Chimp gets cheeky with Ricci

Christina Ricci’s costar was (literally) monkeying around on the set of the upcoming flick Speed Racer when he got to second base with the actress. Ricci stars alongside Willie the Chimp (previously seen in Walk Hard) in the real life movie version of the Japanese animation series. But there was a primate, I mean primary, problem: she’s afraid of apes. "I'm afraid of monkeys," Ricci told Parade magazine. "But then I thought, 'You're being silly. No one else has a problem.' So they started filming, and Willie suddenly freaked out and grabbed my left breast and would not let go! I thought, 'If this keeps up, I will no longer have a boob.' But the other actors in the scene weren't looking at me, so they didn't notice. I was going, 'Help! Help!' as quietly as possible so Willie didn't freak out any further. And, finally, they got him off me." Good for Ricci, and good for her boob.

Major monkey mojo in Walk Hard

It seems John C Reilly signed on to Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story for the chance to get his vocals on along with his mojo. “I was thinking about Hamlet, which is a great story but it’s got no music,” Reilly, who’s been nominated for a Golden Globe for his performance, told Parade magazine. “I really wanted to sing and play the guitar. And I get to run around in a sumo diaper and scream like a dinosaur from the top of a building. That doesn’t happen to me every day. Then there were the loves scenes.” Reilly elaborated: “There was so much sex I think they had to save some of it for the DVD. It was insane. In one 24-hour period, I made out with Cheryl Tiegs, Cheryl Ladd, two Playboy playmates and a chimpanzee.” Continuing about his primate mate, Reilly said: “I have a scene where I kiss him. We really bonded, and in the first take, I just kind of treat him like my only friend. But the director, Judd Apatow, said, ‘Maybe you should be mean to him.’ So we did another take where I lose it and yell at him. I thought, ‘He’s just a chimp, he won’t know the difference.’ And he got this shocked, hurt look on his face. So I had to give him a big hug and let him know I was just acting. By the way, he now has a bit part in Speed Racer. He’s got a big career ahead of him.”