of the city is apparently crucial, the Pittsburgh Post Gazette writes up a viciously scathing response, calling her a "semi-famous actress," implying a boycott may be in order for the film, and suggesting that if she hates the city so much, she's free to leave.
Fans of Sienna and the film over on IMDB shriek about celebrity entitlement issues, wankers take over the film's message boards and this thread, with upwards of 40 posts in a handful of days, seems to be a matrix for bitter, angry Pittsburghians. Talk of a boycott is becoming more serious over there.
The fallout seems to have made her and the movie an Internet-wide joke (which is unfortunate), and the target of a lot of ridicule because of the ensuing wank, such as the snickering and potshots that take place in this early filming report from CHUD.com, one of many.
In a recent statement given by way of her publicist, Sienna has apologized for "dissing" Pittsburgh, claiming her comments are being taken "out of context" and that it referred primarily to the fact that she hadn't had a chance to do much sight-seeing yet.
Yes, Sienna, I have no idea how anyone could've misconstrued "Shitsburgh" as derogatory. They must just be oversensitive or something.
