PITTSBURGH - The Pittsburgh Film Office announced that the film adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s novel “The Road,” starring Charlize Theron, will be partially filmed in Pittsburgh. A representative for Ms. Theron said the Academy Award winning actress was excited about the opportunity to insult the city where she will be working.
“Charlize said she can’t wait to get there. Her best friend Sienna Miller told her the only things uglier than Pittsburgh weather and Pittsburgh women are Pittsburgh children, and now she gets to see it all first-hand.”
Dawn Keezer, director of the Pittsburgh Film Office, said absorbing the criticisms of celebrities is something residents of depressed regions must endure if they want to become major players in the film industry. “Stars aren’t like most of us,” said Keezer. “They have no responsibility to consider the feelings of other people, or the possible, negative consequences when they say things that may be considered rude, or hurtful, to anyone other than themselves.”
Keezer added that this is standard language in every Hollywood contract. Theron’s co-star, actor Viggo Mortensen, vowed to make “his every day spent in the miserable hell-hole that is Pittsburgh a nightmare for everyone involved.” Mortensen made those remarks to a reporter for Variety on the set of his latest film, “Wunnerful, Wunnerful.” The movie, a bio-pic of bandleader Lawrence Welk, is currently in production in the town of Strasburg, North Dakota.
