31 of the Funniest Tweets from Thursday, April 25, 2024
Lights, camera… what’s that third thing? Don’t ask Chris Pine, because he forgot. The Poolman director shared with Variety that he blanked on one crucial duty on the first day of filming, admitting that his first assistant director had to remind him to call “action.” Pine has described his directorial debut, which he also stars in and co-wrote, as “a blender full of every single film” that he watched during lockdown, with influences ranging from Buster Keaton to Peter Bogdanovich. His blended cinematic smoothie is set to hit the big screen early next month.
Meanwhile, there were a few words that Owen Wilson did know but refused to say. The Wedding Crashers actor was reportedly approached to play real-life attorney and conspiracy theorist Douglas McCann in British filmmaker Joshua Newton’s satirical thriller The Juice. The only caveat? Wilson would be playing someone who staunchly believed that O.J. Simpson didn’t do it. Unfortunately for Newton, not even a $12 million payday could get the actor on board. Newton told The Hollywood Reporter that he met with Wilson, who said at the end of their lunch, “If you think I’m going to take the lead role in a movie about how O.J. didn’t do it, you’ve got to be kidding me.” The show went on without Wilson’s involvement, but Newton is being very tight-lipped about who accepted the role in Wilson’s place.
Nobody on the timeline is forgetting to be funny today, which we’re exceedingly grateful for. Today’s most hilarious tweets include those about a professor ready to study body language, the throughline from Calico Jack to MapQuest and when your bed is the comfiest.
