Pauly Shore ‘Was Up All Night Crying’ After Richard Simmons Did Not Approve Planned Biopic
On Thursday, April 25, Shore, 56, shared a lengthy Instagram response to Simmons’ latest message about the film.
“You guys, I was up all night crying regarding Richard Simmons’ tweet,” the comedian wrote, alongside a screenshot of Simmons’ Facebook statement. “Richard, how do you not approve of this movie? I mean, really, who’s better to play you in a movie than ME?”
Shore went on to say that Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt were not likely to play Simmons, joking that “Everyone already thinks I’m you. We’re the same. Beautiful, inside and out.”
Next, Shore invited Simmons, 75, to hear his and writer Jordan Allen-Dutton’s pitch for the biopic, offering to bring “some warm matzo ball soup and a pastrami sandwich with dark mustard from Canters” to Simmons’ house.
“I know you, Richard. We used to hang out back in the day,” Shore wrote. “I’d always see you at The Comedy Store. You’re my old buddy. Richard, you’re going to love our movie. We’re going to make the most beautiful cinematic masterpiece that’s going to honor you in a way that you’ll drop to your knees and cry with joy and happiness.”
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | April 27, 2024 3:47 AM
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Why would he think Richard would have approved him playing Richard?
You know Richard is offended that Pauly Shore thinks he looks like Richard. Richard would want Timothee or Aaron Taylor Johnson to play him.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | April 26, 2024 5:30 PM
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Was he Shaking and Crying?
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | April 26, 2024 5:31 PM
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It's a bit manipulative of Shore.
Perhaps, Simmons simply would prefer not to have aspects of his personal life dramatized for entertainment. At least a documentary pretends to be factual. A biopic will twist aspects and merge people in order to tighten the story.
Who we are is more than the big dramatic events in our lives. It's the small, daily interactions and "boring" stuff that don't make for good cinema that makes us who we are.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | April 26, 2024 5:40 PM
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I guess Shore thinks he's being funny, but he's not.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | April 26, 2024 6:00 PM
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A drama queen playing a drama queen.
How perfect.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | April 27, 2024 3:47 AM
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