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Eden Riegel plays Lilith the lesbian in "Year One"

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jamie murnane

Eden Riegel is obviously no stranger to playing gay for pay, as her All My Children character Bianca Montgomery was the first soap opera lesbian ever. And now she's at it again, in the new Jack Black/Michael Cera comedy Year One, which opens in theaters today.

The Harold Ramis-directed film revolves around Black and Cera's caveman characters, Zed and Oh, wandering around during biblical times (strange, right?). While it might make absolutely no sense and is probably aimed to entertain 13-year-old boys, we can appreciate Eden continuing to not shy away from bringing visibility.

Here's the trailer:

Eden plays Lilith, Adam and Eve's daughter. (Lilith — really?) When Adam instructs Zed to "lie with" Lilith to fulfill god's wishes of to "be fruitful and multiple," Lilith says, "I like girls," putting a modern spin things.

Since I haven't seen the film yet (thanks jlews, for the tip), I'm not sure how much Lilith being a lesbian will actually be brought up, so it's hard to say if that will be enough to make this film sound interesting.

However, Olivia Wilde is also in it, playing Princess Inanna. She, alone, could be enough to make me see just about anything.

Maybe her and Lilith's paths will cross, if you know what I mean. Doubtful, I know.

Will you be seeing Year One?

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    • Submitted by
    jamie murnane
    on June 19, 2009 - 6:00pm.
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    Amber's picture

    I love Michael Cera

    Submitted by
    Amber (9 posts)
    on June 19, 2009 - 6:12pm.
    and Jack Black so I will be seeing it. It looks funny. The tiny bit of a lesbian doesn't have any effect on whether or not I will see it. I could care less.
    JustLikeHeaven's picture

    Just saw it last night

    Submitted by
    JustLikeHeaven (38 posts)
    on June 19, 2009 - 6:43pm.

    i have to say that it was actually pretty funny. michael cera and jack black make a great comedic team!

    as for lillith, she didn't really have much of a part in the movie. when she told jack black's character she likes girls, he acted really confused. she repeated again that she sleeps with girls and he was just kinda... confused haha. and as for olivia wilde... she looks gorgeous, as always :]

    Checkers's picture

    "She, alone, could be

    Submitted by
    Checkers (92 posts)
    on June 19, 2009 - 6:46pm.

    "She, alone, could be enough to make me see just about anything."

    I'm not a huge fan of Jack Black's sense of humour so this movie wasn't one I was planning to see. However when I saw that Olivia Wilde was in it I sharply changed my mind :). She is amazing :). I would actually see anything if she was in it. Except maybe a horror... D:

    Aniota's picture

    Agreed!

    Submitted by
    Aniota (115 posts)
    on June 19, 2009 - 7:14pm.
    Agreed!
    Lucy's picture

    I totally agree

    Submitted by
    Lucy (71 posts)
    on June 19, 2009 - 7:26pm.
    my housemates and I saw the trailer for it on TV the other day and they all decided it wouldn't be a film they would bother seeing.  However I noticed Olivia Wilde in the trailer and once I explained to them who it was we all agreed it was worth seeing just for her :) 
    polkadotwings's picture

    Same here

    Submitted by
    polkadotwings (91 posts)
    on June 19, 2009 - 11:57pm.
    I remember thinking it looked like such a stupid movie when I first saw the trailer (I still do), but a guy friend of mine kept bugging me about seeing it and when I found out Olivia Wilde was in it and told him he was like "Ok, now you know you're going to have to see it with me." He knows I would watch her in anything lol, so we're going to see it next week.
    Jlew's picture

    Its Jlew! or Jlewser

    Submitted by
    Jlew (14 posts)
    on June 19, 2009 - 7:33pm.
    The tip was made by me, but hey I'm not complaining.  There were actually a lot of sexual references in the movie.  Did you guys know Lilith is said to be the first woman God made from the same dust of Adam.  Adam wanted to rule over Lilith but Lilith wanted to be equal with Adam since they were made from the same dust.  She fled from the garden and vowed to get revenge.  Her story was said to have been left out from the Bible.
    bobsfrankenbeans's picture

    yea...

    Submitted by
    bobsfrankenbeans (83 posts)
    on June 20, 2009 - 1:29am.
    didn't she also come back and tempt eve away from adam- i could have sworn i read something about that.... and then adam and g-to-the-d were all 'no way man,' so she went off and had like a gazillion devil babies (and by devil babies i mean mutant spawn that have nothing to do with her doing anything with the devil)? or is that just the old testament version?
    Jenn's picture

    Thrilled.

    Submitted by
    Jenn (62 posts)
    on June 19, 2009 - 7:38pm.
    It's hard for me to get excited about movies these days(besides harry potter) so I'm very excited to go see this. Cera is one of my favorite actors right now and everyone with eye balls is smitten over Eden.
    stephanie b's picture

    I'll definitely be passing

    Submitted by
    stephanie b (54 posts)
    on June 19, 2009 - 7:41pm.

    I'll definitely be passing on this one even though it has the adorably charming Eden Riegel playing a lesbian again. The comedy looks puerile and beneath the talents of both Jack Black and Michael Cera.

    AfterElton also has an interesting review of this movie that critiques its treatment of female characters and its use of "gay panic" for jokes.

    Megan Rose Gedris's picture

    Ha ha ha! Her name is Eden

    Submitted by
    Megan Rose Gedris (104 posts)
    on June 19, 2009 - 8:27pm.

    Ha ha ha! Her name is Eden and she's playing Adam and Eve's daughter! lol.

    Is anyone else confused about the timeline of this movie? There's Adam and Eve, but then there's Roman times? I can't wrap my head around that. I can't see this movie just because of the confusion.

    bobsfrankenbeans's picture

    i think i may be able to clear it up for you...

    Submitted by
    bobsfrankenbeans (83 posts)
    on June 20, 2009 - 1:31am.
    this movie is based on the AMERICAN interpretation of history- you know, the type that's all infactual and focuses more on the 'lesson,' and less on the ...erm 'reality.' That- or it's just a really, really, really long road trip.
    Suzzie's picture

    Haha

    Submitted by
    Suzzie (148 posts)
    on June 20, 2009 - 11:44am.

    'That- or it's just a really, really, really long road trip'

    Made me laugh!!! Will def be going to see this film when it comes out in the UK, I love Jack Black and Micheal Cera humour, and really most humour that is aimed at the 13-20 year old male population!!!

    Plus Olivia Wilde as a Princessy type women.....anyone else need any more incouragment? DIDN'T THINK SO lol

    kookoocachoo27's picture

    Love Olivia

    Submitted by
    kookoocachoo27 (5 posts)
    on June 19, 2009 - 8:31pm.
    I'm skeptical about it as well, but Cera is hilarious and Olivia Wilde will totally get me to that theater seat.
    Soccergirl1023's picture

    <3 it!

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    Soccergirl1023 (55 posts)
    on June 19, 2009 - 9:37pm.
    All you have to say was Olivia Wilde and i'm there. lol....Cera is hilarious so is Black...I wanna go see it, i probably will eventually...or i might sneak in after i watch Transformers next Wednesday..haha
    Ashley's picture

    Olivia Wilde?

    Submitted by
    Ashley (92 posts)
    on June 19, 2009 - 10:10pm.
    Yes, please! She is the only motivation for me to see this movie. As much incentive Angelina Jolie provided for me to purchase "Wanted" on iControl.
    Sensationalsarah's picture

    Biblica times ey?

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    Sensationalsarah (13 posts)
    on June 19, 2009 - 10:18pm.
    if Olivia was alive during biblical times I'm sure more people would have read the bible lol Oh I can already see Christian groups rising to attack this film
    Kira_me's picture

    A few facts

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    Kira_me (48 posts)
    on June 19, 2009 - 10:19pm.
    Lilith was actually Adams first wife; where as eve was created from the rib of adam, lilith was created from the same clay that Adam was and so was equal to him. hence she refused to summit to him and wanted to leave the Garden of eden. Adam wouldn't accept that lilith was equal to him and so she flew away, literally she flew out of the garden. adam went to go and wined that lilith had left him and so god sent angels out after lilith, but she argued agents them and they left her. through history she is now considered a sexual daemon who gives jewish boys wet dreams :P  
    bobsfrankenbeans's picture

    ....

    Submitted by
    bobsfrankenbeans (83 posts)
    on June 20, 2009 - 1:33am.
    and jewish girls, let us not forget the jewish girls.
    lovegoddess's picture

    First Known Vampire?...

    Submitted by
    lovegoddess (44 posts)
    on June 20, 2009 - 4:51am.

    I read once as well, that Lilith was the first woman molded from Adam or whatever...but in vampire history or whatever, there is a book explaining that Lilith was also the first known vampire ever. It was some sort of curse that she got because of the whole argument of wanting to be equal with Adam....kinda like the whole Cain being cursed with black skin because he killed Able, and that Cain is actually sasqatch/big foot....

    Anyways really it's all bible mythology but still fun and interesting to read.......

    summer_sapphire's picture

    OLIVIA WILDE FTW!

    Submitted by
    summer_sapphire (82 posts)
    on June 20, 2009 - 12:28am.

    I will be watching Year One regardeless of the lesbian reference or not. Olivia Wilde and Michael Cera = I AM DEFINITELY WATCHING THE MOVIE! =P

    I think Jack Black tends to overact in his roles.

    Baley's picture

    Ok Movie but small amount of olivia

    Submitted by
    Baley (6 posts)
    on June 20, 2009 - 12:59am.
    I had high hopes for this movie just b/c of Olivia Wilde being in it. Alas, she was probably in 10-15 min of the movie at most which is such a shame. She also had some accent thing going on which made no sense of why she had it since no one else did. All in all it was a pretty good movie and you get to see Olivia on the big screen. =)
    Paula's picture

    <3 Olivia

    Submitted by
    Paula (135 posts)
    on June 20, 2009 - 2:52pm.

    I think i may go and see it just because Olivia is in it, even if she only appears for a short time.

     

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    Elin 's picture

    lillith their daughter...

    Submitted by
    Elin (109 posts)
    on June 21, 2009 - 9:52am.

    lillith their daughter... woah they've got it wrong! she was Adams first wife (made out of the same things) but adam raped her so she fled ther paradise and ended up the first female demon (aka Succubus)

    Anyways I will se the movie... seems to be an awesome cast!  

     

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    KaitlynnnnLovesTaterrrrrr(:'s picture

    Yeah...

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    KaitlynnnnLoves... (3 posts)
    on June 21, 2009 - 10:34am.
    The movie was pretty good. And Lillith didn't really have much of a part. And i read this before i saw the movie and i new it was coming so when i went in the movie, i was biting my nails waiting for her to say it. I thought it was gonna be longer than that but the movie was good. And afterwards, I couldn't stop talking about how hot Olivia Wilde was(:
    Briony's picture

    I saw it on opening night

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    Briony (99 posts)
    on June 21, 2009 - 3:41pm.
    I saw it on opening night and it just seemed like the lesbo reference was totally random. It was just to cock block Jack Black's character, but it was a pretty funny moment all the same. I totally thought Lilith and Inanna would hook up by the end, but it must have slipped the writers' minds.
    Quite_Contrary's picture

    I saw it on Friday

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    Quite_Contrary (90 posts)
    on June 21, 2009 - 8:30pm.
    The movie was okay. A good part of it was funny, and some parts of it were gross. I pretty much saw it for Olivia though. She is amazingly gorgeous in this movie.  I don't know if her faux English accent was at all accurate or not, but I thought it was very sexy coming from her :-)
    Madelyne's picture

    The full trailer actually

    Submitted by
    Madelyne (29 posts)
    on June 21, 2009 - 8:57pm.

    The full trailer actually looks pretty funny. I think I'll be definately be going to see this now. Jack Black + Michael Cera seem like a pretty awesome team. The ackowledgement that girls actually liked other girls in year one doesn't hurt either. : )

    rusty_tiffany's picture

    olivia <33

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    rusty_tiffany (145 posts)
    on June 21, 2009 - 10:01pm.

    i saw it on friday with my brothers cause michael cera is adorable and i have the hugest, most insane crush on olivia wilde, who is amazingly sexy in the movie btw. she has a british-ish accent, and it is glorious. everyone should go see it just for her.

    i didn't know about lilith before seeing it, so i was pleasantly surprised that the writers acknowledged that there were, in fact, lesbians in biblical times. i guess all my jewish day school teachers forgot about that part. i did notice that the name they picked for her, lilith, isn't exactly the nicest of names (lilith was an evil, demonic spirit kind of thing, and oftentimes the snake that tempted adam and eve to eat the forbidden fruit is called lilith), but i'll take what i can get. 

    Amaya's picture

    Read the comment I just

    Submitted by
    Amaya (32 posts)
    on June 26, 2009 - 3:02am.

    Read the comment I just posted about Lilith a bit below... You might be surprised x)

    ~* Sunt îngeraşul tau, dar tu eşti îngerul meu *~

    Rachel JW's picture

    Year One

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    Rachel JW (327 posts)
    on June 21, 2009 - 10:11pm.

    I saw that today! I was about to spill it -- how cast is she being after her roll on All My Children. She should have showed up at the end with the princess Olivia Wilde. I was hoping! =P 

    -Rachel

    http://www.kissthegirl09.webs.com

    Courtney Dax's picture

    I saw the movie today. It

    Submitted by
    Courtney Dax (46 posts)
    on June 22, 2009 - 1:43am.

    I saw the movie today. It was surprisingly funny. If you are not one for slightly disgusting jokes, then don't go see it. I laughed quite a number of times. Micheal Cera is really awesome in it too. The two main female actresses are total eye candy too. ;)

    "See how I am defying gravity?" Elphaba, Wicked

    girlbeatsdrums's picture

    That part was funny, but

    Submitted by
    girlbeatsdrums (298 posts)
    on June 22, 2009 - 2:23pm.

    That part was funny, but the rest of the movie...eh. I was disappointed in Black and Cera overall. Not horrible, but...

     I agree about the female leads, though. Hah.

    Devin's picture

    before me and my gf got kicked out of the theatre...

    Submitted by
    Devin (50 posts)
    on June 22, 2009 - 5:10pm.
    we were sitting on the stairs and during that scene, we erupted with applause... then we got kicked out. but still super hot!!!
    Amaya's picture

    What the F

    Submitted by
    Amaya (32 posts)
    on June 26, 2009 - 3:00am.

    lol weird that Lilith is mentioned since I was recently reading the book Sextrology and I believe Aries woman is associated with her... hmm let me get it...

    "Bible + Literature:

    Aries' biblical archetype is Lilith, the original wife of Adam, whose character didn't comply with a male-dominant relationship. Her name recalls the lily (which btw in Japanese gives us "Yuri", which is a cultural symbol for girl x girl) or lotus, a symbol of yonic power."

    Ha in regards to literature they also mention "the ever sapphic Xena, Warrior Princess" which mind you is interesting because this was for Aries Woman in general, not just gay aries woman.

    Kay, that was random. Anyway I'll probably go see the movie when I'm in the mood for mindles comedy. 

    ~* Sunt îngeraşul tau, dar tu eşti îngerul meu *~

    Nikki.Thompson's picture

    Lilith

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    Nikki.Thompson (1 post)
    on July 13, 2009 - 11:21am.
    Lilith is a pretty appropriate name for a lesbian character, and it seems pretty controversial to have one in a Bible comedy spoof! But I guess that is the whole point, isn't it? I can't wait to see this movie. online casino

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