MOVIELINE Feb Blind Item #2
cydoniax
Old Tricks
It was a smart move for that older megastar to agree to share the screen
with that much younger and hotter actor in that big action flick. What
wasn't smart, though, is that the old coot was too lazy to meet
face-to-face with the whippernapper before he signed on the dotted
line. When the two finally made contact, in rehearsals, the vet was
blown away by the young hunk's height - he was a foot taller than he had
expected. That's why there are no full-body shots of the two stars in
the whole film-- the vintage sex symbol wore super-high platforms
whenever he had a scene with his costar.
JosieCat
I know this movie came out years ago, but could it be Harrison Ford and Brad
Pitt in "The Devil's Own"?
Michele317
heath ledger and mel gibson in 'the patriot'.
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> This has got to be it, isn't Heath about 6'4"
>
> Trixie
Ledger is listed as anywhere from 6'1 to 6'4, and he's not 6'4. Frankly,
this sounds like a fairly generic line.
None
Brad
> Pitt in "The Devil's Own"?
I doubt it. Harrison Ford is listed as 6'1 (probably 6'0), and Pitt is
listed (depending on the point in his career) as 5'10.5 to 6'0 (you guess
which is the real height).
The Mothman of Point Pleasant
Redford and Pitt in Spy Game.
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None
Doubt it, pretty close in height and Pitt isn't exactly a whippersnapper.
CleV
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> "The Mothman of Point Pleasant" <uvzf59x...@sneakemail.com> wrote in
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> > cydoniax wrote:
> >
> > > It was a smart move for that older megastar to agree to share the
> > > screen with that much younger and hotter actor in that big action
> > > flick. What wasn't smart, though, is that the old coot was too
> > > lazy to meet face-to-face with the whippernapper before he signed
> > > on the dotted line. When the two finally made contact, in
> > > rehearsals, the vet was blown away by the young hunk's height - he
> > > was a foot taller than he had expected. That's why there are no
> > > full-body shots of the two stars in the whole film-- the vintage
> > > sex symbol wore super-high platforms whenever he had a scene with
> > > his costar.
> >
> > Redford and Pitt in Spy Game.
>
Doubt it, since Redford knows Pitt very well and directed him in
A River Runs Through It ages ago. He's probably well aware of
Pitt's height.
bel
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>
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Sherry
>
>Doubt it, pretty close in height and Pitt isn't exactly a whippersnapper.
>
Plus they have worked together before. Redford directed Pitt in "A River Runs
Through It" in '92. He knows exacly how tall Pitt is.
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Michele317
>> screen with that much younger and hotter actor in that big action
>> flick. What wasn't smart, though, is that the old coot was too
>> lazy to meet face-to-face with the whippernapper before he signed
>> on the dotted line. When the two finally made contact, in
>> rehearsals, the vet was blown away by the young hunk's height - he
>> was a foot taller than he had expected. That's why there are no
>> full-body shots of the two stars in the whole film-- the vintage
>> sex symbol wore super-high platforms whenever he had a scene with
>> his costar.
>
>Redford and Pitt in Spy Game.
can't be... they worked together on 'a river runs through it' years ago.
dustbunny
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Robert Redford and Brad Pitt?
Evelyn
Sherry
Bel, I just posted almost the exact same words. Sorry.
Barbara Hoffman
How about Robert Redford and Brad Pitt in whatever it was they
were in fairly recently (that spy thing)?
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It sounds a bit like Anthony Hopkins and Chris Rock, though I'm not sure
I would describe Hopkins as a sex symbol, even of the vintage variety.
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None
I could maybe see Stallone if only because there aren't factors involved
like working with the younger guy before, but I still have a hard time
buying any of this. None of these guys named so far is 'short', average
height maybe, and none are so much shorter than the young whippersnapper
that it would make much difference. Plus, the whole "foot taller than
expected" just doesn't make a lot of sense unless the older guy was expected
some 5'2 guy.
mslinda
>
> Oh yeh, Stallone is a shorty. Kip Pardue is who you are thinking of.
>
> "CleV" <CL...@balJUNKcab.ch> wrote in message
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> > Stallone and whoever it was in Driven?
Another Driven actor, Cristian de la Fuente, is also taller, younger and
better looking than Stallone. <g>
Linda C.
mslinda
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> "mslinda" <msl...@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> >
> > Another Driven actor, Cristian de la Fuente, is also taller, younger and
> > better looking than Stallone. <g>
>
> on Family Law, right?
>
Right. His "Andres" had a thang going with the Dixie Carter character.
Linda C.
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> I heard before that Stallone is short and he wears heels already.
I've heard/read that he's short, I've heard that he's actually 5'9 or 5'10,
and I've heard that he's 5'9 or 5'10 and short. If he's 5'9 or 5'10, he's
not short. As for the heels, many men - average, short or tall - wear lifts
in Hollywood. Or boots. Or shoes with really thick soles. Perhaps moreso
now that women's shoe styles have moved toward being ridiculously tall even
for some casual shoes. Crowe wears 'em, Pitt has worn them in movies, list
goes on. Someone in the group had a link to some famous shop in Hollywood
frequented by all sorts of stars, and all they do is make height-increasing
shoes.
JARogow
> Another Driven actor, Cristian de la Fuente, is also taller, younger and
> better looking than Stallone. <g>
Isn't just about everyone?
MLM
>
> >It was a smart move for that older megastar to agree to share the screen
> >with that much younger and hotter actor in that big action flick. What
> >wasn't smart, though, is that the old coot was too lazy to meet
> >face-to-face with the whippernapper before he signed on the dotted
> >line. When the two finally made contact, in rehearsals, the vet was
> >blown away by the young hunk's height - he was a foot taller than he had
> >expected. That's why there are no full-body shots of the two stars in
> >the whole film-- the vintage sex symbol wore super-high platforms
>
> heath ledger and mel gibson in 'the patriot'.
That sounds more like it. Having been in the prescence of R.Redford, B.
Pitt, Mel Gibson, et. al., RR and BP would be ruled out as they worked
together in flick with Anthony Hopkins and Aidan Quinn of which the name
of the film eludes me now.
RR is about 5'6". BP is about 6'1". I've stood eye to eye with both and
I'm 5'5" and a good judge of height. Mel is no more than 5'5" or 5'6".
Heath is defnitely 6'1" or more. I'd go with the Patriot and Mel and Heath.
-Marcella
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JosieCat wrote:
> >MOVIELINE Feb Blind Item #2
> >
> >Old Tricks
> >
> >It was a smart move for that older megastar to agree to share the screen
> >with that much younger and hotter actor in that big action flick. What
> >wasn't smart, though, is that the old coot was too lazy to meet
> >face-to-face with the whippernapper before he signed on the dotted
> >line. When the two finally made contact, in rehearsals, the vet was
> >blown away by the young hunk's height - he was a foot taller than he had
> >expected. That's why there are no full-body shots of the two stars in
> >the whole film-- the vintage sex symbol wore super-high platforms
> >whenever he had a scene with his costar.
> >
>
> I know this movie came out years ago, but could it be Harrison Ford and Brad
> Pitt in "The Devil's Own"?
Doubt it. Ford's over six feet tall. Can't see how Pitt could be so tall as to
cause a problem there. Besides, Devil's Own was scarcely a "big action flick"
was it?
Karen E.
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:"cydoniax" <cydo...@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message
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Nope - Redford directed Pitt in "A River Runs Through It," so he would
have already known Pitt's height relative to his own.
ds
Frank Einstein
Mel Gibon and former pro basketball player Marc Blucas in the war
movie "We Were Soldiers ..."
IMDB has Blucas's height at 6'2, but I think he's taller than that.
Al Pacino (5'5) and Ben Affleck (6'3) in the action pic "Gigli"
(although Pacino has never been a "sex symbol")
On Sat, 09 Feb 2002 21:45:22 GMT, cydoniax <cydo...@NOSPAMyahoo.com>
wrote:
None
> I'm 5'5" and a good judge of height. Mel is no more than 5'5" or 5'6".
> Heath is defnitely 6'1" or more. I'd go with the Patriot and Mel and
Heath.
{laugh}
Apparently perhaps not the judge you think you are. Brad Pitt might be as
tall as 5'11, but only in the morning. I figure at the rate his height is
increasing, he'll be 6'4 by the time he's 45.
And so you're saying that you were looking virtually directly into RR and
Mel Gibson's eyes while you and they were wearing street shoes?
None
> seems short to me.
Perception, perhaps. If he's 5'9 or above he's average, doesn't really
matter what your perspective is. That you're several inches above average
for a female doesn't really change that. The large majority of men (close
to 90%) are 6 feet or under, and I've always read that Stallone is 5'10. I
can't buy 5'6, or else he's wearing 5 inch shoes in all his movies.
JARogow
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I'm 5' 10", and I tower over Stallone - even when he is in his built-up
boots.
None
> boots
Hard to tell if this is serious ...
mslinda
Why?
Linda C.
Ambrose Meineke
However, I was wearing Frye engineer boots that have thick soles and heels
which probably made me nearly 6'2". I didn't notice his shoes but based on
eye level I'd judge him to be 5'10."
Ambrose
Rosefrail
>movie "We Were Soldiers ..."
>
>IMDB has Blucas's height at 6'2, but I think he's taller than that.
>
Interesting, IIRC Bluca's went to college on a basketball schollarship and then
played pro-basketball in Europe for a year or two, so he's gotta be at least
6'2' +
I think you may be on to something.
blancnom
Chris Rock's 5'7", so he isn't towering over anybody. Not to mention
he isn't exactly a "hunk".
I've seen Mel Gibson and Brad Pitt in person, Leicester Square
premieres. Being a bitch I noticed that both were wearing boots with
heels on. I'm 5'10", was taller than Gibson and same height as Pitt,
therefore I guesstimate their real heights as Gibson 5'6"-5'7", Pitt
5'8"-5'9". I've heard Redford is very short, but Pitt's not tall
enough to tower over him. I guess Mel Gibson is the aging short-ass,
I've never seen Heath Ledger but I've seen Heather Graham, she's as
tall as me and he's taller than her, so I say it's Gibson and Ledger.
Miz Edwina
>
> Old Tricks
>
> It was a smart move for that older megastar to agree to share the screen
> with that much younger and hotter actor in that big action flick. What
> wasn't smart, though, is that the old coot was too lazy to meet
> face-to-face with the whippernapper before he signed on the dotted
> line. When the two finally made contact, in rehearsals, the vet was
> blown away by the young hunk's height - he was a foot taller than he had
> expected. That's why there are no full-body shots of the two stars in
> the whole film-- the vintage sex symbol wore super-high platforms
Don't know but...it sounds possibly like Sylvester Stallone & Kip Pardue in
Driven...in the publicity photos Stallone somehow appears as nearly as tall as
the 6'2" Pardue.
Edwina
Juli
were soldiers" OR how about Bruce Willis and Colin Farrell in Hart's
War?
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Redford and Pitt in Spy Game.
Redford already knew how tall Pitt was from 'A River Runs Through It.'
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>
>Redford and Pitt in Spy Game.
>
>Redford already knew how tall Pitt was from 'A River Runs Through It.'
>
>Billie
I thought it might indeed be Mel Gibson and Marc Blucas until I saw some promos
for "Hart's War" with Bruce Willis and Collin Farrell - not sure how tall
Willis is but have read how sensitive he is about his appearance on screen.....
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>
>MOVIELINE Feb Blind Item #2
>
>Old Tricks
>
>It was a smart move for that older megastar to agree to share the screen
>with that much younger and hotter actor in that big action flick. What
>wasn't smart, though, is that the old coot was too lazy to meet
>face-to-face with the whippernapper before he signed on the dotted
>line. When the two finally made contact, in rehearsals, the vet was
>blown away by the young hunk's height - he was a foot taller than he had
>expected. That's why there are no full-body shots of the two stars in
>the whole film-- the vintage sex symbol wore super-high platforms
>whenever he had a scene with his costar.
Mel Gibson and Heath Ledger in "The Patriot". Heath is something like 6'6" and
Mel's only a wee thing.
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Heath Ledger is closer to 6'5" or 6'6" The kid is massive. Brad Pitt is
nowhere near 6'1".
CoolHandDuke TheBlueDevilMan
>movie "We Were Soldiers ..."
>
>IMDB has Blucas's height at 6'2, but I think he's taller than that.
I saw him play a lot when he was a guard at Wake Forest, and I'd say that 6' 2"
is about right ...
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Heath Ledger, who co-starred in "The Patriot" is 6'1".
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ClooneySpice
I think some of you people are going back a bit too far. Driven? How
old is that? I agree with the above. My first thought was Bruce Willis
(Mr. Die Hard) and Colin Farrell in Hart's War. I think Bruce Willis
is around 5'8".
Cyn
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Michele317
>> > >with that much younger and hotter actor in that big action flick.
>What
>> > >wasn't smart, though, is that the old coot was too lazy to meet
>> > >face-to-face with the whippernapper before he signed on the dotted
>> > >line. When the two finally made contact, in rehearsals, the vet was
>> > >blown away by the young hunk's height - he was a foot taller than he
>had
>> > >expected. That's why there are no full-body shots of the two stars
>in
>> > >the whole film-- the vintage sex symbol wore super-high platforms
>> > >whenever he had a scene with his costar.
>
>
>I think some of you people are going back a bit too far. Driven? How
>old is that? I agree with the above. My first thought was Bruce Willis
>(Mr. Die Hard) and Colin Farrell in Hart's War. I think Bruce Willis
>is around 5'8".
since 'hart's war' hasn't opened yet, it couldn't be the answer, or else how
could a movieline reader verify that they had no full-body shots in the film?
or that it's a big action film? or that these 2 have any significant scenes
together? for all we know, they could appear together as much as brad n
horseface julia did in 'the mexican'; that is, not much at all. it's gotta be a
film that people have had the chance to see already. i'm still sure it's 'the
patriot'.
None
paper a few years ago the stats were collected from 1980 onward, so it
includes young people, and 5'8+ puts you in a relatively small percentage of
women (older or young). I'm a shade under 6 feet, and while I may find
women who in their stacked shoes are within a few inches of me, there aren't
many. I may see several per day, but as a percentage of women I see in the
day it's very small. Women so commonly wear heels, and those platform style
shoes now, it's easy to forget the shoes are there and just think they're
tall women. Frankly I'm jealous, I wish guys could wear big stacked up
shoes if the ladies get to wear them, I'd like to be 6'3.
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> I don't know. I don't consider myself tall anymore. There are so many
> women who are taller.
> Just did a search and they say he is 5' 9" and that is not tall.
>
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Because this person would have to be near Stallone regularly to be able to
say this with any certainty, and if the guy is 5'10 and towers over Stallone
in Sly's built-up boots, Stallone would have to be about 5'5 (say 3 or 4
inches for the built up boots), and then ... no, even that wouldn't work,
'towering' over someone usually implies several inches. Say 5'10 - 4 inches
(I'd still have a hard time saying 5'10 towers over 5'6), then you add the
boots and you're at 5'9 or 5'10 so virtually the same height as this guy
unless the guy is wearing thick soled shoes himself, so Stallone would have
to be actually under 5'5.
Yay, celebrity height mathematics.
I saw Demolition Man (unfortunately) the other night for the first time on
HBO and noticed that Stallone was taller than Sandra Bullock, who is a
relatively tall women herself at 5'8. And I believe she was in boots as
well, so figure he's two inches taller in the movie at minimum and I can't
see getting more than 4 inches in boots, that still puts him at 5'8, which
can't be towered over by 5'10.
None
"Juli" <juli...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> This is the best guess yet. It's either Mel Gibson/Marc Blucas in "We
> were soldiers" OR how about Bruce Willis and Colin Farrell in Hart's
> War?
There's not much difference between 5'8 or 5'9 (Willis) and Farrell (5'11).
A set of Sketchers would all but eliminate that minor difference.
f5
> <cydo...@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > MOVIELINE Feb Blind Item #2
> >
> > Old Tricks
> >
> > with that much younger and hotter actor in that big action flick. What
> > wasn't smart, though, is that the old coot was too lazy to meet
> > face-to-face with the whippernapper before he signed on the dotted
> > line. When the two finally made contact, in rehearsals, the vet was
> > blown away by the young hunk's height - he was a foot taller than he had
> > expected. That's why there are no full-body shots of the two stars in
> > the whole film-- the vintage sex symbol wore super-high platforms
>
> It sounds a bit like Anthony Hopkins and Chris Rock, though I'm not sure
> I would describe Hopkins as a sex symbol, even of the vintage variety.
>
>
Ooooooh! I would! Anthony Hopkins is HOT!!!
Angie
"blancnom" <blan...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message > >
> > > MOVIELINE Feb Blind Item #2
> > >
> > > Old Tricks
> > >
> > > It was a smart move for that older megastar to agree to share the
screen
> > > with that much younger and hotter actor in that big action flick.
What
> > > wasn't smart, though, is that the old coot was too lazy to meet
> > > face-to-face with the whippernapper before he signed on the dotted
> > > line. When the two finally made contact, in rehearsals, the vet was
> > > blown away by the young hunk's height - he was a foot taller than he
had
> > > expected. That's why there are no full-body shots of the two stars in
> > > the whole film-- the vintage sex symbol wore super-high platforms
> > > whenever he had a scene with his costar
>
> I've seen Mel Gibson and Brad Pitt in person, Leicester Square
> premieres. Being a bitch I noticed that both were wearing boots with
> heels on. I'm 5'10", was taller than Gibson and same height as Pitt,
> therefore I guesstimate their real heights as Gibson 5'6"-5'7", Pitt
Yes, I agree with the estimate of Gibson's height. I'd give him a 5'6". I
saw him in person once when he was fliming a movie in Clearwater, FL, and it
immediately struck me how flipping tiny he was. Not just short, but sort of
scrawny. The 10 lbs that the camera adds make a huge difference IMHO.
If Hollywood photographers can do such wonders with men's height
perceptions, I wonder (not really....but you know) why models have to be so
tall.
Angie
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"Angie" <NoS...@MyComputer.not> wrote:
the few celebs I've met were always smaller than I expected except for
Mick Fleetwood who is 6'6"
--
Lisa
mslinda
Haven't met any basketball players, eh?
Linda C.
Doctor Wu
mslinda <msl...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Doctor Wu wrote:
> >
> >
> > the few celebs I've met were always smaller than I expected except for
> > Mick Fleetwood who is 6'6"
> >
> > --
> > Lisa
>
> Haven't met any basketball players, eh?
>
> Linda C.
no although I didmeet a tall baseball player but I never heard of him
before so he doesn't qualify as a celebrity to me. I had no
expectations before I met him
None
> Mick Fleetwood who is 6'6"
I've always been curious about this. Usually when people express surprise
at how 'small' movie stars are, the stars end up actually being average in
height, meaning they're in the same general range as most people. If the
average guy is 5'9 in the real world, why doesn't it follow that there are a
lot of actors in that general range? I can understand if they're literally
small - don't weigh much or are very skinny - but the height thing ...
JARogow
>
> "mslinda" <msl...@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> > None wrote:
> > >
> > > > I'm 5' 10", and I tower over Stallone - even when he is in his
> built-up
> > > > boots
> > >
> > > Hard to tell if this is serious ...
> >
> > Why?
>
> Because this person would have to be near Stallone regularly to be able to
> say this with any certainty, and if the guy is 5'10 and towers over
Stallone
> in Sly's built-up boots, Stallone would have to be about 5'5 (say 3 or 4
> inches for the built up boots), and then ... no, even that wouldn't work,
> 'towering' over someone usually implies several inches. Say 5'10 - 4
inches
> (I'd still have a hard time saying 5'10 towers over 5'6), then you add the
> boots and you're at 5'9 or 5'10 so virtually the same height as this guy
> unless the guy is wearing thick soled shoes himself, so Stallone would
have
> to be actually under 5'5.
Well, I spent several days following Stallone around for an article, and saw
him with and without the boots. I'd say he is 5' 6" at most without the
boots,
5' 8" with, and I - in regular street shoes - could see the top of his head
when
we were on the set.
I should have worn heels to the wrap party - but was warned that it might
not be wise since I'd be photographed with Stallone. So, I wore flats.
BTW, I did look at his boots in the dressing suite - one inch heels and one
inch build-ups inside.
Spyder
>
You mean drooling over...Kip is soooooo hot!!!!!
Spyder