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Eric Bana has been promoting his supporting role in Funny People, and doing some early promotion for his lead role in The Time Traveler’s Wife, which will be out next week in America. He only did a couple of interviews before Funny People release, but many critics and reviewers singled Bana out as the best, funniest part of the film. Funny People’s director, Judd Apatow always claimed he hired Bana for the role because he was such a fan of Bana’s work in Munich (which really is an amazing film, one of Steven Spielberg’s best), and Apatow also claims it came as a complete surprise that Bana was so good at comedy. Bana actually got his start in comedy and stand-up, back in his home country, Australia.
Anyway, Bana went on The View to promote his two films, and it turns out Barbara Walters had gotten her hands on an early screening of The Time Traveler’s Wife. Barbara was beside herself at being so close to her latest girl-crush, and she even asked Bana to strip down live on the show:
American news queen Barbara Walters asked Eric Bana to strip naked on live US television - but he declined. The Australian actor was a guest on Walters’ talk show The View to promote his new romance-drama based on the bestselling novel The Time Traveller’s Wife.
In the film, Bana’s character involuntarily time travels and when he lands in a new time he is completely naked. Walters, 79, watched the movie before today’s interview and was obviously impressed with 40-year-old Bana’s buff body.
“We see more of your backside,” an excited Walters told Bana, stopping mid-sentence to compose herself.
When she regained her breath she simply said: “I had a wonderful time.”
The studio audience burst out in laughter. Then Walters came up with her naked proposal.
“So, I thought maybe you would like to show us now how it is done,” she propositioned Bana. The Melbourne-born and bred actor kept his clothes on.
He went on to admit he was surprised he was naked so often in The Time Traveller’s Wife, which co-stars actress Rachel McAdams and opens in Australian cinemas in November.
“I read all of those scenes and I read the book and I’m like ‘Yeah, he’s butt naked quite a bit but it is PG13 so I’ll never have to take my clothes off’,” Bana said. “Well, I was wrong. Every third or fourth day it was ‘Eric, drop your pants’.”
While Walters was purring on the right side of The View couch about Bana’s naked body, on the left co-host Joy Behar was purring about another of Bana’s traits.
“I love your accent,” Behar told Bana.
“Don’t you love it? It’s Australian.”
For Bana the biggest plus about appearing on the talk show was the knowledge that his mother, Eleanor, could watch back in Melbourne.
“I got big brownie points today because this is her favourite show and she watches it every day,” he said.
[From ABC]
Aw, Eric Bana is so cute when he talks about his mom. Alas, ladies (and a few gentlemen), Bana is taken. He’s been happily married to wife Rebecca Gleeson since 1997. They have two children together: son Klaus (10 years old) and daughter Sophia (7 years old).
In one other piece of Bana news, I mentioned yesterday that the screenwriter of Time Traveler’s adaptation to the screen recently gave an interview that I thought was slightly disrespectful to Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams (who plays “the wife”). Screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin claimed that he wanted Brad Pitt (who is one of the producers of the film) to star with Jennifer Aniston as the wife originally. Regardless of the Bermuda Triangle stuff, I found this extremely insulting to Bana and McAdams - they are both gifted actors who should not be anyone’s second choice. My guess is that Brad Pitt bought the rights to the book with an idea that he might star, but ended up giving the part to his Troy buddy Eric, because Brad genuinely thought Eric would do a better job with the material.
Eric Bana is shown shirtless in Troy, thanks to Squarehippies.com, and at events on 4/29, 4/30, 7/20, and 7/22/09. Credit: WENN.com
Written by Kaiser
Posted in Barbara Walters, Eric Bana, Nude
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27 Responses to “Eric Bana is so hot, Barbara Walters begged him to get naked”
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Meh! I have seen much hotter men while walking around the mall.
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you must see “chopper” his first movie(i ‘m not sure) he’s very strange and hot.And he’s the one thing to save in “troie”
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I think I need a cold shower.
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Which mall are you walking around? Do tell, so I can walk around there.
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Where the heck did the Eric “Chopper” Bana go? Dude looks like Lindsey Buckingham.
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Why is Hugh Jackman called the best Australian when he is nowhere as talented as Eric Bana?
Eric had played far more challenging roles and always steals the films from his co-stars.
He was amazing in Munich.
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I’m happy to see he’s having so much success with the dramatic stuff because as a comic is he totally hilarious. The sketch show (Comedy Company I think) was appointment viewing in our house, most of the stars of the (aussie original) Kath and Kim were on it too. Funny, funny, funny.
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Time Traveler’s Wife comes out Friday the 14th of August not in November
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Lindsay are you in Australia? It says it comes out in Australia in November. Here in the states it comes out next Friday.
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Or maybe Brad Pitt didn’t want to do Time Traveller after Benjamin Button. Not to say they are the same movie, but they are the same KIND of movie (boy meets girl, boy has a messed-up relationship to linear progression of time, boy proceeds to get and lose girl over and over until he dies as a baby or becomes a caveman or something).
Also, the flattering, Harlequin romance lighting.
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I adoreadoreadore Eric Bana.
He’s hilarious.
And hot. Very. Very. Hot.
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Jennifer Aniston? Seriously? I’ll admit she’s a bigger name than Rachel McAdams, but Rachel is a far superior actress.
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I heard Eric Bana on Fresh Air on NPR this week and was so impressed by him. I would love to see more of this guy.
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omg if the time traveler’s wife isn’t out till november, then why do they keep promoting it on tv so heavily. do i have to sit through those sappy ass stupid annoying commercials until then? KILL ME!
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I think he is fantastic! Yummy!!!! Will actually pay to see this movie in the theater and that means A LOT!
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Jen and Brad would not have done this movie justice. Can’t even imagine the emotions that would have been in play on that set - definately not love.
I just love Rachel McAdams and Eric is definately hot stuff (Can’t wait to see those naked scenes). Both are such great actors and can get into character so well.
Can’t wait to fall in love with this movie like i did with The Notebook.
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he was so dreamy in Troy. Before I watched it I thought Orlando would be the hot face and Brad the hot bod, but Eric beat them both and was the icing on the cake.
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Sorry about that! Time Traveler will be out in America next weekend. I got the dates wrong, it’s fixed now!
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This reminded me of Ann Curry sexually assaulting Brad Pitt in Cannes. lol
By the way, I think Rachel and Eric are way more appropriate to the project than Jennifer and Brad. -
babs walters can keep her nudie eric bana. i’d beg seth rogen to strip down, heh.
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Two points to consider:
1: Eric Bana can act
2: Brad Shit Pitt can’t -
seth rogan? really? ew…
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fiz….Seth can hold a certain appeal to the geek-gals and those who like the big bear guys. i’m quite fond of him.
That said, I love Eric Bana, and love him best when he’s playing the fuming badasses like in The Other Boleyn Girl and Star Trek.
Sexy.As.Hell.
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Munich was a terrible movie - boring, incredibly predictable and interminable. By saying that it’s one of Spielberg’s best, you’re both insulting his other movies and betraying your awful taste in movies.
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Awww!!! Eric Bana over Brad Pitt for me!!! Love him, love him in Troy!! He’s the greatest!
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