News of the absurd.
So there’s this kid, Dominic Scott Kay. He was the voice of Wilbur in Charlotte’s Web (I’m assuming the new version with Dakota Fanning). He’s 10. Somehow, when he was NINE, he got Kevin Bacon to star in a short film that Kay directed, a film based on Kay’s real-life experience trying to nurse an injured dog back to health. Did I mention he’s TEN YEARS OLD? Yeah. So the woman who put up $11,000 as a “charitable contribution” is SUING HIM for creative control over the film. I wish I were joking. Her attorney says it’s a dispute between the woman and Kay’s mother, but really I think she’s just being bitchy. Seriously. He’s TEN. Just because you have some weird inferiority complex because a ten year old directed a film starring Mr. 6° of Separation Himself doesn’t mean you can take said ten year old to court. Gah, and $11,000, in Hollywood terms, isn’t even that much money. I mean, I wouldn’t turn it down if someone offered it to me, but it wouldn’t cover 1/3 of my student loans, much less pay for Kevin-freaking-BACON to star in a film I made (If I made films, which I don’t. Maybe I should. I mean, Kevin Bacon, come on!). Petty BS, that’s what this is, and I’ll stay on top of this story & bring updates as I find them.
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Dominic Scott Kay, Charlotte’s Web, Saving Angelo, Kevin Bacon
January 30th, 2007 at 2:35 pm
I wish you were kidding too.. that just makes my head spin… Kevin Bacon in a film by a NINE year old that someone gave money to under the pretense of giving to cherity? (shudders)
February 1st, 2007 at 5:35 am
Maybe it is a dispute between the mom and this woman. Sounds to me, though, more like this woman is now thinking this kid is going somewhere and wants to make sure she gets in on the take. Be sure to update us on this. It’s interesting!
February 8th, 2007 at 6:48 am
Dude, that sounds do wrong on so many levels. That brings a whole new meaning to the “Mommy Wars.” Dragging a kid into it is awful.