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opinionista:
--- Quote from: jstephens9 on March 16, 2008, 12:22:22 pm ---I had the same thought as Optom concerning what Heath would have done if things would have been the other way around. Would he have made a statement about Jake? I still do find it strange that Jake has said absolutely nothing and it appears that he will not. I actually did see Maggie speaking of Heath this past Friday on Entertainment Tonight. She was talking about what a great actor he was.
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Well, there's a movie coming up where both Heath and Maggie are in so I'm not surprised she actually spoke about him. Heath is one of the leading actors of Batman so speaking about him it is probably mandatory and expected. In fact, I actually expect her to speak more about Heath in the months to come, when the movie promotion actually begins.
Also, Daniel Day Lewis, Naomi Watts and even Maggie had the ocassion to say something about Heath. They all did it duing interviews and awards ceremonies. When Jake's new movie Brothers is released he'll probably say something because as the lead actor he will have to give out interviews, and I am pretty sure journalists will not miss the opportunity to ask him about Heath.
I personally think it'd be an act of disrespect to Heath's family and even to Michelle if Jake had given out a public statement about Heath's death, considering how private Heath was. Jake is a smart man and I'm sure he knows what he's doing. The important people here are Heath and his family, not us. Jake had to show respect to them not to us. Just my 2 cents.
opinionista:
--- Quote from: Snavel on March 16, 2008, 01:14:46 pm ---Thank you. You put it in words much better, because even though I thought I had explained it pretty clearly in my previous post, there are obviously still people who either don't get what I say or don't read what I say carefully enough. That doesn't matter, I will drop this thing now and never come back to it, because it's a senseless discussion anyway. It shouldn't even be a damn discussion, but that's what people are making out of it, even blaming people for not valuing the lesson of Brokeback Mountain. What crap.
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I don't think people are criticising the way you feel about this issue, but pretty much stating their opinion.
mvansand76:
--- Quote from: opinionista on March 16, 2008, 03:49:24 pm ---I don't think people are criticising the way you feel about this issue, but pretty much stating their opinion.
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Who said anything about criticism? I didn't. I was just wondering if people actually read what I wrote before stumbling back into that weeks-old and chewed out discussion.
louisev:
--- Quote from: opinionista on March 16, 2008, 03:27:36 pm ---Well, there's a movie coming up where both Heath and Maggie are in so I'm not surprised she actually spoke about him. Heath is one of the leading actors of Batman so speaking about him it is probably mandatory and expected. In fact, I actually expect her to speak more about Heath in the months to come, when the movie promotion actually begins.
Also, Daniel Day Lewis, Naomi Watts and even Maggie had the ocassion to say something about Heath. They all did it duing interviews and awards ceremonies. When Jake's new movie Brothers is released he'll probably say something because as the lead actor he will have to give out interviews, and I am pretty sure journalists will not miss the opportunity to ask him about Heath.
I personally think it'd be an act of disrespect to Heath's family and even to Michelle if Jake had given out a public statement about Heath's death, considering how private Heath was. Jake is a smart man and I'm sure he knows what he's doing. The important people here are Heath and his family, not us. Jake had to show respect to them not to us. Just my 2 cents.
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yes, that is pretty much what I am getting at. Jake has not said anything to anybody in the press, about anything from what I can determine, and won't until he is doing press for a film.
MilAn:
--- Quote from: louise van hine on March 16, 2008, 06:07:21 pm ---yes, that is pretty much what I am getting at. Jake has not said anything to anybody in the press, about anything from what I can determine, and won't until he is doing press for a film.
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I think when death is concerned it should be different. There are many other friends and co-stars who are as private as Jake who commented on Heath's death via statement when asked, and i'm sure Jake was among those contacted by the press. Not every statement came frome public appearances, like Ang Lee's first beautiful tribute, it was released by his PR.
Just a few days ago, press contacted Jake to ask him where his foot injury came from, his PR replied immediately that it was an accident happend during a basketball game! In this case he didn't ignore the press!
Oh, just wanted to add that i added more quotes from friends and co-stars in the Heath tributes thread. Check it out! :)
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