It’s obviously been a strange week for Owen Wilson fans, and our best wishes go out to him from the entire editorial staff of AICN. Wilson’s been a favorite of mine since the moment he arrived onscreen in BOTTLE ROCKET, and one of the things that has always fascinated me about him is that mix of unflappable confidence and the complicated undercurrents of emotion that he plays even in the broadest comedies.
With THE DARJEELING LIMITED, he’s back in Wes Anderson land, and I’m excited to see what they’ve come up with. I think it’s going to be a little weird for audiences when they learn why exactly his character is bandaged in the film, but I’m also confident that Anderson’s fans are smart enough to separate fact from fiction.
A number of new behind-the-scenes featurettes just appeared online this week, and they offer a tantalizing glimpse at what we can expect from this one when it opens later this year. They showed up at both the official site and over at iKlipz, allowing me to imbed them here. Even so, you might like checking out the official site, even if you watch these versions of the clips:
