Turns out a lot of people were rabidly curious about Bronson Pinchot's refreshingly honest interview in The Onion's A.V. Club - the forthright, juicy article has even attracted the attention of the Wall Street Journal! The best part? Bronson doesn't backpedal at all - and even dishes a little more dirt in Denzel Washington's direction. I'm enjoying this for the honesty as much as the scoops. It's rare for someone in the public eye to avoid the temptation to spin the truth. Check it out, via The Wall Street Journal:

[Were you serious or joking when you said Tom Cruise made "constant unrelated homophobic comments" while on the "Risky Business" set?  The context of the question was, "how did he strike me as a person" at a point in his career when he was a virtual unknown. And my answer was that, coming straight out of the world of theater, as essentially all the supporting male actors did, where homophobic language was not heard, I remember thinking his use of it was remarkable and excessive; however, it is also true to say, in hindsight, that for a 20 year-old with no background in theater, such language is actually unremarkable. Which I did not know at 23.

What about the remark that Denzel Washington is one of the most unpleasant people you've met?  I regret my choice of words there, and would like to amend my statement by saying I found his willingness to be ungenerous, unkind, knowingly hurtful both mentally and physically to myself and the crew to be the saddest misuse of stardom I have ever experienced or hope to experience.

Did either actor, or their reps, contact you after the story broke? No.

Are you surprised at how quickly your remarks went viral on the Web?  Yes.

What do you think of celebrities who have Twitter accounts and Facebook pages?  Well, I am on Twitter but I have no idea how to use it.

Is it strange to suddenly be in the media spotlight again?  Being in the spotlight is the same as riding a bicycle or having a zit; once you've experienced it, no matter how much time goes by, it's just like old times.

Have you heard from anyone unexpected?  My mom called and said she very much liked the Onion article because I said I was sorry for being brittle with Rebeca Arthur (who played my girlfriend on Perfect Strangers) toward the end of the run. And I am.

In interviews, do you generally talk openly and honestly about people you've worked with/experiences you've had in the industry?  I don't believe I ever have been quite so forthcoming as I was in The Onion. In the same spirit of letting-it-all-hang out, I mentioned less-than-admirable aspects of various people, I don't think I was any less forthcoming about my own weak points. Of course, no excerpted version of the Onion article will ever be able to communicate that, and it doesn't make a juicy sound byte, but it's true.

What if, for instance, I asked you what Scorsese was like on the set of "After Hours" or what you think of Eddie Murphy who you appeared with in the Beverly Hills Cop movies, would you answer forthrightly? Yes, absolutely. Scorsese gave me a great one-liner for all my film work, for all time, and Eddie has seen the highs and the lows and is still gettin' 'er did.]

There might be a price on Pinchot's head for the honest revelations - the price being of the "you'll never work in this town again" kind of thing. I think it's a little too late for those kind of threats! Though who knows what could happen when you tangle with a Scientologist - those kids are a motley bunch! Surprisingly, Tom Cruise's publicist issued a tame, albeit hilarious, reply to Bronson's quotes about the star to Entertainment Weekly:

["Obviously, this is so far removed from who Tom Cruise is as a person, this must have been said in jest."]

Ah, jest! Clearly we are meant to remember that Tom is way too busy having an active sex life with his beautiful robot wife. The homophobia Cruise is said to have exhibited is so clearly far removed from who he is a person. Isn't that the whole problem?

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Bronson Pinchot Hits The Big Time!

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