27 Random Tidbits From Ben Stiller Movies That Somehow Survived A Freak Gasoline Fight Accident

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27 Random Tidbits From Ben Stiller Movies That Somehow Survived A Freak Gasoline Fight Accident

Nobody can bounce from lovable everyman to complete dolt to hilariously evil movie villain like our old pal, Ben Stiller. How does he still manage to stay likable as White Goodman in Dodgeball, Tony Perkis in Heavyweights or even the grandma-abusing orderly in Happy Gilmore? Hilariousness, that’s how. 

Make us laugh, and we’ll love you no matter how many quilts you make Happy Gilmore’s grandma sew. 

Here are a whole bunch of random tidbits and behind-the-scenes anecdotes from Ben Stiller movies…

The Comedian Zoolander 2 Was Dedicated To

Zoolander DRAKE SATHER CRACKED.COM Comedian Drake Sather created (and named) Derek Zoolander, and wrote sketches that he and Ben Stiller molded into the screenplay. Не sadly killed himself in 2004, and Stiller dedicated the 2016 sequel to him.

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The Dodgeball Scenes in Dodgeball

CRACKED.COM DODGEBALL: A TRUE UNDERDOG STORY The dodgeball scenes sucked for the actors. According to Ben Stiller, the actors would really go all out for each take, making the shoot exhausting. Also, many in the cast ended up taking a ball to the face.

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Mugatu

Zoolander Mugatu was named after a Star Trek monster. Will Ferrell's fashion villain got his name from the mugato, a white-haired creature from an episode of the original series. CRACKED.COM

White Goodman

White Goodman Is A Clone Of Another Stiller Character CRACKED.COM White Goodman is a long-lost twin of an- other one of Stiller's characters. Stiller played a similar persona, Tony Perkins, in the Disney movie Heavyweights. Stiller said, I always thought, 'Well, nobody ever saw Heavyweights, so I can do this.' But a lot of people saw Heavyweights ар- parently. Apparently, it shows on the Dis- ney channel a lot or something. So yeah, there are definitely correlations between them. But you know, it's like, how often do you get the chance to do a guy like that? It was really

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Dodgeball Boot Camp

The Cast Went To Dodgeball Boot Camp CRACKED.COM In preparation for the film, the entire cast ran indoor dodgeball drills at a boot camp. Stiller said the practice consisted of the cast gathering at a gym a few times a week playing dodge- ball. The game was physically exhaust- ing for many of the cast, Stiller added, It's a game for the young. It's one thing when you're eight, but when you're 38, it gets really exhausting. Af- ter three or four minutes, you're fried.

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The Dodgeball Script

Justin Long got the script from Stuart Cornfield, Ben Stiller's late producing partner. LEADIX FLORIE While talking on the set of Dodgeball, Cornfield stated My favorite comedy script that's out there will never be made. I'll send it to you as an example of the best comedy writing right now.

Robert Downey Sr.

RDJ was inspired by a movie his father directed for his role in Tropic Thunder. Putney Swope Robert Downey Sr. dubbed the main actor's lines in Putney Swope (the main actor kept forgetting them) for Kirk Lazarus, RDJ drew on that voice. CRACKED.COM

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Robert Downey Jr.

Robert Downey, Jr. got an Oscar nom for lampooning Oscar bait. TROPIC THUNDER CRACKED.COM The whole point of his Kirk Lazarus character was to point o

Zoolander

ZOOLANDER But why male models? After David Duchovny delivers his monologue about male models making the best assassins, Ben Stiller actually forgot

Tropic Thunder

Ben Stiller got the idea for Tropic Thunder while he was working on Empire of the Sun. A number of his castmates were getting roles in war movies, and

Meet the Fockers

Meet the Fockers was almost renamed to Meet the Fokkers, title a that the censorsconsidered to be more family-friendly. Fortunately, Universal Studios

Post-Credits Dodgeball Scene

A credits scene from Dodgeball features a fat, ranting Ben Stiller. RIN CNUNCW So He's speaking for the director. Rawson Marshall Thurber wanted the u

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