The LA Times’ 24 Frames blog has reported that Laurie is in serious discussions to play the lead in a small indie-film entitled Oranges, in which an older man (Laurie) has an affair with the daughter of a family friend. Mila Kunis (of That 70s Show fame) is apparently set to play the foxy youngster, and Gossip Girl’s Leighton Meester also fits in somewhere, though it’s too early to know where all the pieces fit. But of what we’ve heard so far, this is looking to be a pretty exciting jigsaw (and we wouldn’t say that lightly).

Though there’s no director attached as yet, the script (by Jay Reiss and Ian Helfer) was good enough to earn itself a place on the 2008 Black List of Best Un-produced work (which last year featured Inglorious Basterds). So already, our hopes are pretty high. And frankly, it’s about time that our mate Hugh (what? He’d like us if he met us, OK?) got a starring role. Anyone able to play The Prince Regent as well as House deserves at least a chance at leading-man-dom, and we can’t wait to see what he makes of it if it goes ahead. Hurrah for Laurie! Un-biased journalism eh? There’s just nothing like it…

Opinions on the God that is Hugh Laurie? We’re open to all thoughts (as long as they’re ones that start with ‘I love Hugh Laurie because…)

Tarantino recently revealed that in this brutal scene where Bridget is strangled, he insisted that the only way to make the struggle realistic was by choking the protagonist with his own bare hands.

He explained: “When you watch the film those are actually my hands that are on Diane Kruger’s throat strangling her. I made a deal with her early on.” Tarantino told her, “We’re gonna have to choke you iff it’s gonna actually work and I don’t trust anybody but myself to do it.’” Apparently Kruger didn’t trust anyone apart from Tarantino to do it either so she was up for it.