Posted on 01/25/2008 9:51:57 AM PST by Perdogg
Mel Gibson has called Heath Ledger's death this week a "tragic loss." But in recent years, Gibson had distanced himself from the risk-taking actor, it's been claimed.
Gibson turned cold toward Ledger after the Aussie star ignored his advice not to play a gay cowboy in "Brokeback Mountain," according to private investigator Paul Barresi.
Ledger and Gibson had grown close while filming "The Patriot," in which Ledger played Gibson's son.
"Ledger asked Gibson whether he should take the role of Ennis Del Mar in 'Brokeback,'" Barresi says a "major Hollywood producer" told him. "Gibson strongly counseled against it. The role apparently ran counter to Gibson's morality. And he felt that it would ruin Heath's career."
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As adults we are responsible for our behavior and have no need for movie directors or actors to take responsibility for our behavior.
Perhaps, you would prefer that the government assume the role of morale hygiene and approve films to be shown in the United States?
The whole thing is a shame, but if industry giants were giving me advice, I’d gratefully take it.
I don’t think he would have gotten Batman if he did not do that movie. It put him on the map. Plus Tom Hanks did Philadelphia...when he passes away are we going to hear about Philadelphia for days after? Are we even going to discuss it on FREEPERS....I somehow doubt it.
One word: agenda.
American society is full of responsible adults? That’s news to me. I wish the industry would be self policing with a fraction of the passion the MSM uses to edit the news to fit their agenda.
However, if you can find a married man who saw Brokeback mountain and then ran out of the movieplex as soon as the credits began to role, to have an affair with a gay cowboy you may have a point.
Very good point. I forgot it works both ways. I just didn’t think FREEPERS fell into that. I thought FREEPERS hated people with agendas...guess I was wrong.
It may have been rated R, but the film and its lame, over the top dialog has become household humor.
Why are you going out of your way to miss my point about those with gender issues?
I thought most straight men wouldn’t go to see men kissing.
Who exactly is it you would like to set standards that the movie industry should follow in order to make movies that meet your morale framework?
Straight women don’t want to see lesbians kissing either....DISGUSTING!
i’ll agree that he acted well in the role, but i didn’t care for the movie, i thought it was a little slow, and kinda lame.
yeah, i had no problem watching it. i figure if i can watch movies involving murder, drugs, pre/extra marital sex, etc., a movie about a couple guys skronking ain’t gonna corrupt me any more. :)
Freepers hating agendas!!??
or you can watch them as a guide for “what not to do”
don’t forget will smith in 6 degrees of seperation.
What gender issues?
don’t forget will smith in 6 degrees of seperation.
True. Now you have done it, Will Smith will be on somebody’s list of bad people. lol.
So I take it that you did not see:
“Kissing Jessica Stein”
too late, with the recent development of him becoming a scientologist, he’s already need put on may people’s “blacklist.”
i say who cares? i liked most his movies.
uh....no.
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