Claire Danes Gets...

rkmsuf · 09-12-2005, 01:14 PM

naked!

what did you expect here?

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Steve Martin wants to become star maker By Arthur Spiegelman
Sun Sep 11,11:38 AM ET

TORONTO (Reuters) - Self-styled "wild and crazy guy" Steve Martin has been many things in his life -- stand-up comedian, screenwriter, movie star, best-selling novelist -- and now he might become a star maker.

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If Claire Danes moves higher up the Hollywood food chain after her performance as Martin's unappreciated mistress in his new film "Shopgirl," he deserves some of the credit.

"Shopgirl," which was shown on Friday night at the Toronto Film Festival, is based on a best-selling novella by Steve Martin, with a screenplay by Steve Martin, who also produced it and plays the lead male role.

Danes, 26, plays a Saks Fifth Avenue glove saleswoman enticed into an affair with a rich man more than twice her age who gives her everything but love and she steals the picture.

"If she doesn't get an Academy Award nomination, I will kill myself," Martin said in an interview with Reuters.

Then, in a flash, he paused to consider just what he had said and backtracked a bit -- he noted that he said the same thing about Eddie Murphy who starred with him in the 1999 comedy "Bowfinger" and he did not get an Oscar nomination.

Martin, 60, of course, lived on to host the Oscars and write for the New Yorker, a couple of his many other jobs.

"I think my greatest thrill as a writer would be to provide someone with a role that launched her. People should see her talent," he said, adding that there is one nude scene in the film in which she displays more character than flesh.

"It is a nude scene with a purpose. This is not an actress walking naked across a room."

Danes plays Mirabelle Buttersworth, a lonely "shopgirl" at the Saks store in Beverly Hills who fights off boredom during the day and loneliness at night.

Martin plays a rich computer executive, Ray Porter, who woos her by buying a pair of gloves from her and then sending them to her home, along with an invitation to dinner. Soon an April-to-December affair springs up with Martin's character unable to commit himself to anything other than a sexual relationship.

Since his character is an older single man, many people are leaping to the conclusion that the man in the film is the man who created the film.

"People want to think this is my story. But it is not. it is a little bit this and a little bit that. It is a work of fiction and all the characters in the book represent the author," he said.

Martin said his real pleasure in life these days is writing. "The real joy is in constructing a sentence. But I see myself as an actor first because writing is what you do when you are ready and acting is what you do when someone else is ready," he said.

But he said he would not mind also becoming a star maker.

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Subby · 09-12-2005, 01:54 PM

Shopgirl was a suprisingly good book...

rkmsuf · 09-12-2005, 01:55 PM

threadjacking a female nakedness thread with a book review = SuperGay

JasonC23 · 09-12-2005, 02:21 PM

My junior year at Iowa, I took a creative writing course, and the instructor was a dead ringer for Claire Danes. Just awesome. I tried everything I could to impress her with my mastery of the English language and creative genius, but alas...

Subby · 09-12-2005, 02:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rkmsuf

threadjacking a female nakedness thread with a book review = SuperGay

I was trying to legitimize this thread in case it gets introduced into evidence during your stalking trial :P

rkmsuf · 09-12-2005, 02:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Subby

I was trying to legitimize this thread in case it gets introduced into evidence during your stalking trial :P

Good lookin out, chisel chest.

JeeberD · 09-12-2005, 05:17 PM

Hasn't Danes been naked once before in a movie? I seem to remember seeing boobie pics of her on a throne or something...

Cringer · 09-12-2005, 05:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JeeberD

Hasn't Danes been naked once before in a movie? I seem to remember seeing boobie pics of her on a throne or something...

I find nothing in Google images.

edit: movie is Stage Beauty. Topless on a thrown and in a sex scene.

JeeberD · 09-12-2005, 05:24 PM

Look for a movie called Stage Beauty...I'm looking at her goodies as we speak.

Cringer · 09-12-2005, 05:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JeeberD

Look for a movie called Stage Beauty...I'm looking at her goodies as we speak.

I was editing my post when you posted it.

Rizon · 09-12-2005, 08:28 PM

For anyone curious on what Claire Danes tits look like, I will draw a picture below:

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(Actual size shown)

BrianD · 09-12-2005, 09:07 PM

Does this thread now need a NSFW tag?

Draft Dodger · 09-12-2005, 09:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BrianD

Does this thread now need a NSFW tag?

Not Safe For Woosies?

Coffee Warlord · 09-12-2005, 09:14 PM

She tans at a tanning salon in NYC that has totally automated booths.

I wrote the software. She's the most illustrious client in the list.

In fact, she's the reason I had to add the ability for aliases to be added into the sign-on system, cause she bitched about her real name showing up on the 'who's in which booth' screen.

(Yes, I technically have access to all of her contact information.)

Draft Dodger · 09-12-2005, 11:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Coffee Warlord

She tans at a tanning salon in NYC that has totally automated booths.

I wrote the software. She's the most illustrious client in the list.

In fact, she's the reason I had to add the ability for aliases to be added into the sign-on system, cause she bitched about her real name showing up on the 'who's in which booth' screen.

(Yes, I technically have access to all of her contact information.)

so, all over tan?

Anthony · 09-12-2005, 11:49 PM

i have access to Vanilla Ice's contact info, fwiw.

st.cronin · 09-12-2005, 11:51 PM

I don't even have access to my savings account.

Draft Dodger · 09-12-2005, 11:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hell Atlantic

i have access to Vanilla Ice's contact info, fwiw.

I'll see your Vanilla Ice and raise you a John Tesh

stevew · 09-13-2005, 12:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JeeberD

Look for a movie called Stage Beauty...I'm looking at her goodies as we speak.

I just threw up in my mouth.

Coffee Warlord · 09-13-2005, 08:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Draft Dodger

so, all over tan?

Yes indeedily.

JeeberD · 09-13-2005, 08:18 AM

Meh, tans are overrated. Give me a pasty white female over an over baked one any day...

Coffee Warlord · 09-13-2005, 08:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JeeberD

Meh, tans are overrated. Give me a pasty white female over an over baked one any day...

Seconded.

Pasty irish and scandanavian chicks are where it's at.

09-12-2005, 01:54 PM	#2
Subby lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: sans pants	Shopgirl was a suprisingly good book... __________________ Superman was flying around and saw Wonder Woman getting a tan in the nude on her balcony. Superman said I going to hit that real fast. So he flys down toward Wonder Woman to hit it and their is a loud scream. The Invincible Man scream what just hit me in the ass!!!!! I do shit, I take pictures, I write about it: chrisshue.com

09-12-2005, 01:55 PM	#3
rkmsuf Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2001	threadjacking a female nakedness thread with a book review = SuperGay __________________ "Don't you have homes?" -- Judge Smales Last edited by rkmsuf : 09-12-2005 at 01:55 PM.

09-12-2005, 02:21 PM	#4
JasonC23 High School Varsity Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Huntley, IL, USA	My junior year at Iowa, I took a creative writing course, and the instructor was a dead ringer for Claire Danes. Just awesome. I tried everything I could to impress her with my mastery of the English language and creative genius, but alas... __________________ "I'm A god. I'm not THE God...I don't think." Bill Murray, Groundhog Day

09-12-2005, 05:17 PM	#7
JeeberD General Manager Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Town of Flower Mound	Hasn't Danes been naked once before in a movie? I seem to remember seeing boobie pics of her on a throne or something... __________________ UTEP Miners!!! I solemnly swear to never cheer for TO

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JeeberD General Manager Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Town of Flower Mound	Look for a movie called Stage Beauty...I'm looking at her goodies as we speak. __________________ UTEP Miners!!! I solemnly swear to never cheer for TO

09-12-2005, 09:07 PM	#12
BrianD Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Appleton, WI	Does this thread now need a NSFW tag?

09-12-2005, 09:14 PM	#14
Coffee Warlord Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Colorado Springs	She tans at a tanning salon in NYC that has totally automated booths. I wrote the software. She's the most illustrious client in the list. In fact, she's the reason I had to add the ability for aliases to be added into the sign-on system, cause she bitched about her real name showing up on the 'who's in which booth' screen. (Yes, I technically have access to all of her contact information.) Last edited by Coffee Warlord : 09-12-2005 at 09:14 PM.

09-12-2005, 11:49 PM	#16
Anthony Banned Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Astoria, NY, USA	i have access to Vanilla Ice's contact info, fwiw.

09-12-2005, 11:51 PM	#17
st.cronin General Manager Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: New Mexico	I don't even have access to my savings account.

09-13-2005, 08:18 AM	#21
JeeberD General Manager Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Town of Flower Mound	Meh, tans are overrated. Give me a pasty white female over an over baked one any day... __________________ UTEP Miners!!! I solemnly swear to never cheer for TO

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