I think "telephone" is what the game's called. Start a rumor about someone or something, then wait for it to pass through your circle of friends and acquaintances, just to see how it turns out.
Reports came out this week that Walter and Laurie Parkes, producers of The Island, slammed Ewan MacGregor and Scarlett Johansson on their personal website for "half-hearted efforts" and not being "superstars" as reasons for The Island's failure. (Amusingly, all the links I found to this story, as above, are from the International press. And if Walter and Laurie have a site for Parkes/MacDonald Productions, I can't find it.)
But when one looks at the interview they actually gave, it may be that they weren't anywhere near that harsh, and a lot of what they say actually makes some sense. Most of their remarks are in praise of both MacGregor and Johansson, and even their comment about "lesser TV actresses" makes a kind of cold-hearted (read that "Producer") sense. It's nowhere near as inflammatory as the "half-hearted" comments in the first piece.
Of course, not everyone may see it in such… gracious terms. But who can really blame her? She's certainly got a point about that whole "passing the buck" notion.
Reports came out this week that Walter and Laurie Parkes, producers of The Island, slammed Ewan MacGregor and Scarlett Johansson on their personal website for "half-hearted efforts" and not being "superstars" as reasons for The Island's failure. (Amusingly, all the links I found to this story, as above, are from the International press. And if Walter and Laurie have a site for Parkes/MacDonald Productions, I can't find it.)
But when one looks at the interview they actually gave, it may be that they weren't anywhere near that harsh, and a lot of what they say actually makes some sense. Most of their remarks are in praise of both MacGregor and Johansson, and even their comment about "lesser TV actresses" makes a kind of cold-hearted (read that "Producer") sense. It's nowhere near as inflammatory as the "half-hearted" comments in the first piece.
Of course, not everyone may see it in such… gracious terms. But who can really blame her? She's certainly got a point about that whole "passing the buck" notion.
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