# Owen Wilson attemps suicide! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 27, 2007, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/owen-wilson-attemps-suicide/417055 "2007-08-27T04:59:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2007, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/owen-wilson-attemps-suicide/417055/41 "2007-08-28T07:02:01Z")
There’s a big difference between a)slitting your wrists and taking an overdose of pills, and b) being stoned out of your gourd and “cutting” your wrist. My guess is the latter. ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2007, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/owen-wilson-attemps-suicide/417055/42 "2007-08-28T08:29:38Z")
[QUOTE=ZebraShaSha] Needle in the haaaaay… (They look the same, work with me) [/QUOTE] Jesus! Is that funny to some people? What the fuck? ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2007, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/owen-wilson-attemps-suicide/417055/43 "2007-08-28T08:43:52Z")
[QUOTE=dnooman] Jesus! Is that funny to some people? [/QUOTE] Yes. ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2007, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/owen-wilson-attemps-suicide/417055/44 "2007-08-28T09:50:14Z")
[QUOTE=Ellis Dee] Yes. [/QUOTE] I’ll save my laughter for when someone you care about attempts suicide. It’ll be fucking hilarious then, I’m sure. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2007, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/owen-wilson-attemps-suicide/417055/45 "2007-08-28T10:16:49Z")
I don’t see the humor either. But I never saw the movie, so was that scene funny in context? (I’ll tell you what would be funny, in a very dark way: if Terry Gilliam dies of a heart attack. Because millions of people will be picturing him falling backwards in his chair. But that bit was funny in context. Plus which, if Gilliam really does have a heart attack, fatal or not, I’ll probably never find it funny again.) ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2007, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/owen-wilson-attemps-suicide/417055/46 "2007-08-28T10:23:12Z")
[QUOTE=dnooman] I’ll save my laughter for when someone you care about attempts suicide. It’ll be fucking hilarious then, I’m sure. [/QUOTE] Save your righteous indignation for somebody who gives a fuck. ---
**Author:** ![ZebraShaSha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eada6e/32.png) [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2007, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/owen-wilson-attemps-suicide/417055/47 "2007-08-28T10:58:40Z")
[QUOTE=Rilchiam] I don’t see the humor either. But I never saw the movie, so was that scene funny in context? (I’ll tell you what would be funny, in a very dark way: if Terry Gilliam dies of a heart attack. Because millions of people will be picturing him falling backwards in his chair. But that bit was funny in context. Plus which, if Gilliam really does have a heart attack, fatal or not, I’ll probably never find it funny again.) [/QUOTE] Scene: Wilson brother, after being a pro tennis player early on who then has a mental and physical breakdown, is shaving. He has a characteristic beard that he is shaving off. Something about an unrequited love with Gwynth Paltrow as well. As “Needle in the Hay” plays on, he slits his wrists. This was before Elliot Smith committed suicide, so watching it now is even more powerful. I wasn’t so much making fun of it as I was commenting on it, as that’s the only thing I could think of/care about compared to the rest of the hyenas in the world. And I have street cred: dead friends, suicides, and I’ve been to a circus. And yea, I find it fucking funny. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2007, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/owen-wilson-attemps-suicide/417055/48 "2007-08-28T12:23:37Z")
Did anyone else imagine what it would look like if Luke were to help him bust out of a hospital/rehab facility (in a switch on their roles in **Bottle Rocket** )? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2007, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/owen-wilson-attemps-suicide/417055/49 "2007-08-28T13:05:26Z")
[QUOTE=The Scrivener] Did anyone else imagine what it would look like if Luke were to help him bust out of a hospital/rehab facility (in a switch on their roles in **Bottle Rocket** )? [/QUOTE] Now that would be funny! But wasn’t it Luke that helped Owen escape? No switch, I mean. ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2007, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/owen-wilson-attemps-suicide/417055/50 "2007-08-28T14:04:17Z")
[QUOTE=Ellis Dee] Save your righteous indignation for somebody who gives a fuck. [/QUOTE] No, no, no. Then they’d just be really upset. That’s the last type of person you want to get his righteous indignation. Obviously **dnooman** and the Wilsons were really close friends, and so he’s understandably upset. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2007, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/owen-wilson-attemps-suicide/417055/51 "2007-08-28T17:29:38Z")
> [@](#): > > Now that would be funny! But wasn’t it Luke that helped Owen escape? No switch, I mean. Um, no. Recall crew-cut, blond Owen’s maniacal grin as he encouraged (with a flashing mirror, no less) Luke to “escape” – and how the brown-haired Luke thanked the [doctor? administrator?] at the facility for helping him, and apologized for having to play-act an escape, which was really his brother’s idea? Now be quiet, or there’ll be trouble with Mr. Henry. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2007, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/owen-wilson-attemps-suicide/417055/52 "2007-08-28T17:32:55Z")
Moderator interjects: **dnooman** and **Ellis Dee** , please cool it. Personal comments about other posters are not acceptable in this forum. In general, in discussions about the deaths or illnesses of people close to our members (for instance, in the MPSIMS forum), we try to maintain a reasonably polite and well-mannered approach. That is not necessarily required in the case of deaths or illnesses of celebrities. On the one hand, insulting celebrities is certainly permitted. On the other hand, we do expect some reasonable decorum: while members may not be actually related to (or friends with) the celebrity, they can feel a sense of loss. “Every man’s death diminishes me,” said John Donne. So, please, a little common courtesy on both sides, please. ---
**Author:** ![whole\_bean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@whole\_bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whole_bean)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2007, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/owen-wilson-attemps-suicide/417055/53 "2007-08-28T17:40:29Z")
[QUOTE=The Scrivener] Um, no. Recall crew-cut, blond Owen’s maniacal grin as he encouraged (with a flashing mirror, no less) Luke to “escape” – and how the brown-haired Luke thanked the [doctor? administrator?] at the facility for helping him, and apologized for having to play-act an escape, which was really his brother’s idea? Now be quiet, or there’ll be trouble with Mr. Henry. 😉 [/QUOTE] . . . but not his movie brother. Dignan was not Anthony’s brother. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2007, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/owen-wilson-attemps-suicide/417055/54 "2007-08-28T17:44:42Z")
Well, so much for privacy - and the initial report is confirmed: [http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Movies/08/28/people.owen.wilson.ap/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Movies/08/28/people.owen.wilson.ap/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2007, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/owen-wilson-attemps-suicide/417055/55 "2007-08-28T18:16:44Z")
Out of the bajillion celebrities in the Hollywood Stratosphere, this news about Owen really hit me. I wish him well. ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2007, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/owen-wilson-attemps-suicide/417055/56 "2007-08-28T22:43:38Z")
[QUOTE=Onan the Barbarian] … [/QUOTE] Holy crap, this is the exact same username I’ve used in my fantasy football league for five years! I had to a double take at reading this post. If I ever went mad and began making socks, this one is gone forever. Resume gossip. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/owen-wilson-attemps-suicide/417055/57 "2007-08-29T02:22:19Z")
The rumor I’m hearing now is that Wilson has a long standing drug problem. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/owen-wilson-attemps-suicide/417055/58 "2007-08-29T02:34:09Z")
I just finished watching _Zoolander_ again, and laughed myself stupid at Derek–and Hans. This is unreal. I can’t think of anything to say. ---
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/owen-wilson-attemps-suicide/417055/59 "2007-08-29T02:34:19Z")
Can you hear that sound of whispered scratching? That’s a hundred dopers jotting down notes to self to include Owen Wilson on their '08 Death Pool lists. And I’d just like to say that **Dex** has once again shown reason why I so love this board: A minor dispute between members is moderated using poetry. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/owen-wilson-attemps-suicide/417055/60 "2007-08-29T13:09:32Z")
[QUOTE=Little Nemo] The rumor I’m hearing now is that Wilson has a long standing drug problem. [/QUOTE] Hollywood is like the Tour de France. Everyone is doing it, but no one is admitting to anything. Frankly, I’d be surprised if anyone in La La Land doesn’t do drugs or have an eating disorder. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/owen-wilson-attemps-suicide/417055.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/owen-wilson-attemps-suicide/417055.md?page=4)