Steve Guttenberg is not a fan of Entertainment Weekly.
EW writer Josh Wolk’s epic retrospective on the Police Academy franchise, in the magazine’s current issue, is also an account of how he spent eons trying in vain to score an interview with the ’80s movie comedy icon. Not even Paul Maslansky, the franchise’s creator, could persuade Guttenberg to return Wolk’s call. During the course of his Roger & Me-like quest, Wolk did learn some earth-shaking news: that Guttenberg was not the first, second, or third choice for what would be his career-making role as Mahoney (the producers’ wish list included Michael Keaton, Tom Hanks, and Judge Reinhold), and that Maslansky is developing an eighth Police Academy movie (the first since 1994′s Mission to Moscow).
As chance would have it, Wolk ran into Guttenberg in a restaurant, where the actor politely explained that he’d been ducking the reporter’s calls because ”every time I’ve been called by EW, they’ve dissed me. It somehow gets turned around. I’m not sure what it is, but they always take my head off.” (I don’t what Guttenberg is talking about; read our handful of Guttenberg-related articles and see for yourself if his complaint has merit. Besides, he was all too happy to talk to EW weeks later to promote his joining the cast of Veronica Mars.)
Still, The Goot has a point; he’s been far too easy a target, having spent much of the last 20 years making movies with babies, dolphins, and the Olsen Twins. Isn’t it time that Guttenberg — and Police Academy — got some respect?
I’m so happy to hear Mr. Guttenberg’s back on screen. I’ve never watched ‘Veronica’ but I’ll definitely check it out now. He’s a great, seemingly kind guy who’s got comic timing and some acting chops. I’d take him in a movie any day over the Paul Walkers of the world…
Who makes Steve Guttenburg a star? We do! We do!
Paranoia is typical of drug addicts which is what Steve is heavily rumored to be (check out some recent interviews for proof in which he is more or less unintelligable).
Al Bundy put it best when he once mused how Steve Guttenburg would make a tremendous comic relief style sidekick for a real, A list action star. Unfortunately, the Police Academy got to his head and he got too big for his britches. You could have stolen every part from Rob Schneider man, but NOOOO,you had to try and be THE MAN. Where are you now Steve Guttenburg?
PS is EW’s mention of his name in Popwatch some serious Shaudenfraude (that German word they used on the Simpsons for “Shameful pleasure”), or what?
PPS wouldn’t you like to be a Pepper too?
Celebs Who Blog
There have been a few articles lately about the increasing number of celebrity blogs (celeblogs?) out there for us to peruse. These articles let us know that celebrities such as Wil Wheaton and Zach Braff are blogging (duh–Wil’s been a blogger forever…
I think he’s handsome or at least he was 15-20 years ago. I think he could have been leading man material. Too many Police Academy movies did his career in.
How about an article/picture on Diana Ross. Ms. Ross is curently selling out areans all over Rurope. She sounds and looks great and fit. Enough of Mariah and Jessica …..lets have an update on the supreme diva of all time.