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Post by fergie on Nov 15, 2004 8:17:26 GMT -5
I found this one on a gallery called perfect people, here's the link... www.perfectpeople.net/biopage.php3/cid=1285I'm unsure as to which piccies I'm allowed to put up and don't want the board to get into trouble r.e.copywrite, so please feel free to edit my post. Anyway back to the drooling *sighs*
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Post by Natalie on Nov 15, 2004 9:07:27 GMT -5
YES! I absolutely LOVE that picture!!!! I remember seeing it a few years back on Wilson Brothers.com as well. ;D
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Post by AlsoAVirgo on Nov 15, 2004 16:24:57 GMT -5
Just when I thought I've seen every picture of Luke! Thanks for posting this picture! What a bright spot in an otherwise gloomy Monday. ;D
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Post by Librarian on Nov 15, 2004 19:27:13 GMT -5
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Post by lotus on Nov 15, 2004 21:16:05 GMT -5
Librarian et al, Thanks for those links. I am checking them out after this. I have already marked them in my favourites.
I have seen that picture once before and I noticed that his shoes or thongs, are like what Owen has. They both have very similar shoes or thongs (it depends where you live as to what you call them) with the black and white stripes. Thanks for all the great photos.
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LukesGirl
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Post by LukesGirl on Nov 16, 2004 9:20:40 GMT -5
I wouldn't recommend clicking on the link to the Freewheelin' article. I did and got this annoying friggin' pop-up that tried to download something into my computer. It popped up like 10 times on top of itself and after I closed all of the windows it started over again like 5 seconds later. I managed to copy the article if anyone wants to read it:
The Original LUKE Wilson
Typically, what happens in movieland is the following: Struggling Young Actor finds his way into edgy, low-budget production. Low-budget production gets picked up by Miramax, putting Struggling Young Actor's name on the lips of every fast-talking cell-phone jockey within 40 miles of Hollywood. Buzz transforms Struggling Young Actor into Really Cool Young Actor, and said transformation lands him well-paying job opposite different, more-seasoned Really Cool Young Actor in a much larger production than Struggling Young Actor could have ever hoped for. At this point, the story takes a turn for the worse: Rave reviews of new film transform him into Really Cool Famous Young Actor and it's not long before he drives his German sports-car into a swimming pool leaving in his wake forgotten friends, a drug problem, and a long list of failed relationships. Court order forces scandal-plagued Really Cool Famous Young Actor into rehab, where he spends hours in therapy in an attempt to get in touch with the struggling young actor he used to be, so the Really Cool Young Famous Guy he is now can recapture his passion for acting. It's a standard story, but occasionally there is an exception to the rule. Luke Wilson (a genuinely cool young actor) is proof that even after you've come to Hollywood, even after you've played an integral part of an exciting independent film, even if you'll soon be starring in three highly-anticipated films, and even if you're dating a beautiful young woman who is sought after by thousands, even if you make it -- and I mean make it big -- you don't have to become a di*k. Luke Wilson made his first appearance on the big screen in pal Wes Anderson's quirky comedy BOTTLE ROCKET. Since the critical success of the small independent film, Wilson has found his way into numerous process which have him poised to join the ranks of A-list actors in Hollywood. Anyone at this year's Toronto International Film Festival couldn't have missed Wilson's hat-trick; HOME FRIES, DOG PARK, and RUSHMORE, all featured Wilson. HOME FRIES [] puts Wilson opposite his real-life girlfriend, Drew Barrymore, in a wacky small-town love story. A month before its release, there is already speculation amongst movie-making insiders that the film will see some hefty box-office success. DOG PARK, from Canadian director Bruce McCulloch of THE KIDS IN THE HALL [Yay! ;-], sends Wilson on yet another zany ride down the daunting road that is the search for true love. RUSHMORE, Wes Anderson's highly-anticipated second major directorial attempt, puts Wilson in a supporting role opposite Bill Murray in one of the movie's funniest and most memorable scenes. Luke Wilson walks cautiously into Swingers exactly on time for the interview. Swingers is the casual diner of choice for the young and hip in West Hollywood. Clad in a leather jacket, nice shirt, khaki pants and a pair of Adidas flip-flops, he looks around for a few moments and then very slowly sits down in a chair near the front of the restaurant, arms neatly folded on his lap. Nothing about Wilson is hurried or frantic. He is cordial and polite and greets me with an air of Southern friendliness. His breakfast is your typical staple eggs, sausage, and home fries washed down with a variety of blended fruit juices. The interview proceeds more like a casual conversation than a journalistic interrogation. Luke is aware that starring in three great movies is sure to improve his stature as an actor. Yet the 27-year-old Texas-born actor comes across as unaffected by the success that's quickly approaching -- he's naturally laid-back and good-natured. When I tell him I have in fact, seen RUSHMORE [], Luke seems almost surprised. When he talks about the film, it's clear he loves it. We enthusiastically begin to trade re-enactments of our favourite scenes. All of a sudden I realize my interview has turned into one of those, "Oh, oh! Remember the part when..." conversations. Luke has been dating Drew Barrymore, his HOME FRIES co-star, for a little while now, so as far as the public knows, it seems as though now that this modest actor has a few big movies coming out he's got this big-time Hollywood actress for a girlfriend. But as he tells the story of how he and Barrymore got together, he manages to take away the Hollywood glitz, and normalize it, making it accessible on a very basic level. I feel like I'm sitting in a local truck stop, listening to the manager explain how he came to be dating the manicure specialist from the beauty salon across the street. I am beginning to learn that Luke Wilson has a very pure and basic way of looking at the world, a view that seems simplistic at first, but becomes more sensible with each tale he tells. Wilson was first introduced to Barrymore at a party, by their mutual acquaintance Tamra Davis. At the time, Barrymore already had a boyfriend, and Luke was just coming out of a four-month relationship that had fizzled, and he asked her out for a beer. He now admits that he probably didn't have the most innocent of intentions at the time, but he became good friends with the young actress, and they spent more and more time together until eventually, the relationship turned romantic. Wilson describes the innocent time they spent together as being like an 1880s-style courtship. Recently, Luke signed on with superstar agent Nick Styne at the ICM agency, but strangely enough, the superstar agent, the superstar girlfriend, and all the films he has coming out have caused very little change in his lifestyle. Luke Wilson, his brother, actor Owen Wilson, and Director Wes Anderson are all exploding talents. A few year ago the three moved from Texas to L.A. and took a house together. They still share the same house. Luke was raised in Texas with older brothers Owen and Andrew. The Wilson parents were originally from Massachusetts but moved to Dallas to raise their family. "Me and Owen were probably closest because we hung out all the time together." Owen Wilson, seen recently as the cowboy roughneck in ARMAGEDDON, played a pivotal role in brother Luke's early social life. "When I was growing up I had all of these ready-made friends that my brother was hanging out with." Luke explains the two brothers were always outdoors. "We had a little group we called The Explorers. We were really into going out and going down creeks. We were also fascinated with climbing on other people's roof-tops." Without realizing it, Luke and Owen first started climbing towards acting careers in the privacy of their living room, where their biggest fan was their father. "I never really thought about it as acting at the time. We lived on this street called Farquhor, and after dinner we would do these little skits which were usually imitations of my dad. It got to be where it was one of his favourite things. Whenever he had his friends over he'd have us come out and do these skits. He named us 'The Farquhor Players'. He had this really thick Boston accent and we would make fun of how people in Texas would react to it. There was this really tough barbecue joint in Dallas called Sonny Brian's, and he would go in there and it was like he was speaking Swahili. He'd say {putting on a Boston accent} 'I'll have a Heineken please' and they'd say {putting on a thick Texas accent} 'We got Bud, Bud Light, Coors, and Coors light.'" Luke attended a strict boys' school where tough academic standards and a starched uniform were part of the daily routine. During his 7th and 8th grades, Luke began making VHS movies for his drama class. He recalls how at the time he had a particular fascination with CUJO, which served as the basis for one of his projects. While in hindsight these endeavours look like an example of a career found early on in life, Luke had not yet chosen acting as his life's work. "I wasn't knocked out thinking this is the beginning of what I'm going to do with my life. At that time I had no idea what I was going to do with my future. I remember early on I always thought that I wanted to be an architect. But I turned out to be so bad at math that I tossed that dream." Luke graduated from high school with not so much as inkling that his eventual occupation was right under his nose. After High School, Luke enrolled in a liberal arts college.
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Post by LukesGirl on Nov 16, 2004 9:22:08 GMT -5
Continuation of article...
It wasn't until his brother Owen met up with Wes Anderson at the University of Texas, (and the two wrote the script for BOTTLE ROCKET) that Luke would seize onto acting as his life's work. BOTTLE ROCKET has become one of the films aspiring young filmmakers look to for inspiration when they're trying to realize their own independent movie-making dreams. The film has become a cult classic, and if you haven't seen it, you must. The movie takes a comedic look at the bumbling antics of three wanna-be criminals who just can't cut it in the crime world. "I always credit them with persevering, continuing to take the steps to get the thing made. [] Once the script was written they made a short film. I remember people were like, 'What the hell are you doing? What is a short film?' I was kind of that way myself. I remember saying, 'Guys, THIS isn't a movie.' But they just kept taking these steps." To make the short they used film stock left over from brother Andrew's corporate videos, and scraped together money bit by bit from wherever they could get it. The short was the beginning of BOTTLE ROCKET and starred Luke and Owen as the main characters. They entered the film into the Sundance Film Festival and it was accepted into the shorts program. "Nothing happened there really. [] Nobody came along and said, 'hey do you want to make a feature?' We were definite outsiders there. We couldn't get into any movies and nobody wanted to talk to us. All we ended up doing was skiing -- but it was the best skiing I've ever done in my life." Somehow the short and the script made their way to Barbara Boyle and then to Holly Platt, who was veteran producer James L. Brooks's partner at the time. "James L. Brooks liked the short, so he came to Texas for a visit and we were all really nervous and scared. Here was this big guy coming to Texas. Owen, Wes, and myself were sharing a house at the time, and he wanted to see where we lived. Our house was just a disaster. My dad called it Delta Farqu -- the fraternity no one would take. The gas heater had a leak so we were always kind of woozy whenever we were at home. There was constant fighting and there was stuff everywhere. So when James Brooks came he just stood there and was like, 'Wow.' He kept just saying 'Wow' everywhere he went in the house." Despite the young guys' decrepit domicile, Brooks embraced the film project, and Anderson and the Wilson brothers along with it. His first move was to have Owen and Wes come out to L.A. to work on the script with him. Since Owen and Wes would be working on the script in L.A. for about six months, Luke dropped out of college and went to live with them, and just hang out. He says he had no big acting plans when he came to the West Coast. "When I got to LA, I completely lost focus. This place was just flooded with actors. It was like the NFL; it was something I loved to watch. I dreamt about it, but I never thought it was something I could do." Brooks took the project to Columbia Pictures where he had a deal. And as is so often the case, the studio wanted to replace the young Texans with, as they put it, "real actors". But Brooks supported the young film-makers' original wish to write, direct, and act in the film, and he lobbied Columbia and used his clout to ensure the young visionaries would have their day. So all of a sudden the three young dudes from Texas found themselves in key roles on a multi-million-dollar film shoot. "That first day on the set we were in a hotel, getting picked up and taken to work where there were like, 60 people around and a whole bunch of 18-wheelers. It became obvious that the whole situation had gotten kind of serious, almost like the whole thing had got a bit out of hand. I remember looking to Owen and saying, 'Holy sh*t, this is pretty scary,' and him being just very intense-looking. It was like going to war, where you say 'this guy's going to have to do his thing, and I'm just going to have to do my thing.'" After awhile the Owens [sic] eased into the whole process. They were lucky in that they had a great crew who rallied behind them. "The shoot really did have this group feeling, and I felt that people were giving their best effort and being encouraging towards me. I think they knew it was our first time and that we were nervous and really wanted to do a good job." BOTTLE ROCKET got great reviews, but never really cashed-in, due in part, Luke says, to movie-goers' reluctance to try out a movie with a bunch of unknowns, coupled with the lack of advertizing support the film received from Columbia. The movie, however has subsequently gained a loyal cult following through its release on video. Luke may have found a lucky break into his first lead role, but his second round of success would take some time and a lot of struggle. Between BOTTLE ROCKET and his recent films, Luke had to endure a number of dry spells which took their toll on the struggling actor. "I did BOTTLE ROCKET, and then I just couldn't get a job. I was going out on auditions, but I always kind of felt that I was a little bit different than what everyone was looking for. I totally got discouraged at one point. I was having so much trouble for a little while that I just gave up. I stopped going on auditions because I just didn't see the point in going across town to waste all that time reading for something I wasn't going to get. It wasn't really a winner's attitude. And I felt for a while like there was nothing on the horizon." Luke's difficulty with his acting career affected his perception of where he was living. "At one point I was really down on L.A., and I got this theory in my head that every crazy in the country somehow wound up here -- that they all got just pushed to the edge of the country." But in the end persistence paid off, and he has put together three great performances in a row which are sure to keep his calendar filled. These days Luke Wilson is happy and enjoying his life and his success. He has completed the transformation from a struggling young actor to one of Hollywood's most promising talents, while keeping his character intact. "I would love to make some great movies. My main goal is to work with people who I really like. I like the idea that I have this group {Wes and Owen} where we work together, and I'd like to keep doing that. I know how I want to be treated. I believe that you do get back what you give. I've tried this out. Sometimes when I get on an elevator I'll say nothing and no one speaks to each other. Other times I'll get on an elevator and say hello and I'll start talking to people. It may sound hokey, but it feels nice when you develop a little fellowship with the other people around you. You have to stay happy and positive because there's so much you can be bummed-out about. I feel like some people get into a dead-end job -- and I don't mean a desk job, I mean the kind of job you're just not into -- and the next thing you know, five years have gone by and that's it. That's your life. My girlfriend makes fun of me when I say I'm just trying to make a living at doing something I love. I'm sure my kids will refer to me as just 'The Working Man.'"
I had to break it up because it was too long for one post.
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Post by fergie on Nov 16, 2004 10:02:40 GMT -5
Ditto Lukes Girl.
I've got ad- aware and AVG, I found out its actually a Trojan downloader, which is a nasty little bugger to have on your PC. A Trojan Horse Downloader is a program that can download other programs and run code on your PC. Nasty things. They can get onto your PC via all the normal routes - e-mail attachments, websites, open ports (if your firewall isn't blocking everything properly). Anyone whose opened that post up should run there AVG, or Ad- aware programmes to make sure they get rid of the Trojan.
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Post by Librarian on Nov 16, 2004 19:12:23 GMT -5
Sorry about that -- Thanks LukesGirl! I use adaware, Spybot and Netscape with pop-up blockers, so I didn't even notice it. It's much better to have the article on this forum for safe keeping!
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Post by lotus on Nov 16, 2004 20:04:02 GMT -5
LukesGirl, I have the same as what you have. Ad-aware and AVG.............. When I saw that download, I closed the window. I can't quite remember what happened next but I managed to get on that page again but was too tired to read the story. Thanks for putting it up here for us to read. I will run ad-aware later. AVG checks everyday, when I turn the computer on, for Viruses, Trojans and nasty little bug.....................er..............s For some reason they like to download on my computer. A sign usually pops up and says to download something. If I trust it, it will download a Trojan or something. Otherwise I get the hell out of the page!
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Sugar Kane
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Post by Sugar Kane on Nov 17, 2004 7:06:54 GMT -5
"Luke, it's time for my sponge bath!" Great pic Fergie! Wait- that was just dirty wasn't it?
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Post by lotus on Nov 17, 2004 7:47:48 GMT -5
Sugar Kane, You have a one track mind....................like the rest of us.
Whilst Luke is having fun sponging you down, I don't suppose he could take time away from you just to tuck me into bed. I hope for a kiss and cuddle. ;D
I have to go to sleep. I have that funeral tomorrow. Oops! I mean today. Yawn! Must go to bed! *hugs*
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Post by Sugar Kane on Nov 17, 2004 9:07:15 GMT -5
Sugar Kane, You have a one track mind....................like the rest of us. I know, I can't help it- the Wilsons just do something bad to me!! [/color][/quote] I hope everything goes okay for you tomorrow Lotus, thinking of you... Hugs, Sug Xx
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Post by lotus on Nov 18, 2004 1:05:27 GMT -5
lmao! The Wilsons do something bad to you! "Aw come on!" I bet you loved it................. ;D
Things went well today. I just needed heaps of tissues, hugs and kisses. I actually got a shoulder to cry on and a big hug from one of his sons. They are like a family to me.
I have never kissed and cuddled so many people in one day, nor have I cried so much. I even managed to kiss my younger brother and his 2 boys, who then commenced to wipe my lipstick of their faces............................ That was funny! It was more fun to kiss my brother-in-law today. I think he got a kiss when I first saw him today, and another when he dropped me at home. (I think my sister is nuts for leaving him for another man) People will probably think that I have a harem of men! Let them wonder a bit longer................... ;D
What would make today really great would me a Wilson sandwich..........................in my dreams!
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Post by fergie on Nov 23, 2004 9:58:25 GMT -5
Just found this pic of Luke, bed head and all! *ruffles Lukes hair* Aww he's so adorable and sexy looking in this pic. Doh! Ok when is he never adorable and sexy?
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