Agreed, her comments were way beyond the pale. However, she has already gotten paid regardless. If this movie is as thrilling as it appears (and clearly this is a matter of preference, Nolan's work may not appeal to others as much as it does to me), then does not going to see it because of her idiocy really hurt her more than it deprives us of our enjoyment?

For what its worth, here's an eyewitness account of an actual stoning (found through Google):

A deep hole is dug in the ground. A 30 year old lady, tied up from feet to shoulders, as a stick, is lowered alive into this hole, in a standing position. Only her neck and head are visible. Can you imagine a human head sticking above ground?

When the order is given, a man throws a fist-sized stone at her protruding head. The stone hits her head with a thud. She screems in pain as the blood oozes down her face. Another man picks up a stone and scraps the side of her head drawing a lateral line of blood. She cries and screems in excruciating pain. Since it is a free for all, a teenage spectator from this open playing field, tries his luck, but misses her head completely. Another aims at her and flings it with force. The stone hits its intended target, her forehead.

She screems and cries loudly for mercy. There is now a gash on her forehead. Blood spurting out, down her eyes, nose, cheeks, mouth and down to the ground. She cries out for mercy but to not avail. The minutes become an hour, between the many misses, scraps, nicks, chips and strikes. Another spectator flings forcefully at her.

The stone hits the bridge of her nose with another thud. She screems again and again. This time the blood comes down from inside and outside her nose. Probably, her nasal bridge-bone is broken, causing the bleeding from inside her nostrils as well. Though her wounds are grave, as you can imagine, her screems by now are not as vociferous as earlier, and her tears help to wash some of the blood on her cheeks. Her vision has completely gone with the blood coating. The next stone hits her again. A piece of flesh pops out. No, its not, oh god, it really can't be her eye-ball. It is so bloody that you can't really make out. By this time, blood has covered her entire face and the ground in front of her. She still makes groaning sounds. More time pass. Stoning her, continues. Her sounds are less and less audible. Her face has become unrecognisable. Flesh, like mashed meat is her face, but only more bloody, as she now literally has no human face. Small strips of flesh, like locks of hair are hanging from her. Her head is now droopping forward. At this stage a hit on her make splashes of blood. She has stopped making a sound for the last two stone pelting. Two hours have passed. The Islamic authorities check her neck for pulse. It is still beating but barely, due to the loss of blood. A flesh piece drops off her head, as the stoning process continues.

Finally, death comes to this lady. She is then left there for a few more hours for the spectators to see, because this is a public lesson for all muslim females, who commit adultery. Then her father and relatives are allowed to dig her body, and bring it above ground. Pieces of her flesh, lying on the ground, is collected and because she has no face, it is put back on the front of her head, and bundled up. Now readers, imagine that is your mother, or your daughter, or sister, or even you, yourself.

For what its worth, it is starting to look like the US got the better deal in this swap - even if the people they are getting in return are not currently US citizens. <a href="http://(http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/07/09/russias_spy_inferiority_complex)" target="_blank">(http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/07/09/russias_spy_inferiority_complex)

I agree with most of you that the opinions expressed in this interview were atrocious - but that's nothing new. Most Hollywood actors are rather left-leaning. DiCaprio is still a great actor (as evidenced by his roles in Blood Diamond and The Departed). So are Gordon-Levitt and Page. You have to be able to separate their personal political views from their acting work. Christopher Nolan is a brilliant writer/director and I still believe that Inception will prove to be the best movie of this summer, or in a long time for that matter. Even impartial reviews of it have been extremely positive. I am willing to put my personal political disagreements with the actors aside in order to both enjoy their performances, and what I'm sure is simply also a good movie. Its entertainment - you just enjoy it for what it is!