On the last season of American Horror Story, actor James Cromwell, best known for his work as kindly Farmer Hoggett in Babe and for old-school tweeting, i.e. communicating face to face, with Vulcans in Star Trek: First Contact, played a terrifying Nazi doctor who conducted human mutation experiments and, just in case the Nazi part didn’t alert you to this already, generally wasn’t a very nice fellow. It was a far cry from his smiling Revenge of the Nerds (and Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise) days, but apparently, he has some rage to channel.
Oscar nominee James Cromwell was arrested Thursday while protesting experimentation on cats at the University of Wisconsin…Cromwell burst into a University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents meeting holding up large poster of a cat, which appeared to have a metal clamp implanted in its head, and shouting.
PETA uploaded video of the incident to YouTube and claims the university’s experiments on cats aimed at helping the deaf are cruel and have not been successful. (Via)
“Burst” being the operative word. Here he is reenacting the world’s feelings toward Babe 2: Pig in the City.
It’s a shame he had to be led out of the room in handcuffs — guy’s known for making grand exists.
That’ll do, James. That’ll do.
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Atta boy JC. Cats are for mem-ing, not experimenting.
meme-ing? memming? memein?
The Memening was the subtitle of the unproduced sequal to broadways “Cats”.
Maybe they were trying to pull rubies out of the cat’s ass?
/AMH Reference.
Show him your mossy bank!
For fuck’s sake, he’s Lewis Skolnick’s father. Show the man some respect.
Only James Cromwell could make me care about anything that has to do with PETA
Cats > Deaf People.
Hear that? Go suck it, deaf people! (No, of course you didn’t. BOOM!)
Is it okay if I picture him as the only human protestor at the rally? A phalanx of cats with picket signs and amidst them, James Cromwell with his “That’ll do, Pig” t-shirt to rimind them he’s a friend of animals.
The cops show up (Probably police dogs) and spray the crowd with catnip, which is why Cromwell was the only one able to burst in.
F*** it. I’m done with work today. Back to my screenplay!
So he’s a Pussy Riot fan now?
Disappointing to see him involved with these fuckwits. Coz this clearly makes him an annoying cunt too. Ah well.
Must be nice seeing the world in black and white. Sooo simple, all your fears and hates in order.
Maybe he just doesn’t like idiots, yogi.
Guessing from the photo, it looks like he now lives in Sheboygan…
/shows self out
James was led out in handcuffs? Did he forget to hold up his badge when the cops arrived? He’s no Rollo Tomasi, that’s for sure.