Gothamist: Piven's "Mercury Poisoning" Seems Fishy to Producers

drmmmnyc

Sat, 20 Dec 2008 22:03:00 -0500

OK people. For those of you saying 'Jeremy Piven who?' back off! While I may be the last person to claim to know the truth about any celebrity, anyone who knows anything about Jeremy Piven knows about his excessive consumption of sushi and Chinese herbs, his dedicated practice of yoga, and his general holistic approach to life and health, despite a reported penchant for nighttime celebrating. (Who says the two can't coexist?) Furthermore, Jeremy began his career in theater (The Piven Theater Workshop anyone??) and settled, as does any actor, for roles they could get and enjoy, hence his 30+ movie resume and eventual staring role in 'Entourage'. Finally snagging a starring role in a Mamet play on Broadway is his MAJOR COUP! If he said he was, "bored off his ass" (which I don't doubt he said for a second) I can only believe he meant being bored by only working 3 hours a day at what he loves and having to fill the other 21 hours with something else. Give the guy a break. What if every day you called in sick to work was posted on Gothimist???

AHT

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 22:53:26 -0500

And once again, Raul Esparza is simply awesome. Piven who?

nyrangers

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 22:10:00 -0500

piven is not a b list actor

mrmagoo

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:38:09 -0500

@Internet Handle its theatre, that's what you do every night. if he's bored he shouldn't have agreed to do it in the first place. also doing theater isn't moving backwards, well only if being a douche and getting your picture taken at the ivy is your vision of success. this is EXACTLY why producers need to stop reviving old plays and putting b-list actors in parts to sell tickets. people are sick of theatre cause there isnt anything NEW.

robingee

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:08:57 -0500

I'm sick of that picture.

glennQNYC

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:08:11 -0500

He looks like he is afraid of catching something from Lindsey in that pic.

Rocknrope

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:37:41 -0500

Sorry #8, but I doubt many actors would consider doing Mamet on Broadway as "moving backwards."

Buck Owens

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:20:52 -0500

I have no idea who this Piven is but he looks like a poor man's Kevin Spacey.

Internet Handle

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:20:47 -0500

He's probably just bored to death doing the same lines over and over, night after night, to an underwhelming crowd. He's an actor, he would rather be seen by people. No one dreams of moving backwards in their career.

Tgirl

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:16:20 -0500

lot of actors in this town that would gladly takes his place. He better watch it, or in his next role he'll be saying: "would you like fries with that?"

Politburo

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:12:57 -0500

I don't know why, but that asshole insurance line kills me.

ganghiscon

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:09:46 -0500

Why is this story receiving so much coverage here?

gtraindelay

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:03:57 -0500

that is some hat.

nyrangers

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:03:35 -0500

maybe he is in love

r1b2

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:00:08 -0500

Weasel. A deal's a deal. Follow through.

mihow

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:56:52 -0500

I don't know much about this guy, but something makes me think that his real life character isn't far off from his Entourage character, which is to say that he's slightly douche-baggerish. That's not to say that I don't laugh heartily at some of his antics in Entourage.