Wouldn’t it be funny if Christopher Walken did a musical or Meryl Streep played a gun-toting Police chief? Wouldn’t it be a riot if Dakota Fanning played a prostitute or Matthew McConaughey didn’t make a shit Rom-Com?
Actors playing against type is almost always entertaining for novelty factor alone and if you’re as amused by it as we are you should check out Cinemash, a newly launched web series that mashes up disparate cinematic influences into one tasty package. Like if the Dewaele brothers gave up Soulwax, became film Directors and made DIY shorts with their celebrity friends. But with way less techno.
First cab off the rank is ray of sunshine Zooey Deschanel and her co-star Joseph Gordon-Levitt reinterpreting a scene from their forthcoming film 500 Days Of Summer as Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen. It’s not laugh out loud funny and Johnny Rotten is probably bitching about the video as I type this but watching Zooey Deschanel stab someone in the torso is strangely satisfying.
Via Pitchfork
