Troubled Rip Torn gets rave review from 'Happy Tears' castmates Demi Moore, Ellen Barkin
By Gatecrasher
Actors Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore attend a screening of 'Happy Tears' Tuesday night. (Eshelman/FilmMagi)
Rip Torn was set to face burglary and firearms charges in a Connecticut court Wednesday, before a postponement, but his "Happy Tears" co-stars are still singing his praises.
"I just have such respect for the man," Demi Moore said at the film's Cinema Society premiere at Mr. Chow on Tuesday night.
The actor, who allegedly broke into a Salisbury bank last month with a loaded revolver while intoxicated, did get a little help from Demi. "I took care of him [on set] the same way that you would take care of a parent," she said, with director Mitchell Lichtenstein chiming in: "She was always making sure he had his lines, his script was there, that he had water. And you could tell that Rip really appreciated it."
Demi isn't the only one Rip was thankful for - Ellen Barkin says she kept him happy, too.
"We had a lot of fun together, especially when I was wearing my sexy nurse's outfit," she laughs. "At one point in the film, I had to suck blood out of his arm." Barkin didn't mind that bizarre scene one bit. "Wouldn't you want to suck the blood of a genius?" she asks.Troubled Rip gets a rave review from castmates