Mel Gibson may have ruined his entire career

[basstotheface]

The scariest thing I have ever heard. This man is clinically psychotic.

EDIT: Removed link because it was pretty bad, any interest just google Mel Gibson threatens girlfriend.

[FL Knifemaker]

It seems like everytime he puts his foot in his mouth, there's a microphone right there to catch it

[BurningSkies]

He hasn't really done anything good since the second Mad Max movie.

Couldn't have happened to a better racist, sexist, antisemitic scumbag.

[Dr. Cheese]

My gut feeling is that he isn't saying anything that many who aren't famous wouldn't say. The pitiful thing is that someone who had so much money on the line should have had sense enough to watch his mouth, especially with an ex who had every motivation to tape him.

[basstotheface]

Id say only 10% of people are this crazy. If 5% of people are famous and 10% of them are crazy, id be willing to bet most famous people would NEVER even dream of being this horrendously awful. Especially to your girlfriend, its despicable. Absolutely despicable.

[bassrique]

basstotheface,

Just a heads up, but you may want to remove the link if that's one of the two obscenity laced Mel tapes. [We can find it easily anyway.]

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That second tape is even worse than the first. There's no coming back from this.

[bassrique]

The techno/rap mash-ups of these tapes at YouTube and elsewhere are pretty funny.

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[Staccato]

Okay, let the flames begin.

I put this guy's comments in the same category as musicians publicized for sharing their views on matters well-outside of the music industry. Whatever!
Let's watch their movies or listen to their music, and forget about the media's story of the day.

Furthermore, the commercial (peanut butter, insurance, paper towels) news media takes comments, recordings, or heresay, and potentially ruins families and careers-
whether a story is accurate (or not), it's all about getting a "story" out, right?

[bassrique]

Originally Posted by Stacatto

Okay, let the flames begin.

I put this guy in the same category as musicians publicized for sharing their views on matters well-outside of the music industry.
Let's watch their movies or listen to their music, and forget about the media's story of the day.

Furthermore, the commercial (peanut butter, insurance, paper towels) news media takes comments, recordings, or heresay and potentially ruins families and careers.

It's just hard to enjoy someone that's such a d-bag.

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http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/...8509a27d75ad05

Mel Gibson ouster about more than morals

WME's decision to drop actor based on the bottom line

By Kim Masters

July 11, 2010, 08:29 PM ET
It's about the money, honey.

When WME dropped Mel Gibson as a client last week, sources at the agency cited the star's misconduct as the reason. Its revulsion may be genuine, but WME's decision also was based on the bottom line, a calculation that Gibson no longer has real monetary value to the agency.

"There's nothing to do for Mel Gibson at the moment," a WME source said. "No one will touch him with a 10-foot pole. He'll make his own movies, but you don't commission those anyway."

Hollywood has routinely overlooked reprehensible, even illegal behavior when there's money to be made. And observers -- including a studio chief and an insider at WME -- said the industry might even have gotten past Gibson's alleged assault on his girlfriend. (Consider Charlie Sheen.) But the repeated allegations of bigoted comments have left his relationship with the public in tatters, and that's a deal-breaker.

With tapes surfacing in which Gibson apparently used unforgivable language when referring to African-Americans and Latinos, he has antagonized two groups that are disproportionately represented in movie audiences. And fans who were willing to forgive Gibson's previous transgressions as drunken utterances might find it hard to make excuses for him this time around.

And that's what counts to Hollywood. Despite hints in the past that Gibson was a Holocaust denier, and despite his sexist and anti-Semitic outburst after his 2006 arrest, few industry execs publicly denounced him. (The exceptions included Sony Pictures chairman Amy Pascal and agent Ari Emanuel, then at Endeavor. And Emanuel wound up accepting Gibson as a client after Endeavor merged with WMA last year.)

Now the tough job is finding anyone to speak on Gibson's behalf. "I wouldn't make a movie with him if he were the last actor on the planet," the studio chief said. "There were five minutes when we were saying, 'Maybe we should give this guy a break,' and that's gone. No one will touch him."

A veteran producer believes Gibson will still make his own films -- and this observer said he can succeed if he stays behind the camera. "I've thought for a while that he was over as an actor no matter what because of his age," he said. "But if he were to make 'The Passion of the Christ' today, it wouldn't do a dime less business."

But it's hard to assess Gibson's potential as a filmmaker because the star appears to be spiraling downward -- and not just professionally. In January, when Warners released "Edge of Darkness," his behavior during media appearances was erratic. Around that time, a veteran publicist remarked that Gibson did not appear healthy. Gibson's spokesman, Alan Nierob, responded that Gibson was "healthy for a guy who's an alcoholic who's smoked for 40 years," adding that his client was "trying to be healthier."

With the current state of affairs, Summit -- which is dealing with the next project featuring Gibson in a starring role -- must be glad it's still counting its "Twilight" money. The challenges of opening the $20 million-plus "The Beaver," now in postproduction, are obvious. Directed by and co-starring Jodie Foster, the movie is a dark comedy about a troubled man who feels compelled to communicate through a beaver hand puppet.

The script generated positive buzz, but the film -- which does not have a release date -- sounds like a tough sell even without a troubled star. Summit execs said they are happy with "The Beaver," and one noted that Gibson turned in "an amazing performance." Summit split the film's cost with other investors.

The fate of other Gibson-related projects remains unclear. His company recently finished filming "How I Spent My Summer Vacation," an action drama, in Mexico. Gibson also has a project that would pair him with Leonardo DiCaprio. Producer Graham King did not respond to inquiries about that film's status.

[Jim Campbell]

Originally Posted by bassrique

The techno/rap mash-ups of these tapes at YouTube and elsewhere are pretty funny.

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wow....separated at birth......i think he may be genuinely looney...if he didn't have money he'd be "homeless, raving while trying to clean your windshield,shopping cart guy".....

[sloasdaylight]

He may be certifiable, but BraveHeart was a good movie.

[mike_v_s]

Bah. Let him move out of the country and wait 30 years, about 1/2 of OT will think he's a standup guy.

Mike

[sloasdaylight]

Originally Posted by mike_v_s

Bah. Let him move out of the country and wait 30 years, about 1/2 of OT will think he's a standup guy.

Mike

Awesome.

[basstotheface]

Originally Posted by mike_v_s

Bah. Let him move out of the country and wait 30 years, about 1/2 of OT will think he's a standup guy.

Mike

Perfect. Should be sigged.

[MakiSupaStar]

People will forget. His career will be fine.

[bassrique]

Originally Posted by MakiSupaStar

People will forget. His career will be fine.

[pacojas]

www.whocares?.com

[GregC]

Originally Posted by Stacatto

Okay, let the flames begin.

I put this guy's comments in the same category as musicians publicized for sharing their views on matters well-outside of the music industry. Whatever!
Let's watch their movies or listen to their music, and forget about the media's story of the day.

Furthermore, the commercial (peanut butter, insurance, paper towels) news media takes comments, recordings, or heresay, and potentially ruins families and careers-
whether a story is accurate (or not), it's all about getting a "story" out, right?

Mel Gibson's reputation has gone to hell because the things he's said have shown up in recordings made by his girlfriend and in police reports. That's on him, not the media.

Personally, I can't bring myself to say "whatever!" to the things he's said in recent years. Furthermore, I believe his bigoted views have arguably shown up in his work at least once. YMMV.

[BurningSkies]

Originally Posted by mike_v_s

Bah. Let him move out of the country and wait 30 years, about 1/2 of OT will think he's a standup guy.

Mike

Get to work on part one of this plan, please.

[dose]

Originally Posted by MakiSupaStar

People will forget. His career will be fine.

^^ This