Posted on 10/06/2006 2:58:32 PM PDT by maineman
PITTSBURGH - Sienna Miller, who disparaged Pittsburgh in a magazine interview, apologized on Friday, saying her remarks were taken out of context and that she found the city and residents gracious.
The 24-year-old British actress, in town shooting the screen adaptation of Michael Chabon's novel "The Mysteries of Pittsburgh," called the city a name that sounds like Pittsburgh, but contains an expletive. Her comments appear in the latest edition of Rolling Stone, which hit newsstands Friday.
Miller, who starred in "Layer Cake," "Casanova" and the remake of "Alfie," told Rolling Stone, "Can you believe this is my life? 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 and stop with my indie year."
Her remarks touched a nerve here, where residents are fiercely loyal to their hometown. Miller's comments appeared in the city's two major daily newspapers and a television news anchor offered to take Miller around town to show her the sights.
"I think obviously we have a great town, and I disagree with her comments," Mayor Luke Ravenstahl said, adding she should see the town.
"I'm sure in her short experience here she hasn't had the opportunity to do that," he said. "If she would have, I think she would have found that Pittsburgh is a great place to live."
On Friday, Miller apologized in a statement issued by her publicist, saying she was referring to the fact that the production was shooting mostly at night and she had not had a chance to fully explore the city.
"What I have seen of it is beautiful. I came once before to visit The Andy Warhol Museum whilst researching a film and found both the city and its inhabitants warm and gracious," she said.
She said her father, who is from Meadville, about 85 miles north of Pittsburgh, planned to show her around the city this weekend.
Forbes magazine routinely lists Pittsburgh as one of the worst cities for singles. But Pittsburgh's residents do not take kindly to disparaging remarks about their town and often react angrily.
In 2003, the nationally syndicated cartoon "Get Fuzzy" lampooned Pittsburgh as a tourist destination; Bucky Katt asks a travel agent if she has "any packaged trips based primarily on smell" and she gives him information on Pittsburgh. The strip's creator, Darby Conley, said he received 300 to 400 e-mails, including death threats and hate mail.
Earlier this year, Pittsburghers didn't take kindly when Rocky Mountain News columnist Bill Johnson called the city "butt-ugly" in the run-up to the Super Bowl, which the Steelers won.
I do live here. Anyone ever wonder why there are Pittsburgh Steeler fans everywhere in the USA,,,that is bacuse there is no real jobs here and the Local Gov caters to the blue hairs and Union workers{who, by the way, killed the steel mills}
When you have a town that is know as steel city, but there isnt a wokring steel mill here, what do you expect.
But, It is a friendly town.
I thought she was 24 or so...
My stepfather is also from Meadville! lol
Having seen you depart, Pittsburgh is very relieved.
My investigation requires the viewing of many more photos of the subject to determine if it's child porn or not.
Nice photo. Did they find the film when they found the body?
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Enjoy. She is 24, as I thought.
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Good Lord. What is she, like, 16?
They sure grow up fast these days. too fast, in my opinion. She's a cute kid.
That's KID, as in some Daddy's daughter.
Goodness....too much Foley talk this week for ya. She is 24!!!! Stop acting guilty or perverted. I am not sure which.
Not that a real 'Burgh girl even cares what Sienna Miller sez, but Sienna was the one that Jude Law cheated with their kids' nanny on. So I consider dem both jagoffs.
Yeah, like the Front Range is any better.
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Well, I'm certainly glad she apologized, I mean I didn't know how I was going to go on if I thought someone with a resume like THAT didn't care for our little Hamlet...
British actress??????...with a dad from Meadville??????
Bingo!
Brendan Gill, architecture writer for The New Yorker said in 1990: "The three most beautiful cities in the world are Paris; St. Petersburg, Russia; and Pittsburgh. If Pittsburgh were situated somewhere in the heart of Europe, tourists would eagerly journey hundreds of miles out of their way to visit it."
I challenge anyone to take a long and careful review of these photographs and then tell me that Pittsburgh isn't an incredibly beautiful place.
Pittsburgh: one of America's great urban treasures
University of Pittsburgh's Cathedral of Learning
30 reasons why I love Pittsburgh
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