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Nick Offerman has recalled the time he spent a whole night in jail, having “experimented with misdemeanours” as a teenager.

Appearing on Wednesday (April 17) night’s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Offerman joked that he was “the douchebag” in a family of “exemplary citizens”.

“I experimented with misdemeanours when I was young,” said the Parks And Recreation star, before detailing the time he was once jailed after he and a group of friends were mistaken for robbers.

“Some friends and I, we can say this now, in California, we were smoking marijuana out behind a community theatre late one night. And some flashlights came along the creek where we were hanging out, and we realised it was police, and so we began to tiptoe away, and they gave chase, and we wisely ran,” Offerman explained.

“And they tackled us and an incredibly tough, diminutive woman who I think may have been Holly Hunter,” he joked, referring to his Paradise co-star, “had her boot on my head and she had her gun on me.”

He continued: “It turned out that a restaurant had been robbed of a bunch of cash up the creek. And they naturally saw these kids running, and we spent the whole night in jail. And the thing is, we were just these innocent, dumb theatre kids, and we were saying, ‘No, we were just out there smoking and talking, officer.’

“Thankfully, we put up enough of a collective front that they decided we weren’t the thieves. They let us go in the morning, so they kept us all night.

“As the sun was coming up, we walked out, and on the front lawn of this sheriff’s station, my friend Greg, who had the one-hitter, the pot-smoking paraphernalia, we said, ‘It’s a bummer you had to throw that in the creek when they were chasing us.’

“He reached into his crotch and pulled it out and was like, ‘You think I’m gonna throw this thing away?’ So we smoked marijuana first thing in the morning in Urbana [Illinois] in front of the sheriff’s station, and now here I am.”

Offerman can currently be seen in Alex Garland’s new dystopian thriller, Civil War. The A24 film, which has divided audiences, stars Kirsten Dunst as a journalist who must make her way to Washington DC before a group of rebels descend on the White House.

In a four-star review of the film, NME described it as a “triumphant achievement by a director truly hitting his stride”.

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Nick Offerman has recalled the time he spent a whole night in jail, having “experimented with misdemeanours” as a teenager.

Appearing on Wednesday (April 17) night’s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Offerman joked that he was “the douchebag” in a family of “exemplary citizens”.

“I experimented with misdemeanours when I was young,” said the Parks And Recreation star, before detailing the time he was once jailed after he and a group of friends were mistaken for robbers.

“Some friends and I, we can say this now, in California, we were smoking marijuana out behind a community theatre late one night. And some flashlights came along the creek where we were hanging out, and we realised it was police, and so we began to tiptoe away, and they gave chase, and we wisely ran,” Offerman explained.

“And they tackled us and an incredibly tough, diminutive woman who I think may have been Holly Hunter,” he joked, referring to his Paradise co-star, “had her boot on my head and she had her gun on me.”

He continued: “It turned out that a restaurant had been robbed of a bunch of cash up the creek. And they naturally saw these kids running, and we spent the whole night in jail. And the thing is, we were just these innocent, dumb theatre kids, and we were saying, ‘No, we were just out there smoking and talking, officer.’

“Thankfully, we put up enough of a collective front that they decided we weren’t the thieves. They let us go in the morning, so they kept us all night.

“As the sun was coming up, we walked out, and on the front lawn of this sheriff’s station, my friend Greg, who had the one-hitter, the pot-smoking paraphernalia, we said, ‘It’s a bummer you had to throw that in the creek when they were chasing us.’

“He reached into his crotch and pulled it out and was like, ‘You think I’m gonna throw this thing away?’ So we smoked marijuana first thing in the morning in Urbana [Illinois] in front of the sheriff’s station, and now here I am.”

Offerman can currently be seen in Alex Garland’s new dystopian thriller, Civil War. The A24 film, which has divided audiences, stars Kirsten Dunst as a journalist who must make her way to Washington DC before a group of rebels descend on the White House.

In a four-star review of the film, NME described it as a “triumphant achievement by a director truly hitting his stride”.

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NME

Nick Offerman has recalled the time he spent a whole night in jail, having “experimented with misdemeanours” as a teenager.

Appearing on Wednesday (April 17) night’s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Offerman joked that he was “the douchebag” in a family of “exemplary citizens”.

“I experimented with misdemeanours when I was young,” said the Parks And Recreation star, before detailing the time he was once jailed after he and a group of friends were mistaken for robbers.

“Some friends and I, we can say this now, in California, we were smoking marijuana out behind a community theatre late one night. And some flashlights came along the creek where we were hanging out, and we realised it was police, and so we began to tiptoe away, and they gave chase, and we wisely ran,” Offerman explained.

“And they tackled us and an incredibly tough, diminutive woman who I think may have been Holly Hunter,” he joked, referring to his Paradise co-star, “had her boot on my head and she had her gun on me.”

He continued: “It turned out that a restaurant had been robbed of a bunch of cash up the creek. And they naturally saw these kids running, and we spent the whole night in jail. And the thing is, we were just these innocent, dumb theatre kids, and we were saying, ‘No, we were just out there smoking and talking, officer.’

“Thankfully, we put up enough of a collective front that they decided we weren’t the thieves. They let us go in the morning, so they kept us all night.

“As the sun was coming up, we walked out, and on the front lawn of this sheriff’s station, my friend Greg, who had the one-hitter, the pot-smoking paraphernalia, we said, ‘It’s a bummer you had to throw that in the creek when they were chasing us.’

“He reached into his crotch and pulled it out and was like, ‘You think I’m gonna throw this thing away?’ So we smoked marijuana first thing in the morning in Urbana [Illinois] in front of the sheriff’s station, and now here I am.”

Offerman can currently be seen in Alex Garland’s new dystopian thriller, Civil War. The A24 film, which has divided audiences, stars Kirsten Dunst as a journalist who must make her way to Washington DC before a group of rebels descend on the White House.

In a four-star review of the film, NME described it as a “triumphant achievement by a director truly hitting his stride”.

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Martin Scorsese is reportedly eyeing Andrew Garfield and Miles Teller to star in his new film about Jesus Christ.

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According to Variety, the director is looking to bypass the studio system and independently finance the film, titled A Life Of Jesus. He took the same approach with his 2016 drama Silence, in which Garfield also starred.

The report adds that Garfield is being eyed for the titular role or to play one of the disciples, while Teller has also been linked to the project. It’s not yet clear, however, whether the actors will play separate roles or if they’re both being considered for the leading part.

The upcoming film will not be based on the Bible but A Life of Jesus – a 1973 fictional retelling of Jesus’s life by Shūsaku Endō.

Further details about the project are currently under wraps, but Scorsese recently told America Magazine that it will not be a “usual, straight narrative” that recounts the life and times of Jesus.

In a more recent update at the Berlin Film Festival, the director admitted that he still isn’t sure how he’s going to tackle the film.

“I’m contemplating it right now,” he said. “What kind of film I’m not quite sure, but I want to make something unique and different that could be thought-provoking and I hope also entertaining. I’m not quite sure yet how to go about it.

“Maybe I’ll get some sleep and then wake up and I’ll have this fresh idea of how to do it,” the director added.

“The possibilities of making a film, the concept of Jesus, the idea of Jesus really stems from my background growing up in the Lower East Side, my interest in Catholicism, in the priesthood, which really led I think, ultimately to the film Silence.”

Elsewhere, Scorsese is also set to direct a Frank Sinatra biopic starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Jennifer Lawrence is reportedly being considered for the role of Sinatra’s second wife, the actress Ava Gardner.

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The cast of Pulp Fiction have honoured Bruce Willis at a reunion event celebrating the film’s 30th anniversary.

The film’s stars Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman and John Travolta gathered for a Hollywood screening of Quentin Tarantino‘s 1994 cult classic, but Willis, who is living with frontotemporal dementia, did not attend.

Willis’ daughter Tullulah and his wife of 15 years Emma Heming Willis were there to represent the actor’s involvement in the film, in which he played boxer Butch Coolidge.

Other cast members in attendance at the TCM Classic Film Festival on Thursday (18 April) included Rosanna Arquette, Phil LaMarr, Julia Sweeney, Frank Whaley, and Eric Stoltz.

In Willis’s absence, his daughter Tallulah honoured him by wearing a black baseball cap with “Bruce” embroidered in white letters.

Speaking to Entertainment Tonight, Travolta opened up about his relationship with Willis and shared some memories of their time working together.

“Bruce and I had a history. We did Look Who’s Talking together, and we had a massive success with it,” explained Travolta. “So we were [friends]. We had been on vacation together, Kelly [Preston] and I with Bruce and Demi [Moore]. So this was not new. We were comfortable with each other.

“It was very easy to be with each other and relax, you know?” Travolta added. “And there was real genuine care. And we felt lucky we were in a very special movie [Pulp Fiction].”

In February 2023, Willis’s family announced that the actor’s aphasia condition – affecting cognitive abilities – had developed into frontotemporal dementia (FTD).

“We now have a more specific diagnosis: frontotemporal dementia,” Willis’ family wrote in a statement with the Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration. “Unfortunately, challenges with communication are just one symptom of the disease Bruce faces. While this is painful, it is a relief to finally have a clear diagnosis.”

Since his diagnosis, Heming has continued to share updates about Willis’ health on social media. In March, she hit back at reports that her husband is “living without joy” as a result of his deterioration.

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Henry Cavill has suggested he may be “too old now” to play James Bond, despite the persistent rumours linking him to the role.

The Argylle actor made the admission during a recent appearance on The Rich Eisen Show while promoting his new Guy Ritchie film The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare.

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Asked if he had any Bond casting updates, Cavill replied: “I have no idea. All I have to go off of is the rumours. I have the same information you have. “Maybe I’m too old now or maybe I’m not. We’ll see what the [producers’] plans are.”

Speculation about Cavill’s casting was recently reignited due to a fake viral trailer, partially created by AI, that reimagined the former Superman actor as 007 and Margot Robbie as his Bond Girl.

The AI-generated trailer garnered over 2.5 million views on YouTube and further stoked fan interest in Cavill being named as the new Bond following Daniel Craig’s departure.

Cavill’s history with the 007 franchise dates back to Casino Royale, where he auditioned for the role but lost out to Craig.

Back in February, during a joint interview, Argylle director Matthew Vaughn revealed to Cavill that he almost beat Craig to the role, but was ultimately deemed “too young” by the producers.

“It got down to the last two for Bond… And I know that the director preferred your audition. But [producer] Barbara [Broccoli] preferred [Craig],” Vaughn told Cavill. “So, just so you know, and they decided you were too young.”

Cavill noted that Craig “did an amazing job” with his iteration of the iconic spy character, adding: “He and everyone else involved breathed new life into the franchise, which did it wonders.”

Speaking to Men’s Health in 2019, Cavill shared the story of his failed screen test for Casino Royale, admitting that he “probably could prepared better”.

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