Stephen Sommers (The Mummy) tells EW that he did not insist that Sienna Miller’s breasts be enhanced for his forthcoming action movie G.I. Joe. A widely circulated news story quotes the British actress (pictured, in G.I. Joe) as saying that, in the film, she wears, “a tight black leather outfit. And much bigger boobs…. They gave me these things that looked like chicken fillets. The director said, ‘I’m gonna be honest, I like girls with big boobs,’ and I don’t have them so we made them bigger…. At least he’s honest. But I was mildly offended.” Sommers says he was aware of the story –- we suppose you could say he kept abreast of the situation -– but claims it is untrue. “Everybody here laughed because they know I would NEVER say that to an actress,” says the filmmaker. “I guess the costume department gave her a tight fitting bra, but no one gave her rubber breasts or whatever. It is 100 percent Sienna Miller.”
Sommers adds that G.I. Joe, which also stars Dennis Quaid and features a cameo from his Mummy star Brendan Fraser, was partly inspired by the Sean Connery-era James Bond movies. “I always loved the old Bonds,” he says. “It’s funny now how Bond wants to be Bourne. I loved Quantum of Solace, but it was like, man, this is a completely different movie to the Bonds I grew up with. In a very contemporary way, G.I. Joe is inspired by the memory of the kind of movies I saw when I was younger. I remember being in the theater for Thunderball and the big underwater battle at the end of that movie just blew my socks off. In G.I. Joe, there’s an underwater battle under the polar icecap that’s Thunderball times 10!”
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Whose marriage are you going to wreck next, Sienna? SKANK!!!
So anyone here if this movie is actually going to be good ? Just some of the casting has me scratching my head.
can’t wait till that
GI Joe was awful when it was a cartoon, a cheap unrealistic ploy to sell toys. This movie will be no better regardless of who is in it, who directed, or what the story is. I can not stand the sell toys mentality that these merchandiser based genre snorefests have created. There is nothing that this or a new transformers movie can do to change my mind. Try content.
Look im sorry that your parents sheltered you from a childhood. or the fact that you are 13 years old in your parents basement and are upset that the toy’s of your childhood suck! don’t be jealous just embrace the fact that we are giving you a piece of great amercian 1980’s history. go back to playing world of warcraft and sponging off your parents.
mage?!
i’m sorry you didn’t have a childhood.
Sommers is a hack. What moron gave him money to make GI JOI? Vive la Quebec!!!!!
my question is why would you take inspiration from Bond instead of the actual cartoon and stories from the toy line. anyway, based on casting and stills i’ve seen thus far this looks about as bad as the new street fighter movie.
This from the guy who ‘loved’ the Universal Monsters so much as a kid he grew up and made the downright offensive Van Helsing. We’ve been warned.
I can’t wait for this movie. it could be terrible, but my favorite cartoon of all time is being made into a movie, so i gots to be there
Porkchop Sandwiches!
Say it with me…”and knowing is half the battle!”
I will have to make sure to bring my grape soda and chocolate donuts! Or maybe a bottle of Yo-Jo cola.
I’m sorry, but I’m afraid this is going to be absolutely lame. So disappointing.
Thats so spiteful and vain to diss the director.So uncool.
It sounds like Sienna had to spread more derogatory rumours about the Director like she did with Ridley Scott and Crowe because they did not like her.
Yeah she is spiteful and nasty.
As long as Channing Tatum wears some padding in the bulge, I’ll all for it.
Hey, Sienna…sure hope you weren’t planning on a sequel. You should try telling the truth sometime, dearie, it can be fun!
Great! This movie is going to be lame and corny like old James Bond movies! If they did anything right it was rehashing the James Bond franchise so it got away from the lameness that it was. Now we have to endure the pilaging of the G.I. Joe franchise with some lame crap might as well of hired McG to captain this sinking ship.
I don’t think you’re using the word “rehash” right there. I think you mean revamp, or something similar. To rehash is to do the same thing over, with things just moved around a bit. If you’re talking about changing a franchise by completely altering the formula, like they did with Bond, then that’s revamping.
Not that I think this movie’s going to be any good; just look at it! It’s an action movie… based on toys… from the 80’s…from the director of the Mummy. Not exactly the formula for high art.
I can see where the director is coming from. I don’t like that Bond is trying to imitate other contemporary spy movies like the Bourne franchise. What I would like to see is a Bond movie that can stand apart from both contemporary spy movies and classic Bond, with its own identity and style.
I couldn’t help but notice that the director cites Thunderball as an inspiration on the GI Joe film. Thunderball is considered to be one of the worst classic Bond films!
mhmmm.. I love porkchop Sandwiches!.. LMAO…
Greybob, its based on a cartoon series its supposed to be OTT!
I’m actually looking forward to this movie. If done correctly cheesy action movies are awesome. I hope Sienna Miller’s part isn’t too big. She annoys the crap out of me. I’m from Pittsburgh and never got over the S***sburgh comment. She acted like a spoiled brat the entire time she was in town. I’ve heard tons of horror stories.
John P. – Miller’s part should be fairly large, as the Baroness is one of the main villains and central characters to the G.I. JOE mythos.
I’m personally very excited for this. Sommers has yet to make a bad movie, and I have no doubt he’ll be turning out the best popcorn flick of 2009!
Joe, lets hope Sienna doesnt try to drag it down any further.
their were never any females in GI JOE, what are you guys doing of course sex sells but come on you really think they belong in the movie
you guys are trying to hard come on now,all others plz tell me youve seen females on the cartoon maybe some innocent bystander that was kidnapped by the crimson or cobra himself anyway somebody’s gonna hate on my comment
Some of you should know that there was more than just a “toy line”, there where comics by Larry Hamma, that was the escence of G.I. Joe, I`ve been reading all these blogs about how this movie is based on a “toy line”,….well it’s NOT.
Besides the movie will totaly suck,…Im a huge fan of G.I. Joe,…and I have to say…the movie WILL SUCK because Cobra Commander looks plain silly, my god! was it so hard to make a hood or a faceplate and a helmet? what’s up with that translucent skelleton mask? that’s just stupid, makes me wanna grab that so called “creative designer” and rip his lungs out!,….Also is there a way to contac the idiotic director Stephen Sommers,…I dont think he’s aware of all the angry fans and the people who arent fans and still got dissapointed at Cobra Commander’s lame movie look,….if anybody knows how to contact him, let me know,…delay the movie, change the outfit maybe theres still time to save it!!!!!!!!
-a dissapointed and pissed fan-
john andre salazar You are retarded!!! There are females in GI Joe maybe if you actually watched the cartoon you would know that. Did you forget about Cover Girl, Lady Jaye, The Baroness, Jinx, Scarlett, Zarana. C’mon now if you were really a fan of GI JOE you would know this. Read up on stuff before you say some stupid crap like that!!
sienna miller look fine with black hair i gotta see this movie
I’ve seen this movie and was struck at how little made sense. What was most striking for me was the lead actor had no presence. I didn’t get that either he or the Wayans character really belonged in this elite squad of the elite. To make matters worse the Wayans character was “dumbed” down through the entire movie. He only had interest in joining GI Joe squad because “his boy” did, his character is played up as stupid, he’s the goofy joke jester and the one who doesn’t read and only passes to get into the Squad because they took his average scores and kept him. Really? Seriously stereotypical and insulting for a black character who’s supposed to be good enough to be cherry picked for this squad. But I shouldn’t expect more from the same people who created a black character in Transformers who is supposed to be a supreme hacker and still lives at home with his grandmother, plays video games, overeats donuts, is too neurotic to handle interrogations, jokes through out the movie, and only gets into the job to save the world by his white friend who he mentored in the first place. The action in this movie has impressive moments of CGI which keeps you watching. However, I found myself praying for those moments not to end so that I didn’t have to listen to seriously strained and awkward dialogue moments. The ninja has the best scenes. Also, the fact that the President is white and this is 2009 and well past the election made this movie feel dated to me instantly.
Valerie – “Also, the fact that the President is white and this is 2009 and well past the election made this movie feel dated to me instantly.”
Really now? Considering at the start of the movie, it says Int the not too distant future, meaning a few years from now, I take that to mean that it isn’t 2009 with Obama as President. But maybe I’m just reading too little into a movie instead of the usual too much.