Wilson Brothers' Young Accidents In Movie

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Movie siblings Owen and Luke Wilson had a nasty childhood accident
with a pellet gun - which crops up in their new movie. Their older
brother Andrew has a pellet lodged in his knuckle from a youthful
shoot-out, and the episode is the basis for one scene in their new
movie The Royal Tenenbaums. Luke, Gwyneth Paltrow's boyfriend,
admits he now understands why parents are reluctant to buy toy
guns for their kids. He recalls, "We were obsessed with BB guns,
and we weren't allowed to have them for so long. My parents were
anti-guns and they thought if we got one we're gonna want to take
a shot at a can, then at a squirrel and then you're gonna want to
shoot a close friend or a brother. They were right - my brother
Andrew still has a pellet lodged in his knuckle to this day. He
had Owen cornered in a toolshed and it was like an Old West shoot-
out. He had a hose and he was trying to flush him out and Owen
just kind of stuck the gun out and got lucky and hit my brother in
the knuckle." Wilson's dad tried to stop his troublesome sons from
spending time together. Luke adds, "We were so close that my
father would encourage us to find other friends besides each
other. He'd say, 'Y'know, when the three of you get together,
you're like your own lowest common denominator.'"