At the Crocodile a month or so ago, Kelly O and I sat down and chatted with Russell Brand and Jonah Hill, who were in town promoting Get Him to the Greek. It was something of a religious experience. Please enjoy.
Lindy West was born an unremarkable female baby in Seattle, Washington. The former Stranger writer covered movies, movie stars, exclamation points, lady stuff, large frightening fish, and much, much more.... More by Lindy West
You shameless euro cum-stroker.
They’re both great guys.
Looking forward to seeing them as super-villains becoming super-heroes and super-heroes becoming super-villains.
Russell Brand is fucking insufferable. It’s awesome that I can pay him a handful of lucre to entertain me and then he can go away.
Jonah Hill’s cool, though.
For someone who seems as though he might, from time to time, be hygienically-challenged, Russell Brand has excellent teeth. Obviously, the UK has made great strides in dental science.
Love him, love his work, and the persona he employs. It takes an enormous amount of skill and talent to be both endearing and annoying.
@4,
The notoriously bad teeth of the English (and the Irish) are due to genetics and not dental science.
@5 is, sadly, correct.
Nonetheless, many English women are smoking Hot!
For all of his oft-perceived flightiness, to my eye Russell Brand is one of the most honest/authentic people out there. Presenting, authentically, to the best of his own evolving perception, the contents, creations, sensibilities of his quite amazing mind. And body. And spirit.
And – these qualities would charm me beyond belief were he of average physical attributes. That he is also jarringly beautiful… well…
The old thing about god rarely giving “with both hands?” Hand-over-fist here. Wit, imagination, charm, beauty, intellect, vast curiosity, spirituality, sexuality, addictions… ADHD… Even too much for the guy himself, it would seem. But I think he’s dealing pretty well.
So, to commenter ‘sidereal’ and any other haters:
Insufferable? Sure; you possess no ability to suffer him. He’s too much for you.
There are, however, those of us whose eyes/minds/hearts widen (and lungs swell and knees weaken) at the very FACT of glorious human existence in such a form.
And Jonah Hill is definitely cool, too.
Thanksthanksthanks for these clips, Lindy West. I am *very* late to you (came through your spit-takingly hilarious SATC2 review) but I am so glad to have you now!
Charming and sexy Mr. Brand seems to have attained some lucidity and articulation since his appearances on “Big Fat Quiz of the Year.” Thanks for sharing this! I’m glad he’s bringing Aldous Snowe back for a second screen appearance.
Russell Brand is recycling Vice magazine cliches from 4 or 5 years ago, pretty much verbatim. And cashing in. In a really, really boring way. Talks about models, check. cum. check. different kinds of drugs, nationalities, “growing up rich & trying to act like you didn’t”, check check check.
The worst part is they act like they’re trying to ‘shed’ the narcissism, while the rest of us know it’s the only thing they think they have.
Dude, I don’t know who that guy with the cum-hair situation is (right, Russell Brand, apparently an actor, that’s all I’ve got), but fuck he’s hot.