Alex Pettyfer did a feature interview in the March issue of Cosmo UK to promote his starring role in the Endless Love remake. Have you seen the trailer? It looks OMG awful, and I can’t believe Hollywood is (SPOILER ALERT from 1981) remaking the movie where Tom Cruise inspired the love-spurned lead to set fire to his girlfriend’s house. Alex knows a thing or two about pyromania, but this remake won’t go anywhere. When I saw the trailer before Catching Fire, all of the teenage girls were laughing their heads off.
As for Alex, he’s taken a bit of a breather from press work until now. He’s only been a mainstream actor for a few years, but the guy has a reputation for being a pain in the rear. Not only did Alex bitchfight with Channing Tatum on the Magic Mike set, but he also terrorized a girlfriend, and got himself declared persona non grata at Oscar parties. He also may or may not have a crotch tattoo that reads “thank you.” Now Alex wants da ladies to do see his movie. So he’s playing nice:
He’s such a softie now: “Guys are as sensitive as women, I think. Men and women are not that different – we just want to feel loved as well. I don’t believe in the Mars/Venus nonsense.”
How he woos a lady: “I really like the traditional movie-and-dinner date. There are all those excited new feelings when you’re in the cinema — you’re looking at each other, but trying not to … I can think of about five dates when I couldn’t even tell you what we were watching.”
He wants babies of course: “I’ve always wanted to be a young dad. I’m glad I left school at 15 and started acting. Had I stayed at school, I’d only just have finished university and started working. I wouldn’t have much financial stability, so I’d probably end up having kids later, whereas I can see myself doing so at maybe 29 or 30.”
His car-racing hobby is dangerous: “I’ve actually crashed four times in the past five years, including recently at 160 mph, when I broke my collarbone.”
[From Cosmo UK]
Is it just me, or is Alex still a pretty bad interview from a PR standpoint? He’s so obviously full of crap with all of the fake sensitivity and smooshy crap about being in love with love. Go back and read one of his more notorious interviews where his publicist was constantly interrupting, yet Alex still managed to talk himself into deep trouble. The only difference now is that Alex has memorized the cue cards.
Oh and nice quote telling kids to drop out of high school. Douche.
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I just can’t with him. His Scientology connections isn’t helping either.
The scientology thing is interesting/sad because I think they have their hooks deep into him. Lisa Marie and her daughter Riley left the Church of Scientology last year but were super low key about it, and shortly after they left Riley and Alex broke up. They were papped together briefly not that long ago, but then Alex was seen with Tom Cruise’s kid…and then what do you know he and Riley ended it again right after hew as seen with a sci. I mean they are super young and there could be a plethora of reasons for why they broke up & ended their engagement (including he seems like a douche), but based on the timing it seems like he may have ended it because she left the cult and or they got involved with him and told him to cut off ties (granted, maybe he was trying to lure her back in and she said hell no).
Speaking of Scientology–I read that Eddie Frencher (sp?) and Isabella Cruise left the church of scientology–basically Eddie left, and then Isabella followed him. I’m not sure if that’s true–I read it on a diff. gossip site–but the article said that Isabella was trying to get closer to Nicole. That would be so cool if it were true. I like Isabella….
That would be indeed cool, I always hoped for the kids to see the truth and get out of the cult. So sad that they all abandoned Nicole. I hope the rumor is true and they can catch up.
He has connections? Wow didnt know the Sci was strong in this one
I’m not saying Pettyfer doesn’t come across as a douche, but I also think some of the gossip has been greatly exaggerated. I remember the “tattoo” thing, and it was a stupid, beyond crude joke but people took him seriously. I also thought he and Dianna Argon were total PR for that movie they were in that flopped, as soon as it flopped they split if I remember correctly….anyway, that sort of thing.
There was blind gossip that Dianna was pregnant and Pettyfer wanted to keep it which lead to their breakup (from Ted Casablanca’s old blind items). Based on what Ted C said they were in love but Dianna was being forced to choose her career since she was supposed to be the next big breakout star (too bad that didn’t happen).
Alex was abusive to Argon. Their relationship was real enough that he treated her terribly.
I want to say the Glee producers even took her aside and asked if she was ok with him.
Wasn’t that another Teddy C blind?
This doesn’t make him less of a douche, but I read somewhere that bad-taste tattoo was in a language I can read, so I looked it up, and it actually says “Alex”. So he tattoos his name. You know, because that’s where name tags should go.
The “ick” factor is strong with this one…blergh.
Totally. Eww.
Yup. I actually had no idea he was in Magic Mike until I saw it (which is why I do believe he feuded with Tatum on the set, because it felt like Tatum, Matthew M, Bomer and Joe M were more promoted than Alex) and believe me if I had known he was in the movie, I probably would have stayed home. The douche is very strong with this one.
Who picks a fight with Tatum? Tatum just seems like the nicest guy in the world.
Well he’s had some PR training…and still needs a lot more, LOL!
While I agree with your assessment of the movie trailer I honestly think the movie will do really well. Look at Twilight and 50 Shades, there is a large faction if women and girls with some really bizarre ideas about “romance”. Sleeper hit, I’m calling it.
Guess it remains to be seen how the remake will do, but the trailer I saw for EL looked God awful- and I say this as a big Bruce Greenwood fan( this pre-coffee, so hope I have that right- he’s playing the dad). It looked like a bad mash up of Footloose and any car crash movie.
Twilight and FSOG have/had built-in fan bases, which this doesn’t have. Also, it’s coming out on VDay, against Vampire Academy and another Kevin Hart movie, so think it’ll be on DVD pretty quick. I never read this novel, nor seen the Brooke Shields version. Anyone care to chime in-worth a read/watch? And I think Alex P has dug himself a pretty deep hole to slog out of!
I still can’t accept that Vampire Academy is a real movie and not an SNL skit.
So true @TIG, also Bruce Greenwood and Joely Richardson are the only reasons anyone should ever consider seeing this! (They both do so much cool work I can’t begrudge them the paychecks)
I saw this trailer and laughed for five minutes straight. It looks horrible and I had no idea that this was a remake. It honestly reminded me of that movie called something Heaven? It starred Leelee Sobileski and two guys who I am blanking on right now.
It looks AWFUL….awful. I’ve seen the trailer so many times (they’re playing it on loop on youtube)—I still can’t figure out what it’s about, and from what I can see, the main character is a better dressed, richer version of Bella Swan–she also looks like she’s 12, which is uber creepy,
I love that the celebitches see through guys like him, Butler and Levine
Butler just seems like he’s straight up NASTY….Levine and this other douche seem like straight up DOUCHES. The only douchey thing I’ve ever seen or heard from Butler (that’s confirmed, not a rumor like the porta potty banging, which I fully believe happened) is when he stuck his finger up Jennifer Aniston’s ass, in full view of the paparazzi, during a photocall. Gross, and totally disrespectful.
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He seems like an ass, and I don’t find him attractive at all.
Yes, the odor of eau d’crap is strong with this one.
Ugh. Douchey McDouche. Don’t really care for this guy.
Douchiest guy around but I still think he’s sexy. I’m ashamed.
no, I get it. I would hit that, but only while being totally condescending and derogatory towards him. Which would make me enjoy it all the more.
He may well be a d-bag, but it’s not fair to say he encouraged kids to drop out of high school. Britain has a different system and many kids are done with what would be American level high school by 15 or 16. He simply chose not to continue his education beyond what was legally required. He’s just glad he chose to go to work instead of going to university; nothing wrong with that if you’ve got a different plan.
I have no doubt he’s a d-bag in many other ways.
God, he’s my shame-fck. He seems like a total douchebag though, shame on you my hormones.
He doesn’t even seem like he’d be that douche that’s good in the sack–Sean Penn–more like a selfish, ‘my-dick-should-be-good-enough-for-you-to-climax’ selfish.
I clicked the link to the “notorious interview” & it was the same as this one.
Plus the guy can’t act. In Magic Mike he seemed like a total zero. I get a bad vibe off him, too. Like you couldn’t trust what he’d do to you if the camera wasn’t looking.