Owen Wilson Attempts Suicide

[Brian]

It's two day old news now, but Owen Wilson tried to kill himself by cutting his left wrist and taking an undisclosed number of sedatives earlier in the week. Now this news:

Owen Wilson Drops Out of Thunder
Source: Variety August 28, 2007


Two days after being hospitalized for an attempted suicide, Owen Wilson has dropped out of the DreamWorks' ensemble comedy Tropic Thunder, reports Variety.

Wilson's frequent collaborator, Ben Stiller, began shooting the film in Hawaii six weeks ago. "Tropic," which also stars Jack Black, is produced by Stiller's Red Hour Films.

Wilson was scheduled to begin a weeklong shoot in two to three weeks. The decision was characterized as a mutual agreement between Stiller and Wilson.

It is unclear whether Wilson's role would be recast or eliminated from the comedy, which revolves around a group of actors shooting a big-budget war movie who are forced to become the soldiers they are portraying.

[j to the p]

why the hell did he do that???

[Darya]

Oh yeah, it's all over the VIP news here... Rumour has it that he can't accept his ex Kate Hudson being happy with another man now...

[Brian]

It's come out that he's been doing a combo of cocaine and heroin, and that Hudson left him due to his drug use. He apparently slit his wrist but didn't take pills.

[j to the p]

still damn stuuuuuupid!!!!

[maddykbs]

I heard about this... kind of sad. People need to learn different ways to deal with their problems.

[Brian]

Not mixing cocaine and heroin is a good place to start. Don't be greedy, pick one or the other!

[Brian]

McConaughey Replaces Wilson in Tropic Thunder
Source: Variety September 19, 2007


Matthew McConaughey has joined the ensemble cast of Tropic Thunder, the Ben Stiller-directed DreamWorks comedy.

The job amounts to an uncredited cameo, as McConaughey takes the role that Owen Wilson ankled after he was hospitalized, says Variety.

McConaughey joins a cast that includes Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr., Nick Nolte, Bill Hader and Steve Coogan.

The film is about a group of actors who gather on a remote island to shoot a big-budget war movie and are forced to become the soldiers they are playing.

Tropic Thunder is shooting in Hawaii and McConaughey will shoot for a week.