Miller Disses Pittsburgh

Sienna Miller might find starring in The Mysteries of Pittsburgh difficult after insulting the book adaptation’s city namesake.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that Miller referred to Pittsburgh as something that starts with “sh” and rhymes with “Pittsburgh” in an interview with Rolling Stone.

“Can you believe this is my life?” Miller says in the interview. “Will you pity me when you’re back in your funky New York apartment and I’m still in Pittsburgh? I need to get more glamorous films.”

The mayor of Pittsburgh isn’t happy.

“I think obviously we have a great town, and I disagree with her comments,” said Mayor Luke Ravenstahl, having been briefed on the Rolling Stone story. “She was probably in the more elite facilities in and around the city. I think if she would have interacted with regular Pittsburghers, she would have found differently. She needs to get out with us regular folks.”

Miller apparently rarely leaves her hotel, the newspaper reports.

Dozens Try Out for Pittsburgh

An open casting call for The Mysteries of Pittsburgh drew dozens of people dressed as punk rockers and with Mohawks and fishnet tights, The Pittsbugh Post-Gazette reported Saturday.

“We probably will use almost everybody,” said Nancy Mosser, the casting director. “We need 700 [extras].”

Head over to the paper’s site to read the fantastic feature and see all the photos.

Pittsburgh Casting Underway

A casting company involved in making The Mysteries of Pittsburgh is holding an open casting call for Friday, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported.

Nancy Mosser Casting wants people ages 6 to 75, and specifically is looking for “college-age students for a punk club scene and patrons for an upscale restaurant and hotel scene,” the paper said. People should dress in 1980s clothing and should reference munkeysocks.tripod.com for ’80s trends.

The film will shoot from Sept. 5 to Oct. 20 in Pittsburgh.

Foster Cast in Pittsburgh

Jon Foster has been cast as Art Bechstein, the lead role in the film adaptation of Mysteries of Pittsburgh.

Foster (The Door in the Floor) will star along side Peter Sarsgaard, Sienna Miller and Mena Suvari, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported Friday. The movie, directed by Rawson Thurber (Dodgeball) is set start filming in Pittsburgh after Labor Day.

Previously, Max Minghella (Art School Confidential) had been linked to Foster’s role, but had to turn the part down because filming conflicted with his college studies.

The film’s casting agency, Belajac Casting, is looking for “a very overweight actress, 20 to 25 years old, and a man in his 20s or 30s with a Mohawk haircut,” the paper reported.

Pittsburgh Crew Spotted

Beaver County Times spotted a production crew from The Mysteries of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh on Monday scouting locations.

Jessica Conner of the Pittsburgh Film Office told the paper that the film’s crew has established a Pittsburgh production office and plans to start filming in Pittsburgh in September.