Inqlings: Latest 'Jackass' offers stunts in 3-D
With everything that flies around a Jackass movie, you'd think that West Chester stars Bam Margera and Ryan Dunn would be eager to embrace working in 3-D.
With everything that flies around a Jackass movie, you'd think that West Chester stars Bam Margera and Ryan Dunn would be eager to embrace working in 3-D.
"We had a lot of apprehension," said Dunn. "All that equipment."
"Those red and green glasses," said Margera.
They were sold after learning that the current generation of 3-D filmmaking simply requires a larger camera. Jackass 3D, reaching screens Friday, is another compendium of ill-advised stunts, such as Johnny Knoxville playing an "invisible man" who teases a bull while wearing camouflage. Margera said he opted out of the bull scene because "I like to be in control. If a big hoof lands on your face, you can be in trouble."
"You'd be surprised how your body holds up when you're laughing," said Dunn, who walked around for days with a torn lateral collateral ligament after he bounced high in the air while dressed as a duck for a "human paint ball" stunt that had his cast mates shooting at him.
Margera and Dunn say they'd do anything for a stunt. "Bones heal," Margera said, adding that the hardest part of the film was cutting it. So a straight-to-DVD sequel is planned, he says.
Sports night in Philly
Three out of four TV sets in use in the area Sunday night were tuned to the Phillies or the Eagles, whose games took over prime time.
Nielsen reports that the Phils' vanquishing of the Cincinnati Reds drew a 27.7 household rating/39 share, which translates to about 834,000 Philadelphia-area homes. The game was nationally telecast on TBS. (In Cincinnati, the game drew a 25.3 rating and 35 share.)
The Eagles' slipping past the San Francisco 49ers, which aired on NBC, averaged a 24.6 household rating/35 share, which translates to about 741,000 Philadelphia homes.
One telling stat is that among men ages 18-49 and 25-54, the Eagles' audience was slightly larger than the Phils'.
Nationally, it was no contest as NBC's football coverage notched an 11.7 rating, compared with 3.9 for the baseball game.
Casting calls
A veritable United Nations of local actors has been cast in the action-thriller Safe, which starts shooting Oct. 24. Among them: Brian Anthony Wilson, John Wooten, James Tolbert, Lyman Chen, Dan Shea, Tim Carr, Jason Lin, Oleg Ivanov, and Dmitriy Kojevnikov. Producers need Asian extras, especially ages 40-60, for a scene shooting in November. Apply to safecasting@gmail.com.
The Marriage Ref, the NBC show in which celebs help squabbling couples make peace, will scout Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Piazza at Schmidts in Northern Liberties and Sunday at 7:30 a.m. before the AIDS Walk. Contact: Casting@TheMarriageRef.TV.
Brenner sets it straight
Comedian David Brenner says he is not involved in the planned billiards parlor known as 1200 Bank, which I reported on Sunday. Brenner is a partner in the related Amsterdam Billiard Club in Manhattan.