BY MICHAEL GOODPASTER
(FOUR) WRITER
When he’s not banging Katy Perry or talking about his crazy past, he actually works for a living. There’s the stand up and the acting, but he’s also a writer. He has wrote a column for The Guardian for three years about football (“soccer” to normal people). He also wrote an autobiography called “My Booky Wook”. It got a lot of good reviews, but he wasn’t as famous yet as he is now so it didn’t get as much attention. Recently in 2010 he released a sequel to his autobiography called “Booky Wook 2: This Time It’s Personal”.
(THREE) FORMER ADDICT
Russell Brand overcame his addictions to heroine and sex and is still a recovering alcoholic. The sex and booze normally are just part of the everyday life of a rock star… or a rock star comedian. But for him it was too much. He was arrested 11 times during his bad years. He got clean in 2002, but still goes to AA and NA meetings. He’s also a supporter of an addiction charity called Focus 12. Now he’s injected with vitamins and does a lot of yoga. That’s cool, I guess.
(TWO) LEAD SINGER
He played Aldous Snow in “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” and then again as a lead in “Get Him To The Greek”. He’s awesome in both, but little do many people know. That IS him singing. He recorded two songs for the Sarah Marshall movie and then recorded SIXTEEN SONGS for Greek. Eighteen songs? That’s more than a lot of bands.
(ONE) DROP DEAD FRED
Remember Drop Dead Fred? It was about a chick who is revisited by her childhood invisible friend. It was wacky, crazy, and a very underappreciated cult classic. Apparently Brand is taking on the “Fred” role in the upcoming darker remake. I’m not sure how I feel about a remake, but he is PERFECT for the role. So that should be cool…
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