Actor Jon Foster stars in the new CBS sitcom "Accidentally on Purpose" (8:30 p.m. Monday, KDKA-TV), which seemed like it might be OK in its pilot but turned pretty lackluster in the most recent episodes.
A few years ago, Foster was in Pittsburgh filming "The Mysteries of Pittsburgh," along with actress Sienna Miller, who gained local infamy when she disparaged Pittsburgh.
As chronicled by the Post-Gazette's John Hayes in the amusingly headlined "Semi-famous actress dumps on the 'Burgh":
In an article in Rolling Stone magazine that hits newsstands today, Miss Miller
refers to the town as something that starts with "sh" and rhymes with
"Pittsburgh."
"Can you believe this is my life?" Miss Miller later
asks Rolling Stone contributing editor Jenny Eliscu, over a plate of
garlic-parmesan Buffalo wings at a Pittsburgh hotel bar. "Will you pity me when
you're back in your funky New York apartment and I'm still in Pittsburgh? I need
to get more glamorous films."
So when I had a chance to chat with Foster at press tour this summer, I asked him what he made of the whole kerfluffle.
"It was funny to us. It was so ridiculous," Foster said. "They're a very, very proud town, as they should be, their history is very, very packed but, I mean, look, I wouldn't want someone talking trash about the town I grew up in but at the same time I would not make such a big fuss if somebody did, that's what I have to say about it."
Posted
Oct 06 2009, 12:01 AM
by
Rob Owen