Name: Paul Rudd’s Theory About Why He Was Cast As “Ant-Man” | Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend
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You probably didn't see the action hero thing coming for you, because it came.

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You used to tell me all the time, I'm gonna be a Marvel action hero.

And I was always pushing you and shoving you a lot hard, and so were you jealous.

I remember thinking, I'm the one that's gonna be the Marvel superhero, you know?

And then you'd pull it off, and I was jealous for a long time.

A. I don't think that I really fit into that mold so well.

A suit on and I got to do cgi and I. I went to the gym a lot.

It was kind of fun to do all of that stuff, but

in my bones, I don't think that I would ever.

I could ever believe or feel authentically like I am right for the part.

But yeah, but I was like, I take somebody like Odenkirk, and

The joy of seeing Bob Odenkirk just kick ass like that and be so good at it and so believable.

He's an incredibly talented guy, but also, as, you know, one of the funniest people on the planet.

And so I think that, you know, I don't think it really exists so much for me.

Even though the Marvel thing is real, I look at a guy like Odenkirk and think, well, that guy did it, and

Yeah, well, he thing I always thought about that might have been maybe a key to why it works so well for Bob is, you know, I go way back with Bob, and

he's, you know, God, so insanely funny and creative and great.

And I thought, oh, I think that might have been his way in is, you know, his.

So I could see, like, well, there are aspects of Bob, and

you are hilariously funny guy who's also incredibly charming.

And I was like, well, that's kind of your way in.

It's kind of your way into that character.

I can see why it makes sense how it even came about.

Was Edgar Wright, who was going to direct the film.

And it was Edgar that offered me that part.

And I really didn't know that much about Marvel.

I mean, I had seen some of the films but.

And I had read some of the comics when I was a kid.

I knew what they were, but it was never anything that I would have imagined getting involved with.

But it was Edgar that offered and said, like, do you want to play this?

And I love Edgar and he was a friend of mine and I loved his films and so I was very excited.

And then he wound up leaving the movie and it was a bit of a chaotic scene there for a little bit.

But I think the reason that maybe he wanted me to do it or was that, you know, it's a.

It's a guy who probably is ill equipped to actually be a superhero, you know.

And so I think that that was always my take on it.

I'm not going to be Captain America and I'm not going to be Thor.

Even though we have an incredibly similar physique, I just, I don't think I often confuse your torso.

The real problem is no one would buy me as a blonde.

Yeah, especially if you dye your own hair.

Thor doesn't have blue hair on the south end of the island.

You know, I very much wanted to see your new film, Anaconda.

And then they told me this morning, cause I was gonna get up this watch it this morning and they said, no, the link does not work.

But well, no, I wanted to see it and I really wanted to see it for free.

Yeah, that's the only way to see anything anymore, I think.

But I'm excited to see it because it surprised me.

I know that technically you and Jack Black have worked together before, but

this is a real two hander and I'm excited about that.

I mean, he is a tornado of comedy and talent, truly of talent.

And so I was so excited to work with the guy.

And yeah, we'd worked together before, but never like this.

I don't have a link or anything like that, but I think they are.

But it's so fun and it's such a funny way to kind of go into this idea of doing a retelling of Anaconda.

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