Owen Wilson attempted suicide

**Dodge** · 29/08/2007, 3:09 PM

Surprised it hasn't come up here.

One of my favourite people in hollywood. Fabulously funny actor, and a brilliant writer to boot. He co-wrote The Royal Tenebaums, in which a charachter (played by his brother) attempts suicide by slitting his wrists.

CNN

You'll find loads and loads of theories at what happened on the net

**paul_oshea** · 29/08/2007, 3:13 PM

Did anyone not think it is a tad ironic how he played the fella ( in wedding crashers ) that gets all depressed and stuff and is reading a book titled "dont jump" after splitting up with a girl and not being able get over it?

**noby** · 29/08/2007, 3:16 PM

I wish him well, and hope he gets through whatever it is he's going through, but I can't stand anything that he has done.

**Plastic Paddy** · 29/08/2007, 3:19 PM

There's a two-page spread in today's London Independent about Wilson. The Royal Tenenbaums is one of my favourite films and Wilson is an actor that I like very much. I wish him well and I hope he finds the privacy that he needs to come to terms with whatever he is going through.

PP

**dcfcsteve** · 29/08/2007, 3:55 PM

Mad turn of events alright. Stiller and himself were legends in Starsky and Hutch.

Fingers crossed for the weirdest nose in Hollywood........

**shakermaker1982** · 29/08/2007, 3:59 PM

shocked when I heard this today.

**paul_oshea** · 29/08/2007, 4:03 PM

really like his films to be honest, think he is typecasted at this stage. Reminds me of me to be honest

. Think he plays himself when filming to be honest, but I remember reading before about him having serious ups and downs, and was a very deep thinker. Always thought that deep thinking can really make ye feel a bit depressed tbh.

**strangeirish** · 29/08/2007, 4:06 PM

Originally Posted by paul_oshea

Always thought that deep thinking can really make ye feel a bit depressed tbh.

Well O'Shea, you don't have to worry about that now, do you.

**paul_oshea** · 29/08/2007, 4:16 PM

Well O'Shea, you don't have to worry about that now, do you.

No, I was on about the women part

**galwayhoop** · 29/08/2007, 5:12 PM

Originally Posted by paul_oshea

really like his films to be honest, think he is typecasted at this stage. Reminds me of me to be honest

. Think he plays himself when filming to be honest, but I remember reading before about him having serious ups and downs, and was a very deep thinker. Always thought that deep thinking can really make ye feel a bit depressed tbh.

paul i cant help wondering that you must surely be the most emmm, ... honest, person on this forum!

3 sentences and 4 protestations of honesty....
The lady doth protest too much, methinks!!!

**Anto McC** · 29/08/2007, 5:29 PM

Think he's feckin terrible but i wish him all the best. You think someone like that has it all, the media, as well as the public put them on this pedestool but it takes something like this to realise they are just like us too. God Bless him.

**Risteard** · 29/08/2007, 6:10 PM

Jays, I think he's brilliant McC, at what he does anyway. Only Ferrell to match him in his domain.
Obviously not as chirpy as he seems.

**theworm2345** · 29/08/2007, 6:37 PM

Originally Posted by paul_oshea

Did anyone not think it is a tad ironic how he played the fella ( in wedding crashers ) that gets all depressed and stuff and is reading a book titled "dont jump" after splitting up with a girl and not being able get over it?

Thats exactly what I was going to say

**Anto McC** · 29/08/2007, 6:46 PM

Originally Posted by Risteard

Jays, I think he's brilliant McC, at what he does anyway.

Different strokes and all that, i never really got into him or Ben Stiller. Now Bens father, Jerry Stiller - that guy is feckin hillarious

**kingdom hoop** · 29/08/2007, 6:52 PM

Originally Posted by paul_oshea

Always thought that deep thinking can really make ye feel a bit depressed tbh.

Ah yes, but the flip side is that without thinking deeply you won't get next nor near self-actualisation, or, as Scott Peck details in his wonderful book on spiritual growth, The Road Less Travelled, God-like status. But you're right, in that it's a bit of a double-edged sword, a rocky road where crash barriers aren't always there to save you. Now that I've gone deep I must be careful not to resurface too quickly, don't want the bends kicking in!

**Dodge** · 29/08/2007, 7:17 PM

Originally Posted by Anto McC

Different strokes and all that, i never really got into him or Ben Stiller. Now Bens father, Jerry Stiller - that guy is feckin hillarious

Look at the films he's written, co-written or produced. Far smarter than the comedies he acts in (which I still love btw) - Tenebaums, Bottle Rocket, Rushmore

**Risteard** · 29/08/2007, 7:36 PM

Originally Posted by kingdom hoop

Ah yes, but the flip side is that without thinking deeply you won't get next nor near self-actualisation, or, as Scott Peck details in his wonderful book on spiritual growth, The Road Less Travelled, God-like status. But you're right, in that it's a bit of a double-edged sword, a rocky road where crash barriers aren't always there to save you. Now that I've gone deep I must be careful not to resurface too quickly, don't want the bends kicking in!

I'd an argument over this before and realised that life would be much better if you were thick stupid.
I remember reading of some philosopher, John Stuart Mill who is alleged to have had a nervous breakdown when he was in his early teens.
Just get ****ed, fornicate and play football and you'll be grand.

**pete** · 29/08/2007, 9:01 PM

Originally Posted by Anto McC

Now Bens father, Jerry Stiller - that guy is feckin hillarious

I hope Owen Wilson wasn't following his advise. Serenity Now!

**dcfcsteve** · 29/08/2007, 10:06 PM

Originally Posted by galwayhoop

paul i cant help wondering that you must surely be the most emmm, ... honest, person on this forum!

3 sentences and 4 protestations of honesty....
The lady doth protest too much, methinks!!!

Having watched POS literally steal the shirt off my back, I can confirm that he is in fact Foot.ie's most scurrilous character.....