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Simon rex house1/3/2024 ![]() ![]() At the end, he finally gets his gun and he accidently shoots himself in the eye. The whole movie is about a kid called Ralphie who wants a BB gun. ‘A Christmas Story’ Everett Collectionīelieve it or not, A Christmas Story. People come up and they’re like, “That movie was my childhood.” And that’s always the line. And it’s just a really dumb, funny line, and even to this day, that’s what sticks out 20 years later, almost. They say, “You just hate me because I’m Black.” And that’s a line that I have to Charlie Sheen because I’m trying to be Eminem, I’m trying to be a rapper. People come up to me always, to this day, and quote one line from Scary Movie 3. I was thinking, “Oh, these poor guys-are they going to even let them go home?” I showed up for work, and she was like, “Yeah, just be yourself and do what you did in the room.” So that was a cake walk. You got the part.” I remember walking out, and there were other actors preparing to go in and audition. I’ll never forget this: Randi Singer, who wrote the show, right there in the room, she goes, “You are this character. I hadn’t really prepared too much, and I went in there and they were just cracking up at everything I was saying. I remember going into the audition and doing a cold read. I got a TV show years ago called Jack & Jill for WB, like, 20 years ago. So, you don’t really get to go off-script, which I like to do. It was just one of those jobs where you’re like, “Am I really getting paid for this?” When you’re actually shooting it, it’s very technical and there’s no room for improv-everything’s got to be done exactly as David has written it. Leslie Nielsen from Naked Gun, Charlie Sheen, it was just non-stop. I didn’t work with him, but we just had the most legendary comedic people. Working with people like Kevin Hart, Anna Farris, Anthony Anderson… I mean, George Carlin was in the fucking movie, for Christ’s sake. The Most Fun I’ve Had On Set Dimension Films/Courtesy Everett Collection And we were shooting on film, so there was all this pressure. And I didn’t want to let Sean down, because Sean Baker essentially took a chance with me when not a lot of people would, so I knew I had to deliver for him. There was just a lot of responsibility riding on me. I mean, I’m in every scene in a two-hour movie, so it was all on my shoulders. It was very challenging memorizing all those lines. It was during Covid, it was low budget, we were working with first-time actors under crazy heat in the summer of Texas. I would say this movie, Red Rocket, would be my toughest role, just because of the conditions we shot in. I don’t look like Sylvester Stallone, and I don’t really look like an action hero. It’s easy for me to do a comedic, silly guy or whatever, so I’ve never really gotten those roles because I don’t think that’s in my DNA. But if I was to get to choose something cool that I haven’t done, it would be probably a badass tough cop role, or James Bond, or something like that. I’ve gotten to do such amazing things in my crazy career. I’ve already had everything I could ever want, times 10. ![]() Nicola Dove/MGM/Danjaq/Courtesy Everett Collection And I think it’s really important to do that because if you just care about how you look, it’s not going to be interesting to watch. Dare to suck was something I learned very early and that stuck with me. If you can laugh at yourself, and dare to be a fool, and strike out, as long as you swing the bat, then go for it. I like to find the joke in things, and if you can laugh at yourself, then I think that’s the key to life. You’ve got to play the fool sometimes-at least, for me. It’s like school: you graduate, then you go out into the world and think, “Why didn’t they ever teach me any of this shit?”ĭare to suck. There are so many other things, but that was the first thing where I was like, “Whoa, why didn’t I learn this in acting school?” You think they’d tell you. You realize how much lighting, focus and all of that is so important, and that helped a lot with Red Rocket, because Sean hired a lot of first-time actors, and I remembered knowing how they felt, walking onto a set and being really intimidated. I remember learning a lot of technical things that I thought were very important, mostly hit your mark and stay on your mark. You can go to acting class all you want, but when you get to set, that’s where you really learn a lot. Horror 'Talk To Me' Scares Up $10 Million Standout Indie Opening Is A24's Second-Biggest Debut Since 'Hereditary' - Specialty Box Office ![]()
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