RottenTomatoes.com
Log In | Register | What is RT?
Check out the new RT Community
  • Home
  • Movies
  • DVD
  • Celebrities
  • News
  • Critics
  • Trailers & Pictures
  • CommunityBeta
  • Features
  • | Columns
  • | Guides
RT Search Powered by Google
help icon Enhanced RT
searches on Google
Click here to turn on enhanced search results from RT on your Google searches.
 
News
Chris Marquette on "Fanboys" Cameos
by Fred Topel | April 28, 2007
Discuss Article
Even though the "Star Wars" trilogies are finished, people are still making movies about them. The internet has been buzzing ever since word of "Fanboys" hit. The story of teenagers in 1998 trying to steal a copy of "Episode I" for their dying friend is packed with relevant cameos, and actor/fanboy Chris Marquette reaped the benefits.

"Yeah, I got to kiss Carrie Fisher, man," he bragged. "That was amazing. That was absolutely amazing. Billy Dee Williams. I didn’t get to meet Kevin Smith. Unfortunately, I was filming something else while they went back and added in that scene. Kevin Smith’s got a scene that he wrote and directed that they added into the movie which unfortunately I didn’t get to. They wanted to be in it but I couldn’t. Yeah, everybody was cool man."

The fanboys have even received praise from the big man himself. "George Lucas saw it and was like, 'I loved this movie. Take all the sound effects from all the original movies, you can have them all and you can use whatever you want.'"

Marquette plays the dying friend on a journey to see the prequel before it's too late. "Fanboys is really nutty. It's wacky, man. They let me and three other guys basically like do and say whatever we wanted to. It's a really great subtext of friendship and they're like me and this guy and he finds out I'm dying and sort of disappeared from my life and now you find out I don't have very much time to live so he sort of comes back into the picture and we rekindle our childhood friendship."

Related Items
Celeb: Chris Marquette
Movie: Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
Fanboys
Bookmark and Share
Comments (1-5 of 5 posts) | Reply
Xhrix
Xhrix writes:
on Apr 28 2007 10:09 AM

I saw a trailor for this movie and I thought it looked absolutely hilarious. Can't wait for it

(Reply to this)
Cicatriz
Cicatriz writes:
on Apr 28 2007 12:22 PM

I hope when they eventually see Ep. 1 they admit that it sucks balls

(Reply to this)
Silver Snake
Silver Snake writes:
on Apr 28 2007 04:02 PM

Man, I'm friggin' jealous. I had a huge crush on Carrie Fisher back in the day. And she still looks great. I'm going to go drink myself into a coma now. :(

Oh yeah, I'll probably see this.


(Reply to this)
cabezone
cabezone writes:
on Apr 29 2007 12:45 AM

In reply to this comment (#863106)
No way that pig lucas lets them use the SW effects if they tell the non fanboy truth about the film.

(Reply to this)
dagreenman18
dagreenman18 writes:
on Apr 30 2007 01:57 PM

And when wil we see this movie? please say right fucking now.

(Reply to this)
Read More Comments
Page | 1
Post Your Comment
You must be registered to post comments. Login or Register.

Related Links

Chris Marquette
  • Pictures
  • News
  • Filmography
  • Forum

Related Articles

  • Original Duo Returning to Witch Mountain Opens in new window (1)
  • Chris Marquette on "Fanboys" Cameos (5)

Most Discussed

  • Box Office Guru Wrapup: Avatar Soars to #1 Spot (261)
  • RT's Best of the Decade! (153)
  • Brittany Murphy: 1977-2009 (115)
  • Five Favorite Films With Peter Jackson (69)
  • Total Recall: Jude Law's Best Movies (56)
  • Critics Consensus: Sherlock Holmes Is Worth Investigating (33)
  • RT on DVD & Blu-Ray: District 9 and (500) Days of Summer (32)
  • Weekly Ketchup: Peter Jackson's Secret Sci-Fi Project (23)
  • Friday Harvest: Sherlock Holmes, Toy Story 3, and more! (10)
  • What We're Watching on Blu-ray from Disney! (9)

Latest News

  • Weekly Ketchup: Peter Jackson's Secret Sci-Fi Project (23)
  • Friday Harvest: Sherlock Holmes, Toy Story 3, and more! (10)
  • Critics Consensus: Sherlock Holmes Is Worth Investigating (33)
  • RT's Best of the Decade! (153)
  • Total Recall: Jude Law's Best Movies (56)
  • What We're Watching on Blu-ray from Disney! (9)
  • RT on DVD & Blu-Ray: District 9 and (500) Days of Summer (32)
  • Five Favorite Films With Peter Jackson (69)
  • Box Office Guru Wrapup: Avatar Soars to #1 Spot (261)
  • Brittany Murphy: 1977-2009 (115)

Latest Interviews

  • Five Favorite Films With Peter Jackson (69)
  • Robert Downey Jr. talks Sherlock Holmes & Iron Man 2 - RT Interview (21)
  • Director Ruben Fleischer Talks Zombieland (2)
  • "I Don't Hate Women": Lars von Trier on Antichrist (17)
  • Eric Bana talks Love the Beast - RT Interview (12)
  • Fight Club Sound Designer Reflects on Film's 10th Anniversary (24)
  • James Schamus talks Taking Woodstock - RT Interview (8)
  • John Hurt Talks Harry Potter, Quentin Crisp and Alien - The RT Interview (16)
  • Terry Gilliam Talks Doctor Parnassus (24)
  • Wes Anderson Talks Fantastic Mr. Fox - RT Interview (9)

Latest Features

  • RT's Best of the Decade! (153)
  • Five Favorite Films With Peter Jackson (69)
  • The Effects of Where the Wild Things Are (34)
  • The Gimmicks That Changed Cinema: Part 2 (7)
  • The Gimmicks That Changed Cinema: Part 1 (37)
  • Five Favorite Films With Avatar's Sam Worthington (60)
  • Exclusive: The World of Where the Wild Things Are (10)
  • Sundance 2010: RT's 10 Most Anticipated Movies (43)
  • 10 Horrifically Profitable Films (46)
  • Ban Them All! 10 Infamously Controversial Movies (107)

Sponsored Links

 
 
About| Site Map| Help| RT To Go| Contact Us| Critics Submission| Linking to RT| Licensing| Movie List| Games| Celebs List| Newsletter
IGN Logo
About Us | Advertise | Contact Us | Press | Careers
IGN | GameSpy | Comrade | Arena | FilePlanet | Direct2Drive | GameSpy Technology
TeamXbox | Game Sites | VE3D | CheatsCodesGuides | GameStats | GamerMetrics
AskMen.com | Rotten Tomatoes | GIGA.DE | What They Play | Battlefield Heroes
By continuing past this page, and by your continued use of this site, you agree to be bound by and abide by the User Agreement.
Copyright 1998-2009, IGN Entertainment, Inc. | Support | Privacy Policy | User Agreement | Subscribe to RT's XML feed! RSS Feeds
IGN’s enterprise databases running Oracle, SQL and MySQL are professionally monitored and managed by Pythian Remote DBA.
Certain product data ©1995-present Muze, Inc. For personal use only. All rights reserved.