Darren Lynn Bousman, director of “Repo! The Genetic Opera” was almost put in time-out by his moms upon her hearing of the casting of hotel heiress, Paris Hilton, in his new film. Bousman admits that he struggled with the idea of having the paparazzi pimple in his film: “I was adamantly opposed to casting Paris because the first thing people said to me was, ‘Think of the press you’ll get if you put Paris in it.’ I thought, ‘Whatever horror cred I have is about to go down the toilet.”
Primarily, he should have been concerned about his dear mother’s feelings, because she seemed like the person hurt most by the decision. “My mother calls me crying from Kansas City – ‘Why did you cast her, that charlatan?’ She was very upset.
“My mother logged onto this website and read, ‘Paris Hilton caught smoking dope in back alley.’ That’s not Paris Hilton. The paparazzi took pictures during a break while we were recording the soundtrack and she was drinking a water; the smoke was coming from the musicians smoking cigarettes.”
Bousman has come to terms with his decision and seems to be content with the performance and appearance of Hilton. “She stayed at the exact same hotel and ate at the same restaurants, and went to the same shitty bar as all of us. I’m a dive bar kind of guy and she didn’t come with an entourage or a single dog. She had just gotten out of her legal trouble so it was important for her to show that she wasn’t this person. She really won me over.”
The jury is still out on ‘Repo!,’ but based on the film’s trailer and C-list cast, we aren’t expecting much [ed.
22% on Rotten Tomatoes, not good]. Not even from the charmer herself, Paris Hilton.
