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So difficult for someone to follow that. You need someone with the gravitas of a serious actor but with the tiniest of glints in their eye, willing to send them
by oneeyedpigeon 8y ago
So difficult for someone to follow that. You need someone with the gravitas of a serious actor but with the tiniest of glints in their eye, willing to send themselves up, has to have spot-on timing, and an ability to do slapstick. Closest kind of match I can think of is someone like Steve Carrell, but he's probably not straight enough. I think Nielsen fit that role more perfectly than anyone else possibly could.
- crunksht 8y agoLiam Neeson. Known for action/dramatic movies (much like Nielsen pre-airplane) and plays a great straight man.
- duxup 8y agoOh man I was thinking of him too. Just playing it straight with Police Squad lines.... hilarious.
- mamcx 8y agoThe straight/sane man is the funniest, to me, character in any kind of comedy.
- danso 8y agoGreat call. He was absolutely hilarious in Life's Too Short: https://vimeo.com/141940661 https://vimeo.com/141940661