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News.com.au
a day ago
- Entertainment
- News.com.au
Hollywood star Hugh Laurie's wild insult to his fans leaked by podcast host
A podcast host has leaked a shocking statement from Hugh Laurie that saw the Hollywood star insult his diehard fans. The British actor famously played the belovedly bitter Dr. Gregory House in US TV drama series House from 2004 to 2012. However, it's now emerged that he'd rather do anything other than look back fondly at his time on the smash hit show. During a recent episode of the Doctor Mike podcast, host Dr. Mikhail 'Mike' Varshavski was chatting to The Pitt star Noah Wyle when he revealed he had invited Laurie onto the show for a similar interview. Varshavski told Wyle: 'I love that you're still connected to your characters very much. Most that play a role like John Carter get tired of that association. In fact, we invited Hugh Laurie to our show.' Varshavski continued: 'His staff was like, 'Oh, this is a good fit, we're going to reach out to him and see what he thinks. I'm going to read you quote-unquote what he said: 'He is not interested in opportunities like this, frankly doesn't care about the audience or reliving the show.'' Wyle laughed and said: 'That's so baller.' Varshavski then added: 'It's just such a direct and honest reply. It's not that he doesn't want to do your show, just he doesn't want to be House MD ever again.' In 2013, Laurie opened up about his experience filming the show, telling Radio Times that his experience was 'a bit of a nightmare' overall, despite the hefty pay cheque. He admitted: 'At this distance it all sounds absurd. Ridiculous! After all, what was I doing other than playing about, telling stories with a very nice bunch of people? What could be constricting about that? 'But the repetition of any routine, day after month after year, can turn into a bit of a nightmare. I had some pretty bleak times, dark days when it seemed like there was no escape. And having a very Presbyterian work ethic, I was determined never to be late, not to miss a single day's filming. You wouldn't catch me phoning in to say, 'I think I may be coming down with the flu'.
Daily Mail
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Hugh Laurie's brutal response to podcast host who invited him on as a guest - and the massive disdain he showed for fans of House
A podcast host has shared the brutally honest rejection he received from Hugh Laurie when he asked him to appear on his medically-themed show. Doctor Mike, whose real name is Mikhail Varshavski, is a family medicine physician who launched a podcast named The Check Up With Doctor Mike. The podcast has featured a segment where Doctor Mike reacts to old House episodes and debunks what is medically accurate or not. House saw British actor Hugh, 66, take on the role of the cantankerous Dr Gregory House in the medical drama from 2004 to 2012. During a new episode with Noah Wyle, who played Dr John Carter in ER, Doctor Mike revealed Hugh's shocking reaction when he was asked to come on the podcast. Doctor Mike said: 'We invited Hugh Laurie to our show because a lot of folks like when we do House M.D. reacts. And his staff was like oh this is a good fit. We're going to reach out to him and see what he thinks. 'I'm gonna read you quote-unquote what he said. 'He is not interested in opportunities like this, frankly doesn't care about the audience or reliving the show.' Noah was clearly impressed with Hugh's line, and said: 'That's so baller' While Doctor Mike added: 'It's just such a direct and honest reply. Noah reiterated: 'So baller!' Doctor Mike added: 'Not just that he won't do your show, he just doesn't ever wanna be House M.D. ever again.' Noah insisted he is much more amenable, and said: 'I'm a gemini, middle child pleaser. I'll answer any question you'll ask me.' Referencing his part in The Pitt, Doctor Mike said: 'But you do care about the audience. In fact, it's driven you to do this new show and continue season two and continue crushing it, representing for us. Noah replied: 'I care about certain audiences.' Doctor Mike asked: 'Okay, and that healthcare audience falls into that mix?' He responded: 'This was scripted as a love letter to first responders and front line workers to say, we recognise what you guys have been going through.' Hugh's response doesn't really come as that much of a surprise as he previously told how starring in US medical drama House turned into a 'nightmare' despite him being the best-paid actor on TV. He was paid a reported £250,000 an episode and won two Golden Globes for his long-running role as curmudgeonly Dr Gregory House. But he suggested to the Radio Times in 2013 that his huge success became 'a gilded cage', with the actor even fantasising about having an accident just so that he could take a few days off. While filming the Fox show, Laurie had his car windows tinted to avoid being snapped by phone cameras and stopped buying his own groceries because he 'couldn't stand people photographing the contents of my shopping basket'. He admitted: 'At this distance it all sounds absurd. Ridiculous! After all, what was I doing other than playing about, telling stories with a very nice bunch of people? What could be constricting about that? 'But the repetition of any routine, day after month after year, can turn into a bit of a nightmare. 'I had some pretty bleak times, dark days when it seemed like there was no escape. And having a very Presbyterian work ethic, I was determined never to be late, not to miss a single day's filming. You wouldn't catch me phoning in to say, 'I think I may be coming down with the flu'. 'But there were times when I'd think, 'If I were just to have an accident on the way to the studio and win a couple of days off to recover, how brilliant would that be?'' The actor lived in Los Angeles while his wife and three children stayed in Britain during his time on the show. Asked if readjusting was difficult when he returned home after a near eight-year commitment to House, he replied: 'Yes, but probably more so for the family. 'For me it's been a delight to be back with them, to walk the dog, to listen to music and to read. I'm still appreciating and enjoying it.' Hugh, the former comedy partner of Stephen Fry, said that he might not be physically able to take on such a gruelling role again. At the time, he told the magazine that he would like a job directing, partly because it would allow him to wear his own clothes. 'If the opportunity presented itself, I'm not sure I'd either want or could physically do it. I imagine sportsmen come to a similar crossroads,' he said of taking a lead role in another major, ongoing series. 'Maybe there'll come a day when (footballer) John Terry says, ''I'm not up for the full 90 minutes any more. I can give you 60. Or perhaps I could just come on in the second half?'' The legs start to go and you realise you're feeling the pain a lot more.' He said 'some very good' scripts, 'some not so good and others so weirdly like House that you wonder what they're thinking of' were still pitched to him. He added: 'The big thing is that I'm a decade older than when I got that role. Even then the character was scripted as 10 years younger at 35 - and Fox would have preferred 28, to keep advertisers happy. Now if my name comes up for the lead, there'd be a shaking of heads. 'He could play the dad...'' He said of his future: 'I'd like to do something that involves wearing my own clothes for a while. It's an odd thing to go to work each day and wear someone else's. 'For House I also had a fake wallet with fake money in it, fake keys that didn't open anything and a fake watch that didn't tell the real time. All I can say right now is that there are things of my own I'm developing that I'm pretty excited about.' Hugh, who has spoken previously about suffering from depression, said that he still expects disaster to strike. But he added: 'When you assume that the worst is going to happen, you're freed up from any anxiety about the when and the where of it. Not that I'd ever be foolish enough to think I've finally got the hang of this life business,' The actor, who is gearing up for the release of his second album and set to star in Tomorrowland with George Clooney, said of his Hollywood status: 'One great benefit of not being on TV every week is that people will be a lot less interested in what I have in my supermarket basket. I could even un-tint my car windows - or at least opt for a lighter shade. 'When the ship goes down, the waves very quickly roll over the top of it and attention shifts elsewhere. It's just the natural order of things in TV - in life - and is as it should be.' In March 2020, Hugh briefly revisited the character to tell House fans what his iconic character would have made of the coronavirus pandemic. He tweeted: 'I can't speak for House, obviously – no one's written clever words for me to say – but I'm pretty sure he'd tell you it's not a matter of 'solving' Covid. 'This is an epidemic, not a diagnostic problem. We solve it together by staying apart.' He also praised healthcare workers, saying: 'When this is over, what say we all pitch in and buy health care workers, couriers, hauliers, farmers, millers, grocers, bakers, sewage workers, power workers, teachers, fire fighters and police officers a bottle of something?' he wrote. He later added: 'Thanks to those who've taken the trouble to tell me that decent pay and conditions for essential workers might be preferable to a bottle of something. Bigger thanks to those who knew that's what I meant.' Laurie also said: 'Chin up, everybody. This will work. However irksome it is for us, it's much worse for the virus. Picture the little bugger with its nose against the window, whining.'
The Independent
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Hugh Laurie praised for ‘baller' response to Dr House invitation
Hugh Laurie reportedly declined an invitation to revisit his role as Dr Gregory House, stating he "frankly doesn't care about the audience or reliving the show." Dr Mikhail Varshavski said he had received the curt refusal after inviting Laurie onto his podcast, Doctor Mike, to discuss the role. Episode guest Noah Wyle (ER 's Dr John Carter) called the response 'baller,' while Varshavski labelled it a 'direct and honest reply.' Fans online noted the curt response was in character for the misanthropic Dr House, with one sharing a clip captioned: "Hugh Laurie embodied House in that moment." The British actor and comedian, 66, played the cantankerous Dr House on the Fox medical drama series House from 2004 to 2012.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
‘The Pitt' heads back into production, DC finds its Clayface, and more of today's top stories
Gold Derby's for June 17, 2025. Season 2 of the Max drama has started filming. The Noah Wyle-led show shoots primarily on the Warner Bros. lot in Burbank, Calif., with exterior shots being filmed on location in Pittsburgh. The second season is expected to premiere in January 2026. More from GoldDerby Debbie Allen, Tom Cruise, Dolly Parton, and Wynn Thomas to receive honorary Oscars Marc Maron's 'Are We Good?': What happens when stars clash with their documentary filmmakers TV's double threats: 10 actors eyeing nominations for both comedy and drama at the 2025 Emmys The biggest awards in film and television editing have set dates for their annual awards. The eligibility window for TV runs from Nov. 2, 2024 to Dec. 31, 2025. For features, the period goes from Jan. 1, 2025 to Dec. 31, 2025. Submissions open on October 1, and the awards will take place on Feb. 27, 2026. The legacy sequel to everyone's favorite nautically themed slasher franchise is headed to theaters on July 18, and the new trailer reveals exactly how they're getting Jennifer Love Hewitt's character, Julie James, to repeat her signature line. (Spoiler: She doesn't yell it with her arms out wide.) Relative newcomer Tom Rhys Harries has landed the coveted role of the Batman villain for the character's upcoming standalone DC Studios movie. Harries, who appeared in The Return with Ralph Fiennes, beat out Jack O'Connell, Tom Blyth, Leo Woodhall, and George MacKay, according to Deadline. The storied institution has announced that it will award honorary Doctorates to EGOT winner Viola Davis and legendary film editor and sound designer Walter Murch. They will be celebrated at AFI Conservatory's commencement ceremony on August 8. John Cho and Kal Penn must be hungry because Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg, and Josh Heald are set to write and direct a fourth installment in their stoner comedy series. Hurwitz and Schlossberg wrote the script to the 2004 original. The end of the dream is approaching. Months after Netflix announced that the comic book adaptation would end with its second season, a trailer has dropped for The Sandman and with it, the dates of its two-installment release schedule. Volume One hits the streamer on July 3, and Volume Two follows on July 24. The comedian and Golden Globe host will cowrite her first script inspired by MASH — not the Robert Altman classic, but a magical riff on the grade school game that predicts a person's life. According to Deadline, Glaser will also star and produce. Best of GoldDerby 'It was wonderful to be on that ride': Christian Slater talks his beloved roles, from cult classics ('Heathers,' 'True Romance') to TV hits ('Mr. Robot,' 'Dexter: Original Sin') Sam Rockwell on Frank's 'White Lotus' backstory, Woody Harrelson's influence, and going all in on 'this arc of Buddhist to Bad Lieutenant' Asif Ali and Saagar Shaikh admit they 'never had the audacity to realize' a show like 'Deli Boys' was possible Click here to read the full article.
CBS News
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- CBS News
Production underway on Season 2 of "The Pitt"
The second season of "The Pitt," a popular Pittsburgh-set medical drama starring Noah Wyle, has started production. The streaming service Max confirmed that work is underway on Season 2, posting behind-the-scenes photos of Wyle on Instagram, writing "Paging Dr. Robby." The show, which stars Wyle as Dr. Michael "Robby" Robinavitch, has been lauded for its medical accuracy as well as its gripping real-time format, with 15 hour-long episodes covering a 15-hour ER shift. "This medical drama series offers a realistic look at the challenges healthcare workers face, as seen through the experiences of the frontline heroes at a Pittsburgh hospital," the description on Max reads. While most of the first season was filmed on a set in Burbank, California, that looked like Allegheny General Hospital, the show spent three days filming in Pittsburgh last September. The crew shot drone footage above the hospital and around the city, and some scenes were shot on the hospital's helipad. The show is expected to shoot some of the second season in Pittsburgh again, the Post-Gazette reports. "The Pitt" is produced by R. Scott Gemmill, John Wells and Michael Hissrich, all of whom have previously worked with Wyle on "ER." Wells and Hissrich are both Carnegie Mellon University graduates, giving the show even more of a Pittsburgh connection. The second season of "The Pitt" is slated for a January 2026 premiere, according to Variety. The current plan is for Season 2 to take place about ten months after the events of Season 1.
