Rob Pinkston
Best know for helping Ashton Kutcher punk the stars, Rob Pinkston has built his resume with his role in Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide as Coconut Head. He'll be seen soon in two upcoming movies, The Derby Stallion and from the makers of Napoleon Dynamite, The Sasquatch Dumpling Gang, co-starring Jeremy Sumpter. Rob talks with us here about his projects and himself.
THE STAR SCOOP:
So, you're done with
Punk'd. How would you describe the overall experience?
ROB PINKSTON:
It was so much fun. It was probably one of the most fun things I'll ever do in television. It was super exciting because you only have one shot and you're getting prepared and your energy is just going.
THE STAR SCOOP:
Is there anything they don't show on camera?
PINKSTON:
Well, it definitely takes longer than they show on TV. At least the ones that I have done have taken a lot longer. Sometimes there is a little bit of waiting, if you're talking to the person, it's kind of a little bit of small talk to get them comfortable. Sometimes there might be a little set up. Sometimes there are little things that they don't show you. But most of the time what you see really happened.
THE STAR SCOOP:
Who was your favorite person that you Punk'd?
PINKSTON:
Everybody was really cool about it and I found them really, really nice. I think the most fun bit that I did was the one on Serena Williams. It was the first one that I did. She was one of the nicest people you'll ever meet and so it was really cool to see that people can be that nice.
THE STAR SCOOP:
How is
Ned's Declassified going? Tell us about your character, Coconut Head.
PINKSTON:
There are so many more fun things that are happening with the scripts because all the characters have been developed and everybody knows who they are. Coconut Head is a really cool kid but he's ridiculed by the other kids because he has the worst haircut in school. Right before the first day of school, his mom gives him a haircut, instead of going out and getting a haircut from a professional and she ends up giving him a haircut in the shape of a coconut. He is ridiculed for that and he's always being chased down by the bullies.
THE STAR SCOOP:
You have some other projects in the works. The Sasquatch Dumpling Gang and The Derby Stallion.
PINKSTON:
Yeah, I'm actually on location doing that [
The Sasquatch Dumpling Gang] right now.
THE STAR SCOOP:
What is it about?
PINKSTON:
First off,
The Sasquatch Dumpling Gang is about a bunch of groups of people whose lives intersect over the course of a few days. It all revolves around this group of nerdy kids finding a pile of sasquatch goo in the forest. They go and they show the authorities and they get all the media to find it out. There are different groups of people. There are the nerdy kids, there are the white trash hick boys, there are the bully kids. I'm not going to say what happens but they all eventually come together and it's very, very funny.
THE STAR SCOOP:
And what about The Derby Stallion?
PINKSTON:
The Derby Stallion was a really fun project because the people on it were so much fun. It's about this kid - it's a family film meets
Seabiscuit kind of thing. He learns to ride horses. It's about overcoming obstacles in his life. It was just a really fun experience. We got to go to Georgia, where I was born and I got to be with my family and got to meet really cool people.
THE STAR SCOOP:
Tell us about who you are.
PINKSTON:
I am definitely a fun person. I like to be serious, but I'm never really too serious. I'm always joking around. I'm always trying to find the funny side of every situation and I always want to keep things lighthearted and fun.
THE STAR SCOOP:
Official website?
PINKSTON:
I'm in the process of building my website right now. RobPinkston.Com. You can email me at rob@robpinkston.com.
THE STAR SCOOP:
Where do you see yourself in the next couple years?
PINKSTON:
I see myself still acting. I see myself doing bigger projects than I am now. I see myself, you know, just doing a lot more. Doing either bigger movies or bigger T.V. shows or going to premieres. Just stuff that you always see actors doing. I definitely want to stay doing what I'm doing. Hopefully in the next few years I'll be able to go to college and do some film directing or some cinematography.