Natalie says that the Smurfs have her quaking in her shoes. “Because that bad guy, Gargamel, was so terrifying. I was scared of a lot of cartoons. I’m kind of wussy like that,” she explained. – read more at IVillage

Movie File has a photo-gallery of their suggestions for casting the new Smurfs live-action meeting. Here’s their lead in:
The Smurfs live-action movie is officially underway, and we can’t wait to see what actors are going to be in it! For Vanity Smurf, they need someone who’s pretty, but not too pretty, so that– what? The Smurfs will all be computer-generated? But… but we just wrote this whole big Smurf cast wish list! Oh, come on! Well, maybe they’ll change their minds, and realize that tiny, blue versions of some of today’s funniest actors is the way to go.
You can see the photo-gallery here.

The world record for the largest number of people dressed as Smurfs has been smashed. The Halifax Courier reports:
The city of Swansea was turned blue as a group of 2,510 people, the majority of whom were students from the local university, crammed into the Oceana nightclub to almost double the previous record.
The event was organised by UK fancy dress costume seller Jokers’ Masquerade and was not verified until 1am as every “Smurf” had to be checked to make sure no natural skin was showing.
Read more here.

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