Owen Wilson is “very happy” for the release of his new film to go ahead, despite it taking on ghoulish parallels with his own life. Wilson allegedly slashed his own wrists recently in an apparent suicide bid and in the film, The Darjeeling Limited, he plays a character who deliberately crashes his motorbike.

Wes Anderson, the film’s director and a friend of Wilson’s, says, “That’s not what I want and not what Owen wants. Owen’s very happy we’re releasing it now.”

Co-writer Roman Coppola (son of Godfather director Francis Ford Coppola)added, “There’s the show business adage of the show must go on. We’re all sympathetic about our friend’s well being. I haven’t spoken with him about this but I think he’d be very eager that the film be shown. He’s proud of the work we did. In terms of art and personal life echoing one another, that’s the proper way to make a movie. I’ve been witness to a lot of movies that my dad did and it’s very familiar to me that your personal life reflects the theme of the movie.”

The Darjeeling Limited has been doing the rounds of the film Festivals in recent weeks and winning plaudits everywhere for it’s writers, director and three main stars: Wilson, plus Jason Schwartzman (another Coppola relative!) and Oscar Winner, Adrien Brody. Most recently it has been selected as the Closing Gala for this year’s BFI London Film Festival, which begins on October 17 and closes with the film on November 1 at the Odeon Leicester Square.

Source: Yahoo!