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Steve Coogan has joined the cast of My Idiot Brother, the Jesse Peretz-directed indie comedy that is shooting in New York with Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Banks, Zooey Deschanel, Emily Mortimer, Rashida Jones and Adam Scott. The film’s about family and the sacrifices it takes to deal with them. It’s a co-production between Anthony Bregman’s Likely Story and Peter Saraf and Marc Turteltaub’s Big Beach. Coogan plays a self-righteous documentary filmmaker. Evgenia Petertz and David Schisgall wrote the script.
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Don’t understand how Coogan keeps getting cast in features; he has the kiss of death.
Might have something to do with the fact that he is one of the funniest and most truly gifted of writers & comedic actors working today?
He’s revered and sought after by the funniest & most powerful people in showbiz.
And thank goodness there’s some level of taste and love of humor in the current Comedy Illuminati…it’s crucial that people remember that for every Dane Cook, Marlon Wayans or Carrot Top, there is a Steve Coogan, Norm MacDonald, Kevin Nealon or Bob Saget out there who did not set the world on fire (or sustain the small sparks they might have had) for long, but can class up any cable series, indie film or even ensemble blockbuster with laughs and great characters.
Regarding the core of your snark, that he doesn’t carry a picture or drive up tix sales? I believe it’s been proven time and again that 50,000,000 Elvis fans can indeed be wrong.
Oh, and: to be fair…it’s obvious he does *not* have the kiss of death you speak of, as both Owen Wilson and Courtney Love are still very much alive. Huzzah!
The dude is just unappealing to the eye on screen. Something about him makes you want to turn away whenever the camera is pointed his way. Not in a “your not funny” kind of way and he isn’t ugly, there’s just something about him that draws me away from a screen that he is on. Anyone else have this phenom happen while watching someone on screen? And I’m not asking about people you hate or dislike either.
Not me. I think he’s an exceptional comedic performer. Not bad in the few dramatic turns he’s had in films by Don Roos and Winterbottom. Bottom line, as long as Coogan keeps getting feature work, a little bit of Tony Wilson lives on.
Coogan’s also well-known to be able to recite Boethius’ Consolation of Philosphy entirely from memory.