We met on the set of his first movie.
I was a starry-eyed twenty-two year-old fresh from Oklahoma, and at the bottom of the film’s totem pole. He was older, and hot, and my boss.
I didn’t find him or his friends funny. I worked on his movie only as a way to pay the rent. I turned up my nose at everything he stood for. Somewhere along the way, I changed.
Despite our enormous differences, we were good friends for two years. I crushed on him like a giddy schoolgirl, even though I wasn’t his type. I was prissy, conservative, blonde. One night all the carefully constructed walls came tumbling down and we professed our undying love.
His version of events may slightly differ.
Here – and sometimes elsewhere - he will be called The Gorilla. Because he kinda looks like one, and because I don’t want his eclectic fan base to land here from a search engine.
He is kind, and funny, and loves me in spite of everything that tells him he shouldn’t.
I am just mad about him. He is the reason I am a Hollywood Housewife.
photo by shari macdonald
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The Gorilla is an established producer/director. He's best known as the creator/director/producer of the following films and television shows:
