...this is less thrilling for me than it probably should be: Avril Lavigne Plays Possum
By Krista Desens
HOLLYWOOD, CA Thursday Jun.23.2005 -- Avril Lavigne's playing possum.
According to Lavigne's official web site, the "Fall To Pieces" singer is playing a possum in a forthcoming animated feature from Dreamworks.
The movie is called "Over the Hedge" (based on the comic strip of the same name), and Lavigne will provide the voice for a character named Heather, who happens to be a possum. [...]
Anyway, I'd never heard of this comic strip, so I did a quick bit of Googling and found it right off. Pretty funny, although I do notice from the cast of characters that there IS NO HEATHER! Obviously, the character was added and Lavigne was cast for it in order to capture the foul-mouthed faux-grunge youth demo. Whatever. It's not like I'm bitter about being excluded or anything.
Posted by Terry Oglesby at June 23, 2005 08:14 AMHmmmm...I can't quite imagine Avril Lavigne starring in Life on the Pinchgut either.
Posted by: Stan at June 23, 2005 08:23 AMTerry YOU should have been cast. You'd fit right in.
Posted by: Sarah G. at June 23, 2005 08:29 AMOh, of course not, Stan! Obviously a job for someone like Catherine Zeta Jones. And yes, Sarah, I KNOW it should have been me. ME! Because, as we all know by now, it's all about me.
Posted by: Terry Oglesby at June 23, 2005 08:30 AMI used to read the strip, and it would occasionally be funny, but I can't imagine creating a whole movie out of it. What's next, Doonesbury champions freedom?
"Over the Hedge" is somewhat liberal (though not as bad as Doonesbury), especially when they get all "tree-huggy".
Posted by: Spud at June 23, 2005 10:25 AMWell, surely it's better than what Bloom County has become. Feh.
Posted by: Terry Oglesby at June 23, 2005 10:32 AM