Six Degress of Me

I am a mere two degrees of separation from Morgan Freeman and John Cusack, thanks to a friend of the family.

He's also been in two movies staring Wesley Snipes.  Perhaps this will become a niche for him?

Could be worse; among the top keywords for him on IMDB are:  decapitation, neck breaking scene, person on fire, and undead.  I really wish he'd do more romantic comedies, or period pieces, because it would make going to see his films a lot easier.  Although it was pretty damn cool that he was the first person on screen in Resident Evil, and the first person listed in the credits.

His other niche, at least in the US market, is Discovery Channel re-enactments.  Got news today that he'll be in the show kicking off Shark Week this year.

And to think, I watched MTV with the guy back in junior high.

I'm also, through a different route, two degrees of separation from Annie Leibovitz.  But it appears I don't get to play the IMDB game with her anymore.

Comments

[Jennifer of Dog.Yarn.Knit.]

Oh...John Cusack....

[Fawn]

Ditto Jennifer's comment.

Sam's friend's wife is the step-sister of the wives of both Joshua Malina (one of my favorite TV actors) and Timothy Busfield, who is not so bad either. They have a rustic family cabin up on Tahoe where we stayed last December. So my butt has sat where 2 West Wingers have sat.

Did you follow that?

Also, they recently filmed a movie called Feast of Love, which stars Morgan Freemen, where I work (Reed College). Some of my co-workers saw him and some of the other stars on campus. I was surprised--they just let us walk through the scenes when they weren't filming if we needed to cross that part of campus.

[Swankette]

Fawn:

I'll see your Morgan Freeman, and up you Robert DeNiro, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Marlee Matlin, and Melissa Gilbert. I used to work at the Solomon Courthouse in downtown PDX and a Lifetime made for TV movie (with Matlin and Gilbert) was filmed in the lobby, and the courtroom scenes for Men of Honor were filmed the other side of the wall from where my desk was.

[Shannin]

My dad's partner, Dean, wrote & directed "Footloose" so there's the Kevin Bacon & Sarah Jessica Parker link...

[Alison]

My dad was in a production of West Side Story with Bebe Neuwirth as Anita, so that connects to the casts of Cheers and Frazier with two steps.