Diablo Cody: “My 90210 Moment”
Question: When was the last time an actual screenwriter guest starred on a prime-time scripted TV series? If you answered “never,” no more calls please, we have a winner!
[And no, Quentin Tarantino’s appearance last night on “American Idol” does not count because that is a — supposedly — ‘non-scripted’ show].
Well, the TV gods must have figured they’ve ignored screenwriters long enough because on tonight’s episode of the CW’s “90210,” one of the guest stars is none other than our beloved Diablo Cody. Not that I’m obsessed with Ms. Cody or anything, even though I have posted about her here, here, here, here, here, and here. Oh, and here. And well, uh… here, too.
Okay, I guess I am obsessed with Ms. Cody.
It’s all right, I guess, because it appears that Diabloe is obsessed herself — with “BH 90210”. Or so she let’s on in this E.W.com feature:
Due to my repeated columns about The CW’s 90210 in this very publication, I was recently invited to drop by and shoot a few scenes. (For those keeping score, I’ve written about the new series at least twice already. I don’t think Lou Reed got that kind of coverage from Creem.) Anyway, allow me to describe how I reacted to the invite: You know that guy who fronted the Judas Priest cover band? And he was, like, the biggest Judas Priest fan EVER? And then, miraculously, Judas Priest asked the guy — this regular hardworking dude — to be their new lead singer? Well, when 90210 called, I felt like that guy. It couldn’t actually be happening. The world became a haze. I imagined my name appearing in the credits beneath the words ‘’Special Guest Star.’’ I pictured myself in a lavishly appointed trailer, feeding strawberries to Tristan Wilds.
So how was Diablo’s experience on the set?
After I slipped into a sexy gown and a pair of nerve-numbing gold pumps, I was driven to the set, in this case the fictional home of one Kelly Taylor. Yes, I was actually going to Kelly Taylor’s house. I could hardly process this emotionally. It didn’t help that Jennie Garth was filming on the porch when the van pulled up. I absolutely idolized her in my youth — I even tried to tease my bangs into that weird parenthesis shape in the seventh grade. At this point, I began to perspire in places I wasn’t aware I had sweat glands.
Perspiring in heretofore unimagined sweat glands. Sounds hot! See an actual screenwriter in a guest starring role tonight at 9PM on “90210”.
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