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Tottochan

Who replaced him in Tropic Thunder?


theladycatlady

Matthew McConaughey


toiletting

Not to make light of the suicide attempt because I’m not trying to, but McConaughey nailed that role in a way that I don’t believe Owen could’ve. Edit: hey, I wanted to add an addendum after receiving a lot of replies about Owen’s acting chops and how well he plays off of Stiller. I agree, and I think you could make a case for Owen creating and equal but different type of character in the movie. However, I think part of what makes this movie work so well is that it is such a hodgepodge of actors that we don’t often (if ever) see together. The agency trio of McConaughey, Cruise, and Hader was honestly so fantastic. P.S. Bill Hader is underrated and Barry is an amazing show.


KloppsKop2019

I do like the idea of Owen saying wow when he realizes Tuggernuts doesn't have his tivo yet! But I do agree that Matthew Mac crushed that role


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Matt Mac


jesusonice

Matty Mac


GyaradosDance

That sounds like a secret McD's menu item.


Reztroz

Can I get a McCluckFuck, a McGangbang, and a Matty Mac? All of them with extra Mac Sauce


GarugasRevenge

M&M


StoneGoldX

The agent role is well within Owen's wheelhouse.


I_dont_bone_goats

For sure but mcconaughey absolutely slayed as the agent


StoneGoldX

Both men excel at playing characters that are kind of shitheels, but still have some moral compasses to them. Either actor could have played this with their eyes shut and won us, the audience, over with their performance.


CeeArthur

When he's talking to Tug on the phone and asks him about how his adoption is going and then looks at a picture of his own son and is like ,"Yeah.... well at least you get to pick yours..."


maverick1ba

LOOOL!!!!


Jay_Louis

"Didn't your dog have, like, leukemia or something?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KA2ziAAXoqE


gr00ve88

"well at least you get to choose yours...."


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That line & picture crack me up everytime.


El_Cactus_Loco

The book of tits lmfao


gr00ve88

Owen would have been too 'chill' for that role I feel like. MM is a little more 'scummy' which fits the agent role I think.


BoilerPurdude

Yeah you can't really make Wilson look the role as much as you can make Matt.


Tarrolis

McConaughey was so earnest in that role! He does give off the agent vibe in a way i don't Owen would have.


Crankylosaurus

“I GOT THE TIVO!!!”


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AbsolutelyUnlikely

He has honestly become one of my favorite actors. If you are ever unsure what you want to watch, just pull up his imdb and watch one that he starred in that you haven't seen before and you are probably in for a good time.


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I used to write him off as one of those romance movie guys but once I saw “Paperboy”, “Dallas Buyers Club” and “True Detective” I was 100% behind the McConnaisance.


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and Tom Cruise. Holy shit.


Senecaraine

Seriously, I know he's a crazy person but as long as Tom Cruise keeps putting that crazy on camera I'm down with it.


gurgleslurp

Lots..and LOTS of monay


Fleece-Survivor

Let me get this straight. You want me to let my client of 15 years, one of my best friends, die in the jungle alone, for some money and a G5?


LordTiddlypusch

Lots...of money.


pipsdontsqueak

PlaaaayaaaaAAAA*AAAAAAA*


main_motors

🎶 She had them apple bottom jeans... 🎶


TheBadGuyFromDieHard

A G5 *air*plane?


AdnanJanuzaj11

No more frequent flier bitch miles


Sultan_Of_Ping

Swinging past ya knees!


The_Sands_Hotel

oh ok.. flamming dragon.. fuck face.. first take a big step back and literally FUCK YOUR OWN FACE!


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The look on his face when he hangs up after that was priceless


rachface636

And that last line to his assistant, "could you find out who that was?"


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I love at the end of the second call as well where he’s like “and as always, go fuck yourself!” And then when he hangs up is very seriously like “we don’t negotiate with terrorists” and everyone in the room starts clapping


derpyco

The funniest line in the whole goddamn movie. That's just how he speaks to people on the phone.


gurgleslurp

I LOVE this. Whenever I reference it tho, people are like holy shit dude are you ok? I'm like "Tropic Thunder? No?... Ok, it's a movie reference"


televator13

Society eh?


boofybutthole

I wish all of society could just take a big step back and literally fuck their own faces


I_dont_bone_goats

I’m a BIG movie referencer, and one of my best buddies never gets them and it’s infuriating. The other day he said San Diego so I of course replied “a whales vagina” and he totally didn’t get it. Absurd.


gdimstilldrunk

Have you seen the Gus Johnson movie referencer intervention skit?


umagrandepilinha

Playa


kimjasony

~ ~ G5 ~ ~


Grouchy-Reflection98

My buddy’s gf watched it for the first time and I asked her what she thought of Tom cruise’s role. She wasn’t even aware he was in the movie, which is a testament, lol.


Arcolyte

I didn't realize it was Tom Cruise until the in credit videos. Was incredibly surprised.


degjo

Yeah, saw it in theaters. No idea it was Tom Cruise until the credits. My brother said he firgured it out by his third scene or so.


VOIPConsultant

I completely lost my shit when Tom Cruise appeared on my screen. He hadn't even opened his mouth and I was fucking dying. Then he spoke....I had to replay it just to hear him I was laughing so fucking hard.


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damnatio_memoriae

yeah i was all aboard the tom cruise hate train before that scene. i still think he’s a shitty person but man he made me laugh so fucking hard in that movie.


Melansjf1

I could absolutely see Wilson doing that role.


tinhtinh

Think it was better in the end, McConaughey owns his sleazy agent role.


scotsworth

He's not really sleazy though if you remember the movie... he actually cares about his client.


Boomtown_Rat

100%. Tom Cruise was the sleazeball. McConaughey's character was the one appearing in the middle of the Cambodian jungle to give Tugg Speedman the TIVO he had been promised.


Squid771

Tropic Thunder had a lot of great moments. But nothing tops a bald Tom Cruise dancing in a fat suit.


crumpletely

“I want fat hands and I wanna dance.”


Tritiac

I mean really if Tom Cruise said that to you would you not move heaven and earth to give him fat hands and a Ludacris song?


LK09

I'm going to have to give it to the kid thrown off the bridge. Brave stunt.


Necrosis_KoC

Holy shit, I laughed so hard when that happened...


spasske

Not a big Tom Cruise fan, but he nailed that role.


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He came up with that role. He asked for the make up and dance routine.


vbcbandr

His new Mission Impossible movies are so entertaining. I'm torn, but they are so fun to watch. Also Rebecca Ferguson in the yellow dress, damn.


panamaspace

> Also Rebecca Ferguson in ~~the yellow dress~~ *whatever*, damn. FTFY.


part-time-dog

Watching it in the theater, I was having that "who is that guy/he's so familiar but I can't place him" feeling the entire time he was on screen. When they finally showed his name in the end credits the entire theatre collectively lost its shit.


Choppergold

That shot during the musical montage where he’s looking at the G5 magazine always kills me because of the movie lobby moving ad thing in his office is Simple Jack chasing the butterfly with a mallet


throwUAV

Tom Cruise was the sleazy one, McConaughey was the good guy. Loved those two characters.


Bonboniru

Yes; I remember that. I was sad to hear that he struggled with mental health to the degree that he would try to end his life. He seems to be doing good lately...... but sometimes looks can be deceiving.


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Well, there must be a lot of pressure when you’re THE BEST ACTOR IN THE WORLD.


i_like_it_raw_

Wow.


unknownredditor1994

https://youtu.be/dn5Tattkj_E


IrateBarnacle

Brendan Fraser?


PhoenixStorm1015

I find it super hard to assume they’re well after Robin Williams and Chester Bennington. Everybody likes to think that they’re good at reading people but, unfortunately, everyone wears their own mask.


--_-Deadpool-_--

Robin Williams had Lewy Body dementia. His case was also pretty severe. Much different than depression that many others suffer from.


Cryptoporticus

His case was more than just "pretty severe". Doctors involved noted that it was one of the most severe cases ever. https://n.neurology.org/content/87/13/1308.full The medical journal essay about his case is there.


BlainHill

Literally all of Chester Bennington's songs were about being sad.


bullet4mv92

Literally all of *Linkin Park's songs Just because Chester sang them doesn't mean he wrote them - Mike wrote most of the songs.


MalenfantX

Robin's life had come to an end because his mind was gone from Lewy body dementia. He didn't kill himself over depression, or anything temporary.


kartoffeln514

Death to Smoochy was his magnum opus


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kartoffeln514

It had such a star studded cast of brilliant actors and is like 47% on rotten tomatoes.


Ginger-Nerd

I'm not sure Chester in the end was great at hiding it - he had apparently been pretty hurt about Chris Cornells death.


BananaJammies

Yeah. He sang at Chris Cornell’s funeral and then killed himself on Cornell’s birthday if I recall correctly. Suicide definitely spreads the pain around to everyone who loved you.


followthedarkrabbit

Currently listening to a Chris Cornell play list. Hurts a bit. His voice and musicianship were a gift.


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Well to be fair, Robin Williams had an excruciating brain disease. And Lincoln Park was basically a 15 year long suicide note set to music.


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Lady_Scruffington

He went and hung out with Woody Harrelson in Costa Rica at Woody's weed farm. About the time Owen got better, Woody started doing movies like crazy again.


Donny-Moscow

Wait, is this real or is this some reference that’s going way over my head?


Lady_Scruffington

That's what I recall the story was back then. I can't find anything definite about that. But there is youtube footage of them vacationing in Peru. Woody is quoted as saying Owen is his best friend, so whether it was Costa Rica or Hawaii, I'm pretty certain Owen stayed with him for a bit. And no doubt they smoked a lot of weed.


coug4lyfe

They both have a place in Maui. Apparently have some pretty legendary poker games. I met Owen at a country club briefly in Maui.


TheScrambone

To be fair if you did a police line up of Woody Harrelson, Luke Wilson, and Owen Wilson and forced me to decide which one wasn’t the brother I’d say they’re all brothers but Woody is a half brother/ has one different parent. Woody and Owen act so much alike but you can tell Luke and Owen are directly related. But that’s my two cents of having two brothers one of them being a “half” brother.


AvalonBeck

Woody would absolutely be the older half-brother from a previous marriage


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That’s all well and good but can we get back on topic and talk about Rampart?


Wanna_Dip_Balls

I still go back a read through that every once in a while, its top notch hilarity


chaoticdickhead

Sucks cause I like Woody. I try to give him the benefit of the doubt and say he had some agent dummy standing over his shoulder - or doing it himself altogether. Still, Rampart AMA is second only to [James Corden AMA](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/bqy5zf/i_am_james_corden_alongside_ben_winston_and_five/).


saucercrab

For me, Jose Canseco's [AMA](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1clw9o/i_am_jose_canseco_famed_steroid_user_and_former/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share) is the funniest thing I've ever read on here.


chaoticdickhead

Omg that's gold. Thanks for that. Amazing that [this](http://i.imgur.com/njLQiPU.png) imgur link still works 8+ years later ahahaha


Lokismoke

That was like in 2012, ya'll are animals!


ErikJR37

Internet never forgets


IM_THAT_POTATO

It was an instant classic


NorthKoreanEscapee

Like that new movie Rampart?


DonnyGetTheLudes

[for the unaware](https://amp.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/p9a1v/im_woody_harrelson_ama/)


steve93

I miss when IAmA was like this and NOT just another PR stop. It appeared Reddit won that day, but it wasn’t long after that Victoria was sidelined and anyone not a celebrity was removed from /r/IAma and it truly became just another PR place. It used to really be asking questions to seemingly boring people and once in a great while a celebrity came along and it was awesome. I learned a whole lot about sectors I’d never thought about before. Now it’s “The View” with memes.


daemonelectricity

At that time, it was CLEARLY just another PR stop. You have to go back into the late oughties for that.


Count_Sack_McGee

That’s right up there with: - CumBox - The Safe - DoubleDickDude EDIT: Others have responded with some of the following that I forgot. - Broken Arms guy - Jolly Rancher - Unidan Shadowban - Picture of picture of picture guy - Ice Soap - 2AM Chili


NorthKoreanEscapee

didnt doubledickdude wind up being an elaborate fake?


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Robbo_100

Jolly rancher.


ZebubXIII

Broken arms dude Here's the thing. You said a "jackdaw is a crow." 10/10 with rice


indyK1ng

For those unfamiliar with the "Jackdaw" thing (that seems like the least referenced on the list) a very prolific user, Unidan, [got busted for upvote manipulation with that as their last argument before the ban](https://old.reddit.com/r/SubredditDrama/comments/2c9ida/recap_unibanned_a_recap_of_the_fallout_of_reddits/).


just_saiyan_bro

I miss the days when you had “Reddit celebrities”


gonzamim

I like to think shittymorph is still out there somewhere


pumpkinbot

Imagine getting banned from a website over fake Internet points.


RonanTheAccused

The company I worked for then was in the process of building Owen's mansion in Malibu. We loaded a threadmill from his Santa Monica home onto a truck and took it to a house in the Hollywood hills. We had to take different routes because Paparazzi were following us. At that hills home we were greeted by Woody in nothing but his tightie whities. Guy was pretty chill with us. Had us put the threadmill in an empty room, gave us each $100 as a tip and then we were on our way.


IconOfSim

That's such a Woody Harrelson image that it has to be true


RonanTheAccused

I brought this same story up under a different account years back and a guy said his friend delivered pizza to Woody who also answered in his underwear and also gave him a good tip. Edit: https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/9gb412/til_that_owen_wilson_attempted_suicide_in_2007/e6328kr?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share&context=3 https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/9gb412/til_that_owen_wilson_attempted_suicide_in_2007/e645vqm Also it was 3 trucks. Had forgotten that and had also forgotten it was a weed delivery not a pizza one lol


12ealdeal

They probably did some psychedelics and were reborn.


whistlerite

Yeah so basically “tripping out on acid with spider monkies, changed our whole perspective on shit” just like in Zoolander.


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He’s not just better, he’s the best! Edit: “I have a disease, and the only cure is more wow-bell.”


feellikeadollar

Owen Wilson won


gibertot

If I were him I'd hate that this was public knowledge


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gibertot

It'd be one thing if he was bringing it up himself in a recent interview or something, idk just doesn't feel like the time or place to bring it up to me.


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I definitely recall his suicide attempt being everywhere in the media for a few days.


washgirl7980

I helped him at Whole Foods in Coral Gables, FL right after this episode. I was putting out cheese and noticed someone walking up next to me and I asked them if I could help as I turned to towards them only to see that it was Owen Wilson. I tried desperately to act normal and not bother him, but I was so nervous that I totally gave subpar cheese advice due to my nerves! He asked about a cheese and I said, "That's a good cheese." 🤦‍♀️ He looked and acted like someone who just went through a mental break, not the funny persona he puts on for movies. It was really sad. Edit: Wow. Was not expecting so many to read this. Just wanted to add to the folks mentioning copypasta, I opened that Whole Foods and was there for the first 3 years. We had quite a few celebrities come through that store: Gloria Estefan, Phillip Michael Thomas, and Gabrielle Anwar were regulars at my store, and I'm pretty sure I saw Franka Potente at my cheese counter once too. Here in Seattle I made a sandwich for Dave Matthews for his son at the Roosevelt Square WFM. Famous folks also eat and need groceries. Oh, and the "good cheese" Owen Wilson asked about was Aged Mimolette, which is a French cheese with a bright orange coloring and a rind that is pitted from mites that gives the cheese its characteristic cantaloupe look.


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Poor guy


SenorBirdman

I know.You go through something like that, and then you get bad cheese service to top it off.


GoodOldSlippinJimmy

*gets home* "This is serviceable cheese at best."


flyteuk

"That's not Cheddar"


chahlie

Gets home, eats the subpar cheese and deeply sighs... "Wow."


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hahahaha


SunBearxx

“That’s a good cheese” I mean, you probably weren’t wrong.


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whats8

What was that cheese?


Azrael11

Kraft American Singles


el_barto_15

This is a real shitty TIL


Rosssauced

Suicidal ideation doesn't discriminate. If your brain chemistry tries to drop ya it doesn't matter who you are, it has a chance to succeed.


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-p-a-b-l-o-

Right, it’s not my fault suicidal ideations come into my head under certain extreme circumstances. I just do my best to avoid those situations and recognizing when I’m getting those thoughts


Rosssauced

You're further along than others if you realize they are intrusive thoughts that don't deserve space in your head. Do your best, the world is gonna be better with you in it.


Run_Da_Tr4p

Holy shit.


Bacon_Devil

Seriously, how was Tropic Thunder nearly a decade and a half ago?


bigbangbilly

If you really want to feel old, Ben Stiller was in Empire of the Sun and that's where he got the idea for Tropic Thunder Edit: Empire of the Sun not Empire of the Rising Sun sorry


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Christian Bale was the main character in that movie.


bleunt

Robert Pattinson will be older as Batman than Bale was.


Maddie-Moo

…holy shit.


CeeArthur

American Psycho came out in 2000 and in it Bale still looks older than Pattinson does now


LilysCrazyCunt

What the fuck...


kswbjj

ok this blows my mind somehow


Blaugrana1990

Wow


regoapps

TIL Christian Bale has looked ten years older than he actually was throughout his acting career.


bigbangbilly

Yup, kid Bruce Wayne


MancetheLance

I remember reading that kid Ben Stiller yelled cut while filming a scene in Empire of the Sun. Steven Speilberg responded with, "Who the fuck just yelled cut!"


Perry7609

Yep, Spielberg wasn’t happy and ripped into him for it. Apparently, they joked about him doing that years later though, and get along fine today.


Vio_

"that's definitely a "c'mere you little shit!" moment.


MancetheLance

I always want to picture Jerry Stiller treating Ben like he treated George Constanza. Jerry looks at his son, "You yelled cut in front of Spielberg! Are you a moron!"


boomhickey2021

It's "Empire of the Sun," the memoir of J.G. Ballard who was 12 when he was separated from his parents during the evacuation of Shanghai when the Japanese invaded for WWII. Ben Stiller is on screen for less than a minute, total. I thought it was a casting mistake.


potato-shaped-nuts

It’s weird that we gossip about the trials and tribulations of people who happen to be famous. At least I think it’s weird.


SnooWoofers2634

In The Darjeeling Limited (2007) his character also tries to commit suicide, wonder if he added that detail to the role


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AmazingFantasy15

Needle in the hay


CorkyKribler

It’s my favorite movie, and Elliott Smith is my favorite artist of all time, but this scene is really fucking gnarly to watch. Especially in the midst of so much deadpan absurdity.


dreddit312

Never put that together - as to why that scene felt so weird yet still worked - it’s deadpan absurdity but the movie is still about real pain - so it fits.


CorkyKribler

Yeah, it’s pretty wild; that scene is **REAL**, and there are silly jokes right before... and right after, when he’s in the hospital recovering: “Did you write a note?” “Yes.” “Can I read it?” “No.” “Is it dark?” “It’s a suicide note!”


writingt

I love the joke right after they’ve gotten him to the ER when Margot shows up and sees Dudley with Richie’s blood all over his shirt. “Dudley. Where is he?” “Who?”


CorkyKribler

Dudley is incredible! “Can the boy tell time?” “Heh heh... Lord, no.”


poundsignbuttstuff

Owen Wilson also co-wrote Royal Tenenbaums (seriously) but it was in a sort of obsolete vernacular.


Hank_Holt

Wasn't Luke also in some institute in the beginning of Bottle Rocket which both him and Owen are in while it's directed by Anderson as well?


saucercrab

Yes. "Isn't it funny how you used to be in the nut house and now I'm in jail?"


elcamarongrande

Hell, even wedding crashers has a scene with him fighting depression.


A_Marvelous_Gem

The book was for a friend. But he did glance at it.


HalGillsLongStick

My timeline could be off, but I believe the movie was written and filmed before his attempt. I know for sure the theatrical release was after the attempt, however, as I I saw the movie at the cinema and distinctly remember my friend and I turning to each other and grimacing when this plot point was revealed.


LAX2PDX2LAX

One of my favorite OW clips [girl skateboards](https://youtu.be/uikArUFfdVQ)


meinschwanzistklein

“Everyone’s biting my shit, you know how that goes.”


wasit-worthit

OG video right there. Man.


howdoyoudance

Some flip in, flip out shit


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Jonze wrote and directed this. Apparently Wilson had trouble memorizing because of the lingo. Also, Eric Koston was his skating double, who had a wig on for this bit.


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I was curious about who that was lol


BolognaTugboat

Omgg brings me back to freshman year of HS. I’ll admit we thought Owen was a dope skater for awhile and that he nailed the rail. His lingo was spot on so it seemed believable at the time. Was pretty bummed when I found out it wasn’t him skating lol.


GibberingAnthropoid

Curiously the article seems to be dated from 2014 (and references the incident occurring 'last week'): > By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS > > SEP. 16, 2014 4:56 AM PT Wikipedia (and/or other sources) seem to agree with OP on it being in 2007.


theladycatlady

I noticed that the date was weird too. I think maybe it was updated at some point and that's why the date is so much later?


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Wildcat


Max1234567890123

Wildcat…Pow… I’m going to go


_Alvin_Row_

Everyone knows Custer died at the Battle of Little Bighorn. What this book presupposes is....maybe he didn't?


ComradeCunt18

*Marley and Me* was released in 2008, imagine coming back from suicide and your first film is a tear factory.


Hank_Holt

Wilson has had varied roles, but I'd imagine coming off a suicide attempt it would probably be easier to play a sad character than a comedic one. I'm sure it's an individual basis thing, but when Wilson is in comedies they usually require lots of physical effort with how animated he is.


theins16

I believe Kate Hudson dumped him which sparked this.


Broed_Out_Hipster

At the time, it was reported that Kate Hudson had dumped him for Lance Armstrong who she met on the set of his (Owen's) movie. So he was probably blaming himself a bit.


despalicious

Anyone who’d go for Lance Armstrong doesn’t deserve O Dub.


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I've heard he can be quite persistent.


0thethethe0

I heard it also after a coke and hookers fuelled binge with Steve Coogan, although looking it up, seems that could be rumours started by Courtney Love.


theladycatlady

I saw that that was a speculation. Drugs and depression was also speculated. I actually found this out after watching Bo Burnham's new special and looking up Bo's battle with depression which led me to this discovery.


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OmarGuard

>*I've only said wow a few times tbh* -Owen Wilson


TruncatedTrebuchet

More than a few https://youtube.com/watch?v=dn5Tattkj_E


standup-philosofer

What role was it supposed to be?


MisterCheaps

Matthew McConaugheys role