I wanted to share this wonderful article with Verne Troyer that appeared in LA Confidential Magazine in December. In the article he recalls what it was like to work with the late Heath Ledger in his final film.
My thanks to Verne and Ray for sharing this amazing article with us.
CLICK ON THUMBNAIL FOR ORIGINAL SIZE TO READ THE ARTICLE
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Awesome, Verne! The snippet of dialogue Esquire has chosen is one of my favorite “Percy” moments.
Source: Esquire Magazine
By The Editors
The 11th Annual Alternative Oscars
Because someone has to be the arbiter of talent among actors, directors and writers in the film industry
Dwarf of the Year
Verne Troyer in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Christopher Plummer, as the film’s odd and possibly insane title character, to his loyal, witty, endearing sidekick: “What would I do without you?” Troyer, as the sidekick: “Get a midget.”
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We just received this from our friend, Verne Troyer, who we all know is Dr. Parnassus own Percy. (I just loved Verne’s portrayal of him!) Verne just spent 11 days in South Africa making a commercial and sent this special little present along to us. I love it!
I’ll have more great news for you later today so we can all catch up on what’s happening with Verne.
And, to Verne and Ray – “Thank you for your amazing support. We love you guys!”
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Below is a list of the cities in Germany where Terry Gilliam’s The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus will be playing. CLICK HERE for the link to the individual theaters showing the film in these cities! Book your tickets TODAY!
Bochum
Bonn
Borken
Braunschweig
Bremen
Bremerhaven
Bruchsal
Burghausen
Cham
Chemnitz
Coburg
Coesfeld
Crailsheim
Darmstadt
Deggendorf
Delmenhorst
Dettelbach
Diepholz
Dormagen
Dorsten
Dortmund
Dresden
Düren
Düsseldorf
Ellwangen (Jagst)
Elmshorn
Emden
Erding
Erfurt
Erlangen
Essen
Esslingen am Neckar
Euskirchen
Frankfurt (Oder)
Frankfurt am Main
Freiburg
Friedrichshafen
Fritzlar
Fulda
Garbsen
Gelsenkirchen
Gera
Göppingen
Görlitz
Goslar
Göttingen
Greifswald
Gronau (Westf.)
Günthersdorf
Gütersloh
Hachenburg
Hagen
Halberstadt
Halle (Saale)
Hamburg
Hamm (Westf.)
Hannover
Hechingen
Heidelberg
Heidenheim
Heilbronn
Herne
Hildesheim
Hof
Hürth
Husum
Ingolstadt
Iserlohn
Jena
Kaiserslautern
Karlsruhe
Kassel
Kaufbeuren
Kiel
Koblenz
Köln
Konstanz
Krefeld
Landau in der Pfalz
Landsberg am Lech
Landshut
Leipzig
Leverkusen
Lich
Lingen
Lippstadt
Lörrach
Lübeck
Lüdenscheid
Ludwigsburg
Ludwigshafen
Lüneburg
Magdeburg
Mainz
Mannheim
Marburg
Meiningen
Memmingen
Mengen
Meppen
Mönchengladbach
Mülheim an der Ruhr
München
Münster
Neckarsulm
Neu-Ulm
Neubrandenburg
Neuburg a.d. Donau
Neufahrn b.Freising
Neumünster
Neunkirchen/Saar
Nidderau
Nürnberg
Nürtingen
Oberhausen
Offenbach am Main
Offenburg
Oldenburg (Oldb)
Olpe
Osnabrück
Paderborn
Passau
Pfaffenhofen a.d. Ilm
Pforzheim
Pirmasens
Plattling
Plauen
Potsdam
Ravensburg
Recklinghausen
Regensburg
Reutlingen
Rheine
Rosenheim
Rostock
Rudolstadt
Saarbrücken
Saarlouis
Salzgitter
Schifferstadt
Schorndorf
Schwäbisch Hall
Schweinfurt
Schwerin
Siegen
Sindelfingen
Singen (Hohentwiel)
Solingen
Speyer
Starnberg
Stralsund
Stuttgart
Suhl
Sulzbach (Taunus)
Trier
Troisdorf
Tuttlingen
Überlingen
Ulm
Verden (Aller)
Viernheim
Villingen-Schwenningen
Vilsbiburg
Waiblingen
Waldkraiburg
Walldorf
Walsrode
Weimar
Wesel
Westerland
Wiesbaden
Wildau
Wilhelmshaven
Wolfenbüttel
Wolfsburg
Wuppertal
Würzburg
Zweibrücken
Zwickau
Berlin
Köln
München
Bremen
Köln
Hamburg
München
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Our friend, Dr. Parnassus’ “Percy”, Verne Troyer has been busy being his fun, daredevil self and recently spent some time trying out the flying trapeze on the Santa Monica pier here in Los Angeles. Having a terrible fear of heights myself, I so admire his daring! Verne is one of those people who is always living life to its fullest and finding new adventures every day. He jumps into every new adventure the same way he did his role as “Percy” in Dr. Parnassus, with his whole heart! I love that about him. It’s never a dull moment! Awesome Verne!
Find more videos like this on Verne Troyer’s Looking Up
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Courtesy Of vernetroyer.com
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Source: Palm Beach Pulse
Verne Troyer has played some man-sized roles even though he remains best known as Mini-Me for his hysterical scene-stealing performances in the Austin Powers movies. Now, he’s co-starring in Terry Gilliam’s The Imagination of Dr. Parnassus, the film that Heath Ledger sadly never finished.
Parade.com’s Jeanne Wolf found out why Troyer will never forget the star who died so tragically–and learns a bit more about the 32-inch-tall actor’s humble (and sweet) beginnings.
Remembering Heath Ledger.
“I just think of having dinner with him and being able to talk to him and being surprised that he was really open and down to earth. He was a kind, giving person, even on set. And he had huge enthusiasm, which was sort of contagious.”
Carrying on.
“I actually didn’t even really think about whether we’d ever go back into production after his death. My first thoughts were with his family. I just thought it was impossible that he was gone. Then, when Terry Gilliam sort of recovered, he talked to us about not quitting. I think we all came together as a group, as a family you know, to finish it for Heath. Johnny Depp just stepped in and went to work. I think he wanted to honor Heath. And he gave all the money he was paid to Heath’s child as did Colin Farrell and Jude Law.”
If you think his character is a little nasty…
“There is a lot of me in Percy, the assistant to Dr. Parnassus. I can be a little sarcastic and even a little sadistic sometimes, just like him. I like to have fun so you know when I’m sarcastic it’s usually trying to be funny. It’s a good way to make people laugh sometimes.”
Ready for bigger roles.
“I can play the leading man. I can play the action hero, maybe in just a different way. I look at it as, you know, if you set your mind to it, you can do it. And I’m just trying to show people that I’m more than Mini-Me, even though I loved playing him and I’d do him again in a minute if Mike Meyers asked me. The only part that I don’t really like is when a person sees me on the street they say, ‘Mini-me, I’m your greatest fan.’ And it’s like, ‘If you’re my greatest fan you should know my name.’”
Talk about coming a long way.
“I was working at a candy-wrapping factory before I became an actor. I admit I snuck some hard candy, which is great because you can suck on it while you’re working. You had to be careful of the chocolate though, because you can’t hide that too well. I still pinch myself that I ended up in Hollywood. And I am still surprised at the fans. I went to Thailand recently and I was amazed at how many people recognized me.”
Taking on the Internet.
“I’ve launched a new Web site, vernetroyer.com. It’s linked to a social networking site called Looking Up, which is similar to Facebook. I get to chat with people that like my movies and just stay in touch with fans. I’m also in the beginning stage of writing a book. It’s going to be an autobiography about how I grew up.”
So what will we read that would surprise us?
“I used to be Amish. I had to stay a lot with my grandparents or aunts and uncles who are Amish, so I was sort of partially Amish. When I go back there now I still get into that culture. I can drive a horse and buggy because they don’t use cars. And, of course, there’s no electricity. I respect them a lot. The Amish like to live a very plain lifestyle, the way they think God intended. It sort of brings you back to like Little House on the Prairie days or something.”
What gave him the boost to succeed.
“My parents are the ones that gave me the opportunity to be able to be here and do what I’m doing. They always taught me that you can do anything you set your mind to. My whole family is average size. I have an older brother and a younger sister and, basically, they didn’t treat me any different. I had to do everything that they did. So I learned that you need to stay optimistic, stay positive. I still believe that. Hollywood’s a tough, tough business.”
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Lily Cole and Verne Troyer will talk about The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus tonight, December 21 on the Reelzchannel on dierectv 7 and 10:30 pm
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To the fans of The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus, it’s stars and Terry Gilliam,
NOW IT IS OUR TURN TO SHOW HOW MUCH US FANS CARE! HELP GIVE THE GIFT OF IMAGINATION FOR THE HOLIDAYS! THE TIME HAS COME FOR US TO BE HEARD!!!!!
We need your help. We need your participation. If you are willing to donate a couple of hours of your time on December 12, 2009 to the promotion of the film in and around New York City or Los Angeles, please contact me immediately. All I need is a couple of hours and we can make a difference for this film in the USA. Your participation for this one, very fun event, is much needed and appreciated. Let’s show Terry and the cast of the film that we’re there for them. CONTACT ME TODAY AT THE EMAIL ADDRESS BELOW!
doctorparnassus@rocketmail.com
Or just CLICK the contact button in the side bar of the homepage here.
You won’t be sorry! Let’s give back to Gilliam and this cast, just a bit of the love, devotion and support they have given to us!
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I just wanted to take a moment to re-post this letter from me to all of you that I posted in October and to say that my appreciation and admiration of each and every one of you only grows every day! I cannot thank you or praise you enough as far as I am concerned. You are simply the best! Now come on, let’s help the world see Dr. Parnassus!!!!!
My name is Theresa and I am the administrator of The Imaginarium Of Dr. Parnassus Support Site. I want to take a moment to express my tremendous appreciation to all of you who come here and support The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus, Terry Gilliam, the wonderful cast of the film and our website. I have been so busy of late working on the site that I often feel I have neglected to let all of you know how very much I appreciate you and how important you are to the life of this film.
We truly are a grass roots campaign to support The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus. We are totally unofficial; we are completely fan run and fan driven. We do not receive any money of any kind from any source other than my own personal funds. The site is owned by me and I’m just a fan like all of you. Everything that is done for this movie on our site is done by fans who unselfishly volunteer their time, efforts and talent around the world. We truly are a global family who may struggle with language barriers (thank heaven for translators) and have different reasons for being here, but we have a common goal and we support and help one another in that goal. We are here because we believe in The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus and want the whole world to see it. We’re here because we want to be heard and we know we have a louder and more powerful voice when we speak together as one. I cannot name another site on the internet who is more grassroots than that.
I am so proud of this site and every single person who comes here. You are wonderful, generous, passionate people. I know for a fact that Terry Gilliam has such admiration for all of you and is so appreciative of everything you are doing for The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus. He has sent messages to the site to let us know this. He continues to tell absolutely EVERYONE about you and about the site. The same holds true for Verne Troyer and Lily Cole.
Without you, none of these wonderful things our site has accomplished and hopes to accomplish would ever happen. I want you to know that. I want you to hear it from me and I want you to know my deep appreciation of every last one of you around the world. Every time I see a video you make to support the film, a public support campaign like the beautiful masked fans in Italy, a fan made graphic, an email that is sent to help get the movie into more theaters, I just count myself so privileged to be in your company. People like you will change the landscape for these amazing, small films. What you are doing is groundbreaking, courageous and you lend such power to the voice of the movie going public. The “every man” in every country.
I’d like to take a quick moment to specifically thank two people who are totally indispensable to this site who most of you don’t know. They are Jodelle and Raychella. These wonderful women spend countless hours researching, supporting, visiting other forums, helping me, providing information and making videos available to you. Without them I would be lost. They have my unending gratitude for their unselfish help and friendship.
I ask you to continue to help spread the word about The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus. Please help send emails, participate in our contests, give us your ideas and suggestions, share about the movie with friends, family and on the internet. Tweet, LJ, Facebook, Re-Tweet. Participate in or start an event with your friends in your city to spread the word about the film like the fans in London and Italy. These events are so easy to do, cost no money and get the word out to the public face to face. Word of mouth.
We will not stop until The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus plays its very last showing in the very last theater and I hope that you will all stay with us until that moment. You are being heard and you are being listened to.
Lastly, I want to leave you all with the two videos sent to us in thanks from Terry Gilliam and Verne Troyer. I just want to remind all of you just how valued you are.
We have much left to accomplish and we cannot let up for a moment in our efforts and our support. You do not know how very much it means to me to know that I am taking this journey with all of you.
So to each of you who make us and The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus a part of your day and give us your time and efforts, THANK YOU!
Theresa
Terry Gilliam’s Personal Greeting To You
Verne Troyer’s Personal Greeting To You
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