Actor Alan Tudyk arrested in Soquel on suspicion of DUI
By Shanna McCord - Santa Cruz Sentinel
Posted: 01/30/2011 11:44:38 AM PST
http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/ci_17240021 (http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/ci_17240021)
SOQUEL - Actor Alan Tudyk, whose film credits include "Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story" and the British comedy "Death at a Funeral," was arrested early Sunday in Soquel on suspicion of driving under the influence, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Tudyk was pulled over about 1 a.m. on Soquel Drive near Robertson Road, just north of downtown Soquel, after officers observed him speeding in a silver Land Cruiser owned by a friend, the CHP reported. He was going 40 in a 25 mph zone, officer Sarah Jackson said.
Tudyk, who was visiting the area, told the arresting officer he had a few beers at 99 Bottles in Santa Cruz, officer Trevor Smith said.
Tudyk declined to take a breath test, but he failed a field sobriety test, Smith said. Results of his blood alcohol test are pending.
Tudyk was arrested without incident, Jackson said.
The Land Cruiser was released to a female passenger who was sober, Smith said.
Tudyk played Steve the Pirate in "Dodgeball" and Wash in the sci-fi western TV series "Firefly." He also voiced Sonny in the Will Smith sci-fi thriller "I, Robot."
In 2000, Tudyk played Gerhardt, a gay German drug addict, alongside Sandra Bullock and Viggo Mortensen in "28 Days," and in 2007, he played Doc Potter in "3:10 to Yuma."
One time I am happy they don't mention Firefly/Serenity.
Quote from: Spooky on February 01, 2011, 11:00:52 AM
One time I am happy they don't mention Firefly/Serenity.
It's there , right at the end .
:doh:
http://www.fark.com/comments/5918682/Yarr-why-you-be-pulling-Steve-Pirate-over (http://www.fark.com/comments/5918682/Yarr-why-you-be-pulling-Steve-Pirate-over)
Fark thread .
(http://img.youtube.com/vi/vEIDvgapTw8/0.jpg)
"Hey Alan, cut that gao se out."
;)
Speaking of his voice work as Sonny in the Will Smith movie...
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YZTCDP5TtRo/TSthKT8fJJI/AAAAAAAAACM/9pA0w8W01Ws/s1600/yorobot.jpg)
/been looking for an excuse to post that
"I, Robot" in a nutshell:
(http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/images/i_robot.jpg)
I love this from the Best Page in the Universe
http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=i_robot (http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=i_robot)
Sorry, I thought you meant a "Leif in the wind".
(http://www.history.com/images/media/slideshow/viking-heroes-and-homes/leif-eriksson-greenland.jpg)
What a "Leif" might look like ...
It is not a good idea, period. Most of us have done it though. <shamefully raises hand> Kudos to those who never have.
Quote from: Pearl@32 on February 02, 2011, 10:33:41 AM
It is not a good idea, period. Most of us have done it though. <shamefully raises hand> Kudos to those who never have.
I have and got caught when I was 24.
When I was young and stupid, I acted young and stupid. About halfway home I can remember promising God that if I got home okay I'd never do it again. He guided me home safely and I've kept my end of the deal as well. I do not remember leaving the party, I do not remember getting home, but I do remember making that promise.
:( :spitdrink::P :-[ :(
:PSA: Maybe he learned something. Let the sober girl drive. :idea:
I've done young and stupid ( and loved it ) but these days I just don't bother driving if I've had more than a few .
Unfortunately we have MADD up here and they're aiming for zero tolerance .
As a person who tends bar I find that position to be obnoxious .
As a patron I find it doubly so .
.08 is the legal limit .
Unless you're lower .
Make sense ?
In Missouri (and perhaps other states?), the bartender holds some legal responsibility if a patron drinks too much and gets in a wreck, and the bar can be sued.
While he may or may not hold a moral duty to cut someone off, making it legal just seems ... wrong.
On a quick Google, it looks like Missouri revised her dram shop laws (http://www.cfif.org/htdocs/freedomline/current/guest_commentary/dram_shop_liability.htm) so that the patron must be "significantly uncoordinated physical action or significant physical dysfunction." Which, I suppose, is better.
Missouri also has done many alcohol checkpoints, which some have argued are unconstitutional (guilty until proven innocent). Not sure if that's still the case -- they were very big in the 80s when MADD was making their big push down here.
In high school, my buddies and I would go out weekly and cruise a back country road for hours, drinking and jamming to tunes. I wouldn't dare do that now. lol
Anyone who's had more than a few ( three+ ) I usually ask if they want a cab .
Often , if the person is obviously over , as I dial they just sneak out and dash away . It's annoying that people feel I'm responsible for their subterfuge .