It’s not often that Empire feels compelled to write something positive about Dane Cook, but today brings that rare exception.
For, in an age when most actors toe the party line when it comes to promoting their movies, Cook has taken to his MySpace page to write a diatribe against the bland and uninspired poster for his new movie, My Best Friend’s Girl (see below).
But don’t take our word for it: go to Cook’s MySpace page and check out his (pretty damn funny) rant in full. Highlights include:
“Whoever photoshopped our poster must have done so at taser point with 3 minutes to fulfill their hostage takers deranged obligations.”
“The left side of my face seems to be melting off of my skull. I guess I am looking directly into the Ark of the Covenant?”
“It looks like I'm wearing Maybelline Water Shine Diamonds Liquid Lipstick. My characters name is now Winter Solstice and I'm a hooker with a heart of gold. Jason is my floral carrying pimp, while Kate is my first trick!”
And he goes on. And on. And on.
And more power to his elbow for saying his piece (although there is, of course, a chance that this is all a ploy to garner more publicity for the film; if so, we’ve fallen for it hook, line and sinker).
In fact, Empire would love to see more stars speaking out against bad movie posters – surely Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny had something to say about that godawful X-Files 2 poster? Well, Hollywood types, take heart from Dane Cook. If he can do it, surely you can, too!