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Talk-Show Format Gets a Bath

Rub-a-dub-dub with Malkovich just tip of Craig Bierko's Web interview series

By Sam Gale Rosen,  Newser Staff

Posted Mar 25, 2008 3:16 PM CDT

(Newser) – Actor Craig Bierko, in an interview with Newsweek, says his strange, and strangely riveting, web video—in which he gives John Malkovich a sponge bath while engaging in "silly chatter"—is about exposing the weird artificiality of the talk-show format. "It sort of turns up the fake intimacy to a ridiculous degree," says the Tony nominee, currently starring in the Fox sitcom Unhitched.

More Bathing With Bierko celebrity interviews are on their way—and some of the guests are likely to be female, Bierko says: "We think if the woman is behind me, washing my hair, we might be able to hide everything." One more factoid: The bathtub (and bathroom) in the video belongs to Carrie Fisher, and once belonged to Bette Davis.

Actor Craig Bierko attend an event in this file photo.
Actor Craig Bierko attend an event in this file photo.   (Getty Images)
Actor John Malkovich arrives for the UK premiere of his film Eragon in this file photo.
Actor John Malkovich arrives for the UK premiere of his film "Eragon" in this file photo.   (Getty Images (by Event))
John Malkovich (right) is seen in with host Craig Bierko in this still from the new online talk show, Bathing With Bierko.
John Malkovich (right) is seen in with host Craig Bierko in this still from the new online talk show, "Bathing With Bierko."   (Superdeluxe.com)
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