Good things are worth waiting for :)

August 27, 2008 at 7:03 pm · Filed under Blogger event!, Bret, HBO Asia, Jemaine

Hello Conchord fans!

First, my apologies for having disappeared from here. Work has been swampy and it takes too many brain cells to come up with a good post for you guys! Anyway, I just had to log on at the last minute today to share some exciting info about Bret and Jemaine…exciting, but geeky. haha.

Did you know both Bret and Jemaine are bona-fide movie actors?? Ok they are nowhere near the Brad Pitts and Matt Damons but they have been in Hollywood pictures. Just check this out:


Bret. Is. An. Elf!

Haha kudos to Mintea for alerting me to Bret’s blink-and-you’ll-miss-it appearance in LOTR! I’m not an LOTR fan (okay don’t boo me!) so I never knew about his guest turn, nor the term Figwit which was created to refer to his un-named elf and stands for ‘Frodo is great…who is THAT?’ haha. It just tickles me to know that LOTR was really a “grassroots” project for NZ - almost anyone can get a part in it!

Ok ok these are even better. Jemaine - I know I’m biased! - has actually been in a couple of movies prior to acting in Flight of the Conchords and unfortunately for him, his cheesy past is easily available on YouTube! Look at the hip-swivelling going on here:


cheesy or what! :)

There’s more. Jemaine is involved in this upcoming movie called Gentlemen Broncos with Sam Rockwell (“Confessions of a Dangerous Mind”) that’s written by Jared Hess (“Napoleon Dynamite”). Pardon the name-dropping..I’m quite a film geek too :D Anyway he plays this character called Ronald Chevalier and there’s this viral clip of Chevalier floating around cyberspace. I almost couldn’t recognize him but had a great big laugh when it dawned on me!

Isn’t it amazing how actors morph themselves into various roles? I find it damn cool, and it’s added points to both Conchords ‘cos they write songs too! Nothing more attractive than that! I hope this useless info has been of great amusement to you guys because I had great fun digging out the videos hehe.

Now I need to head off to dinner but first - to the Singaporean bloggers, I’ll be seeing you guys tomorrow!! You know who you are; the ones tagged in FOTC 201 and our newly added RSVPs Sheylara, Wilfrid, Willy and Nicholas. I’m very excited to meet everyone tomorrow and I hope this post makes its way to you in time :) We’ve got yummy NZ food and *ahem* hotdogs lined up for you guys. Btw, do come looking glam and armed with cameras; our “slaves” have been toiling to present a fun and uniquely HBO (haha) experience for everyone. Whee!

4 Comments »

  Katinka wrote @ August 29th, 2008 at 10:52 am

Bret was an elf?! hahaha…What’s with him/Orlando Bloom and all that facial hair..talk about overcompensating for the prettiness =)

  HBO Asia Premiere of Flight of the Conchords‏ - A Blogger Event wrote @ August 29th, 2008 at 2:59 pm

[...] was invited to a blogger event hosted by HBO Asia.  And I grabbed Cynthia along to keep me away from the distraction of so many [...]

  Wilfrid wrote @ August 29th, 2008 at 3:02 pm

Hi there, thanks for the invite. It was a lovely event. And yes, I love the new series. Looking forward to the live broadcast. (Love this blog site too)

Keep up the great work!

PS. I have just published a post at my site. Check it out when you have time. Have a good weekend.

  yinqi wrote @ September 1st, 2008 at 6:51 pm

Hi Wilfrid, thanks so much for your kind comments! Maintaining a blog sure looks easier than it actually is :) Also yup thanks for your post - you are the fastest yet haha. Do remember to catch the complete series on HBO; my fave songs are all in the later episodes!

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