LOL!
This is such a great story! Jeremy Piven is in DEEP SHIT for dropping out of his Broadway play, Speed the Plow, due to “mercury poisoning” from too much sushi. Now he has to actually go and stand trial before the Actors’ Equity union to defend himself.
The producers of “Speed-the-Plow” brought Piven up on charges with Equity, arguing that his abrupt departure in December from the $3.5 million production wreaked havoc with their recoupment schedule.
Piven will appear before a committee of five actors and five producers. He is expected to brandish the results of a blood test given to him by his doctor, and will likely give a blow-by-blow account of his illness during the show.
He called several prominent actors on his own and begged them to replace him, sources said. He was also overheard telling people backstage that he was “bored out of his mind” in the show.
The producers also have a record of where Piven’s car and driver took him after performances, sources say.
Although Piven claimed he was so ill that he often went home after the show, sources say the log shows that he spent many nights out on the town. The producers will also point out that in the past, many ailing stars have taken a leave of absence from a show but have returned when they felt better. “Unless it’s a life-or-death situation, you usually find a temporary replacement and then negotiate a return,” said a producer not involved with “Speed-the-Plow.”
Jeremy is expected to appear in person for the hearing in Manhattan tomorrow. “It’s my understanding that he’ll be there – unless he has too much sushi on the plane from LA,” joked a person involved in the proceedings.
Ha!
Everyone is WAY PISSED at Jeremy about this shit. “I don’t think many theater actors are in favor of what he’s doing,” a veteran producer said. “They take jobs on Broadway very seriously, and he’s a Hollywood actor, behaving like one.”
If he loses at this hearing, he’ll be stripped of his Equity membership (but he’ll still have his SAG membership, so it won’t impact his film or TV work), and the show’s producers can take him to civil court and sue his brains out.
WOW!!
Do NOT fuck with a Broadway show, you guys!!!
Haha – I love how his nose is red in this pic!! Watcha been snorting there Jeremy? Oh, right, sushi.
YES.
YES.
See my previous rant on this matter for a more fleshed-out opinion. But it’s basically what the veteran producer said, except from a poor acting student’s standpoint.
Justice is nigh. :) I only wish I could be there to watch his ass get nailed.
Hahahahahaha, I love the “he will give a blow by blow account”.
He is SO CLEARLY coked out in this pic.
He’s in deep sushi.
haha. this is great. make sure to update!!!
It’s funny how his front teeth or so uneven in length.
fuck. get over it, hey! I’m not here to make enemies, but I came across this thread while checking out what’s new with Jeremy, and saw this shit!
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“But it’s basically what the veteran producer said, except from a poor acting student’s standpoint.”
that comment is so off. jeremy is a fantastic actor. i have seen many of the movies that he has been in, and watch Entourage religiously. The character Ari Gold was written for HIM, and if someone else was playing that character is just wouldn’t be as good. [Actually, the character wouldn’t exist, because the writer Doug Ellin said that he was the first character that he had started writing, and the one that he was most confident in. It was written for Jeremy, and Jeremy only, and without Jeremy it would have just ended right there!!]
No one else could pull off a character like that, such a physco, a ball buster..and the biggest asshole EVER at times, but there are times where you just really love him. It takes a good actor to pull that off. Who the hell are you?
The way i see it, with the American TRASH that you see in Hollywood these days, Jeremy is one of the few who can actually act! He’s from the generation that actually produced good actors. He has worked with so many amazing actors, and he rightfully earnt it. It’s simple. You don’t score amazing roles if you’re not good. The new celebs/trash that’s been pushed in these days are around beecause they’re unable to find people who impress the audience because of their TALENT, and we see main characters who can’t act…they’re there to look at!
Someone like that filthy Rob Pattinson, who is liked purely on his looks, or because he can pull off pasty white skin look and vampire teeth!
If you want celebrities to bag out, why not concentrate on the “D-list celebs”….trashy randoms who do nothing and get paid for it….absolute losers like Kerry Katona! Go onto one of her blogs (not that there would be anyone who would waste time on writing about her and her trashy existence)!
The end!