house_daily has new pics of OW from the Sundance Film Festival. I think she's there for her indie film Fix, directed by her husband.

Who's her husband? Love the pics, if she's dressing herself she has a great sense of personal style.

Who's her husband? Tao Ruspoli, a documentary film director and photographer, son of an Italian prince, and Berkeley graduate. This is his first foray into fiction. I do thinks she dresses herself. I've seen that shirt in photos of her from a few years ago.

Thanks, misere (& discovered wiki says he's an accomplished flamenco guitarist too - cool! :D )

OW is interviewed about landing her role in an Apatow production here. She also mentions House and HL: "I miss the show. I miss the character." "I miss Hugh. I'll be watching reruns.'" "He breaks from character after filming, but he keeps the American accent all week. And it's a such an American, Clint Eastwood-esque accent that when on Friday nights he suddenly says, 'Bye, darlings!' in a British accent, it's like, 'What?' " "We pretty much found out when the audience found out," she says. "Then the second I knew I was going to be series regular, the strike happened. So I'm not in that stage of television shooting when you're like 'Oh god, when will it end?' Not yet. And I can't foresee that for awhile." "I thought I'd be the new person and the ratings would plummet and everyone would riot and they'd fire me. But I got lucky."

Isn't there some sort of line in the sand drawn as to when the bullshit meter can just go off? If I hear the idiot canard one more time about actors finding out the same time the audience did....I mean, I guess that's technically true if the entire audience was reading Variety and knew about the casting decisions well before the show got to that point, sure. Maybe TPTB can let her know that she can stop being annoyingly evasive at this point in the interview process. I don't think she's working the bullshit meter too hard here to be honest bailey. To me it just seems like she's trying to say she truly came into this whole thing not knowing what to expect or if she'd land a steady gig and she found out when they taped "Games" just like we found out when we watched "Games." I don't think that's too high on the bullshit really...but that could be colored by the fact that the more I read from her and about her I really like Olivia Wilde. I'm not saying you don't of course!! I'm just saying with me that sometimes colors the way I read things. It's about as helpful as hearing the producers wax on about how House was going to be without his cane because Hugh's back hurt. :?: This part I'm not sure I get. I don't know what you mean here...but I guess if it's more Hugh related and not so OW related we can chat it up in the HL thread.

Isn't there some sort of line in the sand drawn as to when the bullshit meter can just go off? If I hear the idiot canard one more time about actors finding out the same time the audience did....I mean, I guess that's technically true if the entire audience was reading Variety and knew about the casting decisions well before the show got to that point, sure. Maybe TPTB can let her know that she can stop being annoyingly evasive at this point in the interview process. I think TPTB should realize it themselves before they send the memo down to the actors. It's irritating because it's just so ridiculous, but it bothers me more to hear the producers comment on it in the same way. They knew who they were going to hire. I'll buy that the actors themselves didn't realize the pecking order (not Hugh, of course) and I can even let OW and co. slide because even though they knew before us, they were really only about a month ahead of the audience, so if she was only keeping it a secret (you know, ignoring that Variety told us well in advance) for that long, then whatever. But, the producers knew what they were doing and it's just annoying to see them pretend that it just all fell into place...like it was some magical episode of "Amazing Stories" where the story was just flowing out of their fingers and into the typewriter and onto the page and...poof...three regulars were crowned. I don't think that's too high on the bullshit really...but that could be colored by the fact that the more I read from her and about her I really like Olivia Wilde. I like her, too. And yeah...I think you're probably basically right on that. I think her point probably is that she took the initial job not knowing if she'd be made a regular. I can buy that up to the point where they call in agents and managers to lock down deals as they're writing the final couple of shows. Although, I guess to be fair, they probably had committments from all of them before they actually did write the episodes.

I can buy that up to the point where they call in agents and managers to lock down deals as they're writing the final couple of shows. Ah good call. I didn't even think about that! Although, I guess to be fair, they probably had committments from all of them before they actually did write the episodes. Also a good point. Amysusanne you're arguing against yourself here and confusing my already tiny brain even more!! :wink: hughsblues, I just meant that the oft repeated meme coming out of season two (with No Reason and the shooting and House wanting ketamine so he could walk again) was that two seasons of limping around with a cane was causing Hugh's back to hurt so they were going to give him a break and that's why they were exploring other (cane-less) storylines. As it turns out, that break lasted all of 1 1/2 episodes. I guess in real time, that's about 10 shooting days for Hugh. I mean, I really hope his back doesn't hurt, but if it does, the answer really should've just been that they hired a good masseuse for him (ed note: I'll take the job!) instead of continuously talking up this great break they were giving him. And, since then, I don't think they've mentioned Hugh's back, pained or unpained, again. Oh well, must not be important. To make a long story short, it just strikes me as another example of a ridiculous public talking point that never seems to get retired, regardless of how at odds with the facts it is. Ok bailey...I totally see what you mean now! The only thing with that was that for some reason I don't remember hearing about Hugh's back being an issue from anyone actually involved in the show. I feel like I only remember hearing it from "sources close to the set" in some magazine or another. But that's probably me blanking out on it. I'm sure you're remembering it right...and no matter who said it it's all the same...he didn't end up with much of a break anyway! But yeah....OW. Very pretty girl. Very boring as 13. Hey that's cool...we can agree to disagree on that last part. I think where we're gonna have problems is with competing for the job to be Hugh's on set massage person...

It's about as helpful as hearing the producers wax on about how House was going to be without his cane because Hugh's back hurt. The producers didn't say that. That was an idiot speculating in the British press.

"I thought I'd be the new person and the ratings would plummet and everyone would riot and they'd fire me. But I got lucky" They could have casted Paris Hilton and still ratings wouldn't have plummetted. It just shows that HL can carry the show, as if we didn't know that.

Yes, it's such an irritating narrative. And the fact that it's STILL popping up, months after "Games" aired is what has me annoyed. I'm not sure why this is so irritating. All producers put a spin on publicising a new season, and usually there's a basic truth which is hyped in a certain direction. It's not new. I think the assumption we usually have when a new season starts with new cast members is that the writers and cast know who is signed permanently and who isn't. I buy that the final five of this bunch didn't know until well into filming of this arc, and they truly were competing for spots, though I'm sure the producers had their ideas of what they might like when they assembled the cast. I buy that David Shore truly didn't nail down the end of this arc until he saw the actors in action with each other and Hugh. I buy that he liked three so much he managed to wangle an extra spot from his PTB, since we had the number change from 2 to 3 in publicity and rumours. What the producers and actors are deliberately leaving out of their story is that of course they knew well before we did, because they have to produce scripts well in advance. Hence the story in Variety when the actors were signed. Doesn't make their story a lie, just tidied up for publicity, which is a huge part of their business. The basic points are true. We're just paying such close attention we can spot where it's been tidied. I can often spot when Hugh's doing the same, at this point, as I'm sure many fans can who have read everything about and by him they can get their hands on. I don't blame him for it. I think the same about the Hugh is hurting story. David Shore did say Hugh's shoulder hurt at the end of season two--but only once. Hugh has said he's screwing up his shoulder--once. I assume he's taking steps to minimize the stress, and I don't blame the producers for mentioning it once at a time they were planning an arc where how much House has recovered is a key point. They hardly based the preseason publicity on Hugh's actual difficulty.