The pilot episode of an unsold series called "Rex" is making the rounds on Facebook, including a trailer and a link to the full pilot. (Password for full pilot is whippedbutter and should be typed in the box to the left of "submit.")
Rex is a pilot for a proposed series starring Simon Rex (MTV, "Jack & Jill") as a fictional version of himself. It was written by a writer from Lifetime's "Lovespring International" and features Paris Hilton and Jaime Pressly as versions of themselves.
In "Rex," Rex plays a washed up star trying to get back on track. His father (Victor Garber) still frets over the video Rex made up himself masturbating (this really happened). Rex decides he needs a new controversy to get back in the public eye so he re-hires his original "controversy consultant" (this is fiction) to garner attention.
The plan: Dinner with Lance Bass, who is gay. Rex, who is straight, hits on Bass, claiming, "I just became gay yesterday." It's pretty hilarious, actually, far more entertaining than anything Rex has made in the past.
Of local note, "Rex" also features a scene of an agent talking about former Carnegie Mellon University student Aron Ralston, identified as a "celebrity mountain climber," who cut off his own arm to survive.
"He never fell down the mountain," the agent claims. "He went up the mountain and cut off his own arm to get the controversy going, to get on Letterman, to get the endorsement deals."
Whether or not the online attention gets "Rex" picked up by any networks, we'll see. But it's a pretty entertaining half-hour for fans of pop culture and celebrity entertainment.
Posted
Jun 29 2009, 01:26 AM
by
Rob Owen