Ben Stiller Had No Clue What He Was Doing In This Film

Publish date: 2024-05-23

Ben Stiller has a large number of... interesting... tasks beneath his belt. He's recognized for doing some truly quirky projects, but in addition some cult classic films that people have a troublesome time getting over the perfection of.

So it was attention-grabbing for fanatics to determine that there was one film in specific where Stiller had actually 0 clue what he was doing, despite the fact that in the top, it became out great.

Fans Got Ben Stiller's Favorite Film Correct...

In a Reddit AMA, a fan gave Ben the rhetorical question of what his favourite film was and why it was 'Heavyweights.' The gold-award-winning Redditor gave the impression to have some extent; Ben Stiller had a perfect tale about making the film, even though it wasn't what fanatics anticipated.

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Ben flat-out responded that the movie was a just right example of "where the studio had no idea what we were doing." He elaborated that no one at the set actually knew what they have been getting themselves into.

So unlike movies where Stiller crafted all the factor (together with the scene the place he smacks his wife in the face with a dodgeball), this one was kind of dumped in his lap to mildew and form, despite the fact that he took it in the fallacious course.

Ben Stiller And Crew Thought 'Heavyweights' Was For Adults

When Ben Stiller and his group first received the script for 'Heavyweights,' they idea it was a standard previous grown-up film, like many of the different stuff they did. The indisputable fact that it came from Judd Apatow had them pondering they might manner the film the same as their different tasks of that generation.

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Which supposed that it turned out "so dark and weird," it utterly freaked out the Disney pros that had in fact ordered it. Ben noted that "we all didn't realize it was a Disney movie," which threw the whole thing off.

At the time, Stiller mentioned, none of them had done a "kids" movie, so it was a unique factor for a studio to expect them to place together a kid-friendly film with the forged they had. And, Ben confirmed, he "had a great time."

He additionally joked that after 'Heavyweights,' Judd Apatow moved away from "family movies," and for a good reason. Still, Ben's style appears to be "no regrets," and he's made plenty of other motion pictures which are decidedly un-family friendly -- and fans love him for it.

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