Jesus Christ, why is everyone in such a hurry to see The Second (Third, Fourth, Fifth) Act of Mel Gibson? Why can’t we all just look at him with pity and disgust and acknowledge that we never want to hear anything about him again? Page Six claims they’re gotten hard confirmation that Mel Gibson will have a cameo part in The Hangover 2, much like Mike Tyson’s cameo in the first film. Mel is going to be playing a tattoo artist in Bangkok, and something tells me that the outtakes of Mel “riffing” on Thailand will probably be horrendously offensive. I’m also guessing that there will be a good deal of racial and racist humor in this one.
Mel Gibson is taking a stab at saving his movie career with a comedy role as a tattoo artist in “The Hangover 2.” The troubled star, who was dropped by the William Morris Endeavor agency in July and has also faced allegations that he assaulted and made threats against his ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva, has signed to play a Bangkok tattooist in the highly anticipated comedy.
A source told Page Six, “It’s a done deal. Mel will make a cameo as a tattoo artist. Filming is taking place on the Warner Bros. lot, where a Bangkok set has been built, and Mel is expected to film his role in two weeks. Then the production moves to Thailand at the end of October.”
The sequel to the wildly successful 2009 “The Hangover” will follow the gang, played by Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zack Galifianakis and Justin Bartha, as they take a boys’ trip to Thailand with a dangerous stop in Bangkok. Asian gangster Mr. Chow, played by Ken Jeong, will also return.
It is not known if Gibson’s “Hangover 2” character will reference his current real-life problems. But the original movie did much to reinvent Mike Tyson’s image from a troubled drug user into a comedic actor. The Los Angeles district attorney reportedly is still deciding whether to charge the 54-year-old actor, who allegedly attacked Grigorieva while she had their daughter in her arms, with domestic violence.
Gibson’s movie with Jodie Foster, “The Beaver,” is still to be released, but no date has been announced.
Foster said of him recently, “Mel is an undeniably gifted actor and director, and ‘The Beaver’ is one of his most powerful and moving performances. But more importantly, he is and has been a true and loyal friend. I hope I can help him get through this dark moment.”
A rep for Gibson declined to comment, and Warner Bros. did not get back to us.
[From Page Six]
Poor Jodie. The Beaver will probably go direct to DVD without any kind of wide release, and meanwhile her BFF Mel – the dude Jodie has put her reputation on the line for – is only thinking about his own career comeback and making sure everyone sees that he can still be in a hit film. Jodie, please dump this loser as your friend. You don’t need him.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
Jodie is kinda manly. Maybe that’s the draw…
well, that crosses that movie off of my list to rent.
“Why can’t we all just look at him with pity and disgust and acknowledge that we never want to hear anything about him again?”
exactly how I feel. I can’t even see his face and not be disgusted.
the hangover was. not. funny!! a SECOND??? ugh, not watching with or without the trainwrecks.
Seriously, what are the hangover producers thinking? They’ve got a good thing going and a huge following, why muck it up with that dirtbag?!? Some controversy can be good for a movie but I doubt this is going to do anything positive for their sequel.
Ha-Ha The first picture is priceless. It also gets used a lot. Thank you.. It always makes me laugh.
This is interesting and dare I say I actually want to see him in the movie. At this point Mel is like that drunken uncle. You just never know what he will say and you can’t take him seriously.
I thought The Hangover was a cool comedy but I was never sold on the idea of a sequel. Now that Mel is set to have a cameo in it, I sure as hell will not go and see it, let alone get the DVD like I did with the first one.
Also, while I have immense respect for Jodie Foster and her body of work, I agree that standing by Mel in these times is silly. Not only that, it’s dangerous as well. You’d think her judgement would be better. And as much as I’d like to see the newest Jodie Foster, I will not.
he’s in some serious denial…
Bummer cos after listening to his disgusting ranting abusive threats on Oksana’s life (all while demanding blow jobs first) I can no longer watch anything he is in.
I loved the first Hangover and I bet the second one will be even funnier. Why not have Mel Gibson in it? Controversy sells, people will want to watch.
The only role I would want to see Miss Mel Gibson play is the drunk as*wipe that gets pushed off Ceasar’s roof. Didn’t his career end recently?
Ugh, won’t be seeing this one then!
Well I guess my husband will be going to see the Hangover 2 by himself, or hopefully not at all. Because there’s no way I’m going to drop $10 to see the prince of darkness in his comeback roll. As Whitney would say “hell to the no.”
I’m not gonna pay to see it if Mel’s in it. Hollywood is run by a bunch of drug addicted morons who would beat their own mothers with a steel pipe if someone cut a check large enough, so this is to be expected. But sometimes, as a consumer, you have to draw the line. I’ll see this movie because I thought the first one was hilarious, but I’m damn sure not paying for it. I’m sneaking into the theatre, and if I decide to get it on DVD, I’m downloading it from the internet. Mel and the idiots who put him in the movie will not get my money, no matter how insignificant that is to them.
@ Lydia-Um yeah the “drunken uncle” who verbally berates the mother of his child AND his kid. The “drunken uncle” who yells racial slurs and threatens police officers. The “drunken uncle” who has the balls to get behind the wheel of his fancy sports car and drive 80MPH around the hills of Malibu with a .12 alcohol level.
Yeah, you’re right-I don’t take him seriously. Well, at least not when it comes to his shot-to-shit acting career.
Shame on them for giving this waste of space the time of day, much less a role in their shitty film.
Way back when Mel made his anti-semetic comments I found that I couldn’t bring myself to watch another movie with him even the ones I enjoyed on TV. Forget about going to the movie theater and paying to see that jerk. I am disapointed in the Hangover 2 producers but I really loved the first movie I may try watching it on cable and turning the channel while he is onscreen.
Why can’t we all just look at him with pity and disgust and acknowledge that we never want to hear anything about him again?
Almost exactly what I think. Except that I just can’t pity him.
And I agree with Meg. The first Hangover wasn’t funny, I’m not going to waste my time with its sequel — especially having Gibson in it.
I liked the first movie but will not pay to the sequel if Mad Mel is in it. I’m boycotting any films linked to this animal. Bad behaviour is constantly being rewarded in Hollywood and the only way to get the message across is to not see these films and support these creeps.
poor ole sugar tits; his entire life is like one big, gassy, dehydrated, bloodshot, furry-tongued hangover these days, so it’s a fitting movie for him.
Yeah, I’m with Maritza. I loved the first one and thought it was hilarious. Although in general I think sequels are a weak idea, I’m eagerly anticipating this one and it doesn’t discourage me that Mel will have a cameo in it. Sure, he’s an obnoxious d*ckwad, but my not going to see the movie isn’t going to change that.
Well, I will not be seeing this movie. I actually liked the first one but I refuse to see anything with Mel Gibson in it.
Well said kaiser.
Am I the only person who hated The Hangover?!? I thought, and still do think, its the stupidest movie ever. My man loves it and so does my sisters, but I refuse to have anything to do with it. That said, I can imagine a sequel to that atrocity will be shitty, never mind the Gibson cameo.
Phew. I thought I was the only one who didn’t laugh once at The Hangover.
Eww he looks so fucked up, like a director that makes girls suck dick (by the jacuzzi?) for parts…
P.S Annother reason Lindsay Lohan should sack Dina as her manager is that she was offered Heather Grahams part in “The Hangover” but turned it down because “it wasn’t going anywhare” LOL
Pathetic.
I can just see his part and hear the lines: he’s puffing on a cigarette hanging from his mouth, smoke up in his face, wearing a bushy gray mustache (possibly dark rimmed glasses) and says:
“What kinda tatoo ya want? Got one here of a jacuzzi with ‘blow me’ underneath; if you want a real man’s tatoo I got one of a woman holding a baby and a man hitting her with ‘you derserved it!’ underneath; or one with a man, with a demon face, holding a crying baby with ‘pay me rent or I’ll burn your house down!’ underneath. So, whattaya want?”
I can imagine whatever the producers plan to do with him will be further humiliation. Mel doesn’t have the sense to see that he’s subjecting himself to further disgrace/ridicule with a part like that. He must be desperate for money – can’t imagine why???????
A cameo role is not a “come back” and I don’t see it as trying to “save his career”, to me it’s more about getting some money. But subjecting himself to a disgusting tatoo artist I feel is only adding to the image that people have of him now.
Yep, that’s the movie I’d pick to make a come-back. . . . . . rolls eyes. . . .. .
Is he doing drugs with Dina Lohan? They are both delusional
Why is hollywood always so quick to want to give men a second chance even when they are such dirtbags?
Whatever happened to my rebuttal comment? I guess only one side – the easily offended – are allowed to comment.
The fact that anyone in the movie industry will still employ him makes me want to stop putting money into it at all.
@kitten Thank you for saying that! I can’t believe anyone would think MG is like the harmeless, but funny “drunken uncle”. I refuse to be any part of putting $$ into an abusers pockets.
The list of movies I will pay to see is getting smaller and smaller. Nothing with MG and now I can’t look at Morgan Freeman w/o thinking about the fact that he’s having creepy granddaughter sex.
I for one am excited about this and what they might be able to do with his character. Too bad he’s playing a tattoo artist; I think it would have been much funnier if he was just playing Mel and he was in Bangok to “get away from all the bad publicity.” That would have a lot of potential for comedy. Him acting crazy, erratic, paranoid, etc.
I like Mel Gibson’s acting and I’m not going to deny that just because he obviously has a drinking and dialing problem. I don’t know about all you “saints” out there, but I’ve fallen hard for someone in the past before whereas when they hurt me emotionally I lashed out with some crazy verbal shit. Don’t act like that shit doesn’t happen. As far as him hitting her…well, why is there no proof of that…I mean she was calculated enough to record him, how come she didn’t get him being physically abusive if it was such a regular occurrence?
When I saw Jack Osborne wearing that Blow me T-shirt with a picture of Mel on it I anticipated that it might be the start of Mel becoming an ironic kinda anti-hero, this role seems to confirm that. It’s a no brainer really because it’s about the only avenue left for Mel. I wonder if he finds it disconcerting that he’s the Mike Tyson of The Hangover 2. What does that tell you about him and how he’s perceived these days?
I’d love for every one of you to be secretly taped during a fight with your significant other. Taped while the other party KNEW they were being taped and were able to modulate their own behavior. As far as physical abuse, as a survivor of ACTUAL domestic abuse, this woman has no credibility.
Mel may be a messed up jerk, but this woman is no innocent flower.
Yeah. Sure. I’ll pay money to see a known woman beater. Not.
The movie not about Mel Gibson, and he will probably only be in the movie for a capable of minutes. I’m loved “Hangover” and I not about to let Mel Gibson being in a movie for a capable of minutes stop me from seeing “Hangover 2″.
Sounds like the Hangover 2 people are trying to have anyone and everyone in that movie. Maybe I should apply for a cameo, too? lol
The first one did nothing to help Tyson, imo, and I won’t watch the second one so that Mel won’t ever get another cent from me.
If Mel does actually have a comeback, it will show the sickness of the world. People like him should not get second/third/fourth chances, imo.
Meg: Thank goodness someone else didn’t think that ‘The Hangover’ was all that great. I thought it was unbelievably over rated, I imagine the sequel will be too. I thought Hot Tub Time Machine had funnier moments in it and better acting.
I can’t believe anyone would put this douche in their movie. I hope The Hangover 2 bombs.
It sounds like it will be stupid. The first movie barely had a plot and the second one sounds like it will be more of the same–only in Thailand!–a la Sex and the City. Bad ideas abound in Hollywood.
Thanks, Bianca! I’ve said this several times. I was an actual abused woman. For 14 yrs. I think Mel was probably a verbally abusive drunk, but I really don’t buy the whole physical abuse deal. She seems like the worst kind of money grubbing star f*cker, not a truly abused person. As far as Mel, everyone deserves another chance, but no one has to pay to see it.
‘As far as physical abuse, as a survivor of ACTUAL domestic abuse, this woman has no credibility.’
I think that’s a matter of opinion and experience. I survived abuse as a child (MG’s rants sound like my dad’s) and i think it is great that people come out and say they won’t pay to see a movie with MG in it.
I’m not diminishing what you went through, but we all deal with the after effects differently.
It could help him. The first one was pretty good and, I know people are going to hate me for saying this, but he is a very good actor. That’s all I’m going to say.
@Kaiser: I also fear it will be one long asian slur. How not cool
This cameo role truly makes sense.
Tyson & Gibson are carbon copies.
I bet a lot of people go to see it just because they want to see what he’s like as an actor after all this crap. Morbid curiosity and all. The first movie was pretty funny in a totally childish kind of way and I was surprised by how much I liked it. I don’t know if a 2nd one will work though.
Why is everyone so worked up? We let famous people get away with despicable crap all the time. That rap star molesting a fifteen year old girl, then going to the grammies. Michael Jackson, Christ we have Paris Hilton and the Armenian Botox Sisters (Kardashians) that are famous for sex tapes.Snoop Dog’s music is vile and horrible and ends up on Nick’s Kid Choice awards. The list goes on and on. We allow this crap.
The hangover was great and it doesn’t need a sequel especially not with this asshole!!!
I really wonder that somebody want this asshole in his movies after all.
I will always love Mel.
I loved the first one. Will NOT see this one if this turd is in it.
As for Foster: have lost ALL respect for her constantly beaming and gushing over a racist, bigoted, probable wife-beater.
I’m sure if he murdered someone, she’d STILL love him to pieces!!!
This idea is really quite genius.