Showing posts with label Riz Ahmed. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Riz Ahmed. Show all posts

Monday, September 3, 2018

Living the George Costanza Way - That's "Our" Boys


Sitting in the next booth watching WME/IMG/Endeavor Era Jake Gyllenhaal and Austin Nichols having themselves a lil' reminder conversation:


I think that's Austin as George Costanza teaching his other half Jake as Jerry Seinfeld, his wily ways since 2002.  Right, buddy?  ;-)  Like Eddie Haskell leading Wally Cleaver down the wrong path....
Sort of.

 So anyway, since last we "saw" our fave twosome Jake and Austin, they were on a collision course of both possibly being in Italy at the same time, crossing streams and all of that.  At least, Austin for sure, right?  Austin was promoted to be coming to Tricase, Italy for the Salento International Film Festival 2018 where his flick, The Iron Orchard, would greet everyone opening night.

 Even as late as August 31, Austin was scheduled.

 Google translation:


The edition of this year - number 15 - opens with the national premiere of the film "The Iron Orchard", screened Saturday, September 1 at 20.30 at the throne room of Palazzo Gallone. Hassie Harrison and Austin Nichols, the two main actors, will be present at the evening, in addition to the producer Camille Chambers. The film is in English with Italian subtitles. Free admission while seats last. - source


In the throne room of the Palazzo Gallone.  The Palazzo Gallone began as a military tower built in the 15th century,  complete with a prison and a drawbridge.  It was purchased in 1661 by the Prince of Tricase, Stefano Gallone along with a nearby fortress and he added the palace.  The prison's walls are said to still show graffiti of captives and the palace held a mill, bakery, stables and warehouse space.  Prince Gallone was said to want "as many rooms as there were days in the year" and also a "throne room", which is 79.7' x 38' (24.3 x 11.70 meters), large enough to hold more than a thousand people.   It was this throne room where Austin and his beard, Hassle "Hassie" Harrison were to participate in a Q & A along with The Iron Orchard's producer, Camille Chambers.




Exterior portion of the Palazzo Gallone:


What history, what architecture! A real castle with a moat, drawbridge, noble rooms.  And free admission to see Austin! You certainly can't beat this opportunity.

 And Austin "coming all the way" to Tricase, Italy to promote The Iron Orchard via a Q & A.  Quite the opportunity since he was apparently unable to join in this Q & A which was held in Dallas in April of this year:

This above Q & A in Dallas was on April 19.  Where was Austin? Wellll, we're not exactly sure.  On the weekend of March 19, he was in Wilmington NC. We know this for certain because Florida Tom and I were there; we saw him and shook his hand. On April 22 just three days after the Dallas Q & A, he was allegedly "somewhere in Texas" for Earth Day:


A post shared by Austin Nichols (@austinnichols) on
 

Then, in early May, at the Dallas International Film Festival (allegedly).  Here he is posing with the dimbulb beard (courtesy of an enabling, Mgmnt-taken-over twitter):


Even though according to The Iron Orchard's official Instagram page, they show neither one of these clowns, I mean individuals in their DIFF selection (perhaps they were at the concession stand getting screening snacks) According to this attendee, the screening was private:


We at Narnia know that Austin fans are waiting for real-time pictures of the DGA card holder in Italy at the Salento Film Festival!!


Agree with this long time, devoted Austin fan.  They must have been waiting with abated breath like the rest of us and imagine also being in the same country as her tweet seems to indicate!  Imagine that.  ;-)

 But alas.

 September 1 has come and gone and we are sad to say that, well...
we're all left looking yonder for hide or hair of Mr. Nichols at the Salento Film Festival.

We see that allegedly, producer Camille Scioli-Mcnamara was there.  But it looks like Austin and Hassle were NO SHOWS.


 
So whaaa? What happened?  Where was the beard? Looks like that same day, she was on a boat somewhere. "Doing the least." No kidding.

And Austin?  Perhaps this was him.

And Jake?  Well, his movie The Sisters Brothers showing at Venice 2018 had representation:

Because remember of course, Jake is filming, working on Spiderman: Far From Home for which we still have been awaiting an official announcement that he is confirmed.  Even today, IMDb is reluctant to commit:

But it looks like Jake will be done filming Far From Home just in time for the Toronto Film Festival, one he just doesn't seem to miss.

Looks like Wildlife is playing as well. He couldn't make Cannes, perhaps TIFF will see a Jakers double play:

Meanwhile, Jake's social media team has already been warming up things, at-the-ready with the Jake/Riz Ahmed romance with the reliable assistance of former Vulture writer, now with the New York Times, Kyle Buchanan. We've seen Mr. Buchanan before:



And now he's back at it, preaching to us that Jake and lil' Riz are two lobsters made for each other.  Awww. Maybe Jake's new bromantic interest can help politically inspire him in time for the press junket interviews. ;-)
 
Watch it, Baby Tiles.  Papa's back at it again, looks like.  ;-)  Another movie, another set romance with his male co-star or male director, courtesy of his thoughtful agent.  Looking forward to perhaps some Jake/Riz hand clutching at Toronto, a la Jake and his director Paul Dano at Cannes!  Thanks for the heads up, Mr. Buchanan.  NYT promotion, I mean check's in the mail, right?  *wink*

                                                          Jake & Paul 2017

Jake and his politically-inspiring lobster, Riz. #aw

 And Big Sis? She is making the trek from "Vermont" to screen her film, The Kindergarten Teacher.  It'll be another 3/4 Gyllenhaal Reunion; who could forget this photoshop, I mean photo from Sundance 2018 of the threesome?


Looking forward to another round, folks!

 In reality, Jake, Austin, their Baby Tiles, Big Sis Maggie and her two daughters, and the matriarch Naomi Foner have already loaded the barge and returned Stateside in preparation for a return to work, with a drop-off of the hubs and collective offspring somewhere between customs and Toronto.

 But, we'll be polite and patiently wait for the first narrative.  After all, if we can wait for Salento FF pics, we can surely wait for TIFF.


Note:  Because Instagram has made it impossible (that I know of) to embed anymore, here are some of the Instagram posts that are in the post above, in order of appearance in the post.

 

the Iron Orchard promo in Dallas, TX - where was Austin?


 

Austin "somewhere in Texas", for Earth Day, Apr 22, 2018

 

 

Austin and Chumley missing for Salento Film Festival Sep 1, 2018

 

 

John C Reilly for The Sisters Brothers, Sept 2018


  


pic/reference sources:  itinerari.galcapodileuca.it, pinterest, 123rf,
                                    gfycat, Portia d'Oriente, IHJ, IMDb
our playlist: Escape - Enrique Iglesias
                    Wishing and Hoping - Dusty Springfield
                    Ghosttown - Madonna               
                                  

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