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'Friends' hunk Matt LeBlanc stars in new movie 'Ed'.(Originated from Providence Journal-Bulletin)
Most actors avoid working with scene-stealing animals.
But ``Friends'' star Matt LeBlanc says he had no second thoughts about co-starring with a baseball-playing chimpanzee in ``Ed,'' a movie that opens Friday. In the film, which will be LeBlanc's first feature film to see wide release, he plays a baseball pitcher who learns a lot about life from his teammate and roommate, the chimp who has the title role.
Actually, Ed isn't a real chimpanzee, but an animatronic mechanical creature. LeBlanc, who shot the film at the end of his first season of ``Friends'' when the TV show was just starting to become a national mania, says he was aware of that fact when he agreed to do the film.
``I think that it was sort of necessary to do it that way because to try and get a real chimp to do ...
- MATT LEBLANC FRIENDLY, FUNNY OFF SET OF 'ED'.(TIMEOUT)
- Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH) Kopp, Craig March 14, 1996 700+ words
...Friends'' star Matt LeBlanc is working with some...leading role in ''Ed'' (opening here...is a chimp,'' LeBlanc explained about his ''Ed'' co-star...And, how about LeBlanc's baseball-playing character in ''Ed,'' a minor league...
- FRIENDS' MATT LEBLANC GOES ONLINE TO PROMOTE HIS UNIVERSAL PICTURES COMEDY, 'ED'
- Press release article from: PR Newswire February 16, 1996 700+ words
...PRNewswire/ -- Matt LeBlanc, star of Universal Pictures...forthcoming buddy comedy "Ed," will take to the cyberwaves...conference via the Internet. LeBlanc, who is familiar to audiences...the entire family, "Ed" stars LeBlanc as Jack "Deuce" Cooper...
- TIRED SCRIPT OF `ED' STRIKES OUT LEBLANC IN HIS FIRST STARRING ROLE.(What's...
- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) Nechak, Paula March 15, 1996 700+ words
Ed'' is supposedly a vehicle to launch Matt LeBlanc, one of the popular television...throw the final pitch. ``Ed'' is a hard movie to watch...animatronics are not very good. And LeBlanc has nothing to do but react to Ed's antics, while accomplished...
- 'ED' SCORES WITH DUO OF ANIMATRONIC APE, LIVE LEBLANC.(L.A. LIFE) (movie review)
- Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) March 15, 1996 700+ words
...NBC's "Friends." LeBlanc plays a careworn minor...mascot chimp named Ed (as in Sullivan). LeBlanc is quite effective as...THE FACTS The film: "Ed" (PG; innocent vulgarisms...The stars: Matt LeBlanc, Jayne Brook and Jack...
- LEBLANC TRAPPED IN A REAL STINKER.(LIVING)
- Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH) Kopp, Craig March 19, 1996 700+ words
...though, because Matt LeBlanc isn't the problem with ''Ed.'' He plays essentially...embarrassment. Word is that LeBlanc signed on for ''Ed'' before the TV...cast. ''Ed'' is Ed Sullivan, a chimp...fans in the stands. LeBlanc is Jack Cooper, a...
- SERIOUS DRAG THERE'S NO JOEY TO BE FOUND IN MATT LEBLANC'S WELL-DRESSED SECRET...
- Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) October 24, 2002 700+ words
...you will. Weber's belief that LeBlanc was the right man for the assignment...version of the TV series in which LeBlanc plays a cocky pilot who romances...baseball-playing chimp film, ``Ed,'' LeBlanc has kept his schedule relatively...
- LEBLANC/HALL.(CNY)
- Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY) July 7, 2002 700+ words
...Linda Jean Hall and Paul Norman LeBlanc. Officiating was the Rev. Joseph...Cincinnatus. The groom is the son of Ed and Ione LeBlanc of Oneida. Matron of honor was...bride. Shelby Kazel and Danielle LeBlanc were flower girls. Best man was...
- LeBlanc's New Movie a Chimp Off the Old Block
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times Jae-Ha Kim March 15, 1996 700+ words
ED (STAR) (STAR) Jack Cooper Matt LeBlanc Chubb Jack Warden...pay big bucks for Ed not to have him play...dopey mannerisms, LeBlanc has an endearing...were bigger than LeBlanc's. If you haven't already guessed, "Ed" is not a great...
