Zak Galifianakis has been getting a bit of a reputation lately as people jumped to the conclusion that the issues on the set of The Hangover 2 (that he failed to elaborate on) were revealed with the news that Mel Gibson was replaced.
The radio silence from Galifianakis didn’t help his case, but thanks to an interview Zack clears the air. Nothing he did had anything to do with Gibson getting fired.
According to Galifianakis, “I do not consult on the movies that I’m in. I just show up and I say my lines, usually terribly, and I do consult on dialogue,” he explained. “But as far as hiring and firing of actors, I have no insight into that world whatsoever.”
Now this puts an end to the wild speculation that put all the blame of this recasting in Galifianakis’ pudgy lap.
I have said it a few times. The director said that he did not have the full support of his cast and crew, however the timing of Zack mentioning in an interview that he was having an issue on the set but wasn’t making headway with those in charge catapulted the speculation that he was leading the crusade against Gibson.
I won’t deny it looked that way, but whatever it is that he was upset about wasn’t Gibson.
he says he doesnt have any insight on the hiring and firing of actors, i doubt that very much. if the main character to the sequel of the highest grossing r rated comedy doesnt agree with a celebrity cameo then im gonna put my money on that particular celebrity getting canned. now whether or not MG getting fired had anything to do with what zack said earlier is total speculation.
Just like its total speculation that you say he has an effect on who gets hired or fired.
He isn’t the star, he is one of the stars. And a cameo is maybe one day’s filming. Not a big deal for working with actors you dont like.
This was bigger than one person expressing an opinion. The majority of the cast and crew would have to have said something strongly about this to have this kind of impact.
*rolls eyes*
Wow, you own stock in ole’ Zach G or something?
You like to jump to conclusions, I prefer facts.
Timing made it look like ZG was responsible, everything since then says otherwise.
You tried that line last time we discussed this and it was just as vague and full of assumptions now as it was then.
Wow. Talk about splitting hairs. No one has accused or actually entertained the idea that he “fired” Gibson, which is all he denies quoted above.
What he did do, and what he avoids addressing, is protest the casting choice until the person in charge of the “hiring and firing” did just that and fired Gibson.
Typical Hollywood sellout BS from Zach. Dude went Diva over an issue and got appeased which allows him to better estimate the power of his new found fame. I used to like this guy before the Hangover. Total sellout
Jump to conclusions much?
No one has accused or actually entertained the idea that he was responsible for getting Gibson fired? Read the internet much? This site as well as hundreds of others were all speculating that the timing made it look that way, and until now he wasn’t denying it. LOTS of people were jumping ahead of wondering if it was to outright accusing him.
And you don’t know what he did do. He doesn’t avoid addressing it, because it wasn’t him doing it. He may have voiced an opinion, but the director said it was because many people in his cast and crew were against the casting.
He didn’t say “one of my lead actors had an issue and I reconsidered” he said it was many people in the production that ultimately lead him to the decision.
Zack hasn’t “sold out” any more than any other person with a job. If someone at your place of employment was offending you, you would say something about it too. Nothing may happen about it if you were the only one, but it still doesn’t make you a “sellout” If everyone at your job (or a lot of them) were saying the same thing, your boss would be forced to address it.
NOTHING said or done recently by Galifianakis supports your accusations.
I read the original post when Zach was wining about not making any headway on an issue on set. It was so obvious that it was the casting of MG, and now he’s backing down. What a coward.
How was it obvious? He didn’t say anything at all that suggested what his problem was in ANY way. It was only the timing of Gibson being fired the next day that lead people to believe that was it.
The interview gave NO indication as to what it was that he was frustrated with.
Could have been the lack of donuts on the Kraft Services table for all we know.
And yoy KNOW the dude likes his donuts!
a man can’t get enough of his donuts you know
Rodney, thank you for posting this. I too admit to allowing myself to jump to conclusions about ZG’s role in getting MG’s cameo nixed. What you have said here is enough to convince me that he was probably not behind the ouster, at least in any significant way. Also reading the quote (above) by Zack where he says “I just show up and I say my lines, usually terribly,” gives me a little more insight into him as a person. He seems to be a pretty humble guy. I’m now willing to give him the benefit of the doubt on this.
You are right in reminding us that we do need to deal in facts and not in speculation. There may be a lot of things that happen in a situation that lead us to one conclusion or another about it, but there is always a certain amount of other information related to it that we are not privy to. Without having those facts as well, we are not in a position to make an accurate judgement about something. It reminds me of the old play on words that whenever you “assume”, you make an ass/u/me. lol!
I will have to start reading more of your comments when I see them. It’s refreshing to see a post like yours here. Thanks again for it!
Take care!
I’m fine with Mel Gibson. So they guy does some bad things. Compared to other degenerates in Hollywood, the guy is pretty tame.
I’m torn on Mel Gibson. I’m a pretty liberal guy, so his comments utterly disgust me.
But he is so damn talented and charming, my soft heart wants to believe that when is in an alcohol induced down spiral, the stuff he heard repeatedly from his shithead of a dad in his household as a child just bubbles to the surface.
The net of it is, though, that if anyone opposed him being with them in a film, I would side with that person. Such hateful bile is hard to accept or tolerate.
Or he could be lying. Regardless, it doesn’t really matter, cause Gibson is off the project. He may have demons he’s battling, but he’s still a hell of an actor, and I would have loved to see him in this movie.
Though, his replacement is a hell of an actor, too
Water under the bridge, Go on reading your lines terribly Zak.
I guess he dosen’t have to look over his shoulder when he visit’s Costa Rica. :)
Then the real question is what WAS he so butt hurt about?