Revenge of the Jedi



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The failure of "The Island" and its role in the possible (though not likely) death of Hollywood has gotten, it seems, all involved a little tense. And by "The Island," we mean, of course, Michael Bay's Island, not "The Brando Island." Even the patience of a jedi is not enough to fend off a Hollywood-Fuck-You-Very-Much. According to the 3AM Girls:

"Our spy at the Leicester Square event on Sunday tells us: 'Ewan was all smiles when he arrived and although he's not fond of being interviewed he quite happily answered all the easy questions about the film which also stars Scarlett Johansson.'

"The Scotsman's mood changed, however, when one reporter dared to ask him about jibes in the US over his accent in the film, which was described as leaving the viewer feeling 'pummelled rather than exhilarated.'

"Our mole goes on: 'A blonde girl asked him if he'd be sticking to his Scottish accent in future.

"Ewan was taken aback, but answered that he had 'no plans' to abandon the US accent. He seemed to be carrying on with his red-carpet duties as normal.'

And then, as they say, things got interesting (The Corsair pours himself a Campari and soda):

"We're told: 'A few minutes later he marched back to the girl and snarled: 'Thank you for bringing that up - you've ruined my evening!" before storming off.

"'Not long after this one of the event's organisers told the girl she had to leave,' says our mole.
And while the reporter was packing up to go, a US toady got in on the act.

"'The guy was incandescent with rage and called the girl a f***ing a***hole and said she was banned from all future premieres, which seemed an incredible over-reaction.'

"A spokeswoman for McGregor later gave a rambling explanation for the actor's behaviour.

"'There had been an unfounded criticism made to Ewan by an agency reporter, to which Ewan politely replied that he was sorry she'd asked that question as it had taken the shine off his night.

"'To our knowledge no one was asked to leave and it has been resolved amicably.'"