--- Today's entry in the "Mental Slap to the Forehead" category. (Mr. H.---aka Mr. Actor's Unions Suck!---should enjoy this one.)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - As Nicole Kidman and Sean Penn film ``The
Interpreter'' on location in the United Nations, many ambassadors are
mad - because all the diplomats in the movie are impostors.
``It was my dream that I was going to be in a movie with Sydney Pollack
directing. He's one of my heroes in the movie industry,'' said Spain's
U.N. Ambassador, Inocencio Arias, who has appeared in many Spanish
films and said he had lined up a part as a prime minister.
``But then the day before the shooting they called and said the union
had some reservation, some qualms,'' Arias said. ``I wasn't even going
to charge any money. If they had to give me some money, I was going to
give it to research, or to AIDS.''
Woooheeee. And it gets better.
``It's a great shame we weren't allowed to have bit parts in this
movie because we're very familiar with the setting,'' said the prince.
``We're very familiar with the work of interpreters. God knows there've
been enough mishaps on occasion - not too frequently thank goodness but
with open mikes - and we feel well attuned to do that sort of thing.
``After all, this is the great stage and we are part of the theater here, the permanent theater.''
{emphasis mine}
God, you just have to love it when UN officials denigrate their own worth so openly and so honestly.
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