Christian Bale was paid the absolute minimum salary to star in American Psycho (2000).
The amount was so low that the crew literally laughed at him.
He said “makeup artists were laughing at me because I was getting paid less than any of them”
As an online producer at the BBC it was part of my job to keep across new internet trends. I remember searching #BBC on Tumblr when it first started, then quickly trying to close the window before my colleagues saw what I was browsing. Glad to see some things never change.
New series of Not Going Out starts this Friday at 9pm on BBC1. Co-written by @LeeMack and me, which is to say that I write the scripts and Lee writes his name in at the top
Filthy Rich & Catflap (1987). Not quite a Young Ones sequel: writer Ben Elton brings together Nigel Planer, Rik Mayall and Ade Edmonson for a single season of fart gags, innuendo, light entertainment and extreme violence.
Premise? Erm... has-been actor Richard "Richie" Rich and his minder Eddie Catflap get into various scrapes at the behest of seedy agent Ralph Filthy. Guest stars appear to show they are 'down with the kids' and everyone pokes fun at the BBC.
Best remembered for its catchphrases ("Lager frenzy!" "Oo-er, sounds a bit rude!" "Deep, deep troub!") it's hardly repeated and reasonably forgotten, eclipsed by Bottom four years later. But it is a great time capsule of the mid-'80s and there are some solid laughs along the way.
If you're anywhere near London, or even if you're not, get yourself down to Riverside Studios to see this brilliant and hilarious play by Keelan Kember!
OPENING TODAY at Riverside Studios! THANKS FOR HAVING ME - a sharp comedy about romance & chaos. 🎟️ Book now: https://t.co/dyeDriRWpp
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