Bathing John Malkovich

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Who are your next guests?
I'm still not allowed to say. People saw it; people are really responding to it. We're really excited about what's coming up.

Whose bathtub is that?
It's Carrie Fisher's bathtub. She's a friend of mine and it never even occurred to me to tell anybody that that's where we're shooting it. But it just so happens that she lives in Bette Davis's old house. And so it's one of these great old bathtubs. The bathroom itself is enormous; it's like the size of a studio apartment. [Fisher] has a piano in it, of course. Naturally. She's Carrie Fisher, she has a piano in her bathroom. It almost looks like this sitcom stage—it's perfect to have cameras in there. It's like a little studio built for our weird little purpose.

Can you picture Bette Davis sitting in that bathtub?
I often do. I have a lot of time on my hands.

You were initially cast as Chandler in "Friends." Do you just kick yourself for rejecting that?
Oh, no. Regret is for suckers. I was 30 years old when that happened. Matthew Perry is a good friend of mine, and when I auditioned for that part I did a Matthew Perry imitation. And I got the part. At the time I got offered two shows. One was "Friends" and the other was called "Best Friends." And I actually preferred the other show. Things happen for a reason. And Matthew has me over to clean his pool, so it's all worked out.

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Posted By: SaraBenincasa @ 04/02/2008 5:40:10 PM

Ahem.
http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2008/04/craig_bierko.html
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Posted By: fan_chor_cheung @ 03/29/2008 6:38:34 AM

The photograph of the bathing John Malkovich reminds me of his most unforgettable role in the "Mary Reilly" movie with Julia Roberts portraying "bath" Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, sorry I mean "both". Naturally, one would wonder whether Dr. Jekyll or Hyde were in that bathing in that picture? From that, I could not resist reminiscing Julia Roberts' equal unforgettable bath tub scene in the hotel with Richard Gere in her landmark movie "Pretty Woman". Her bath symbolized the cleansing of her low esteem occupation and stepped into high society. Were there a spiritual transfer or reincarnation taken place when they were making the Reilly movie? Are there anything Malkovich need to cleanse? Consider 90% of Malkovich's roles were villians, Bierko must be Mr. Clean. Except, Malkovich is the one who has the bald head.
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Posted By: fan_chor_cheung @ 03/29/2008 6:35:42 AM

The photograph of the bathing John Malkovich reminds me of his most unforgettable role in the "Mary Reilly" movie with Julia Roberts portraying "bath" Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, sorry I mean "both". Naturally, one would wonder whether Dr. Jekyll or Hyde were in that bathing in that picture? From that, I could not resist reminiscing Julia Roberts' equal unforgettable bath tub scene in the hotel with Richard Gere in her landmark movie "Pretty Woman". Her bath symbolized the cleansing of her low esteem occupation and stepped into high society. Were there a spiritual transfer or reincarnation taken place when they were making the Reilly movie? Are there anything Malkovich need to cleanse? Consider 90% of Malkovich's roles were villians, Bierko must be Mr. Clean. Except, Malkovich is the one who has the bald head.