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MEETING WILL FORTE!! Talkin' SNL, MacGruber, Haunted Hotel, Four Seasons, & Fatherhood

We dive deep into how Nebraska (2013, directed by Alexander Payne) changed everything for him, what it means to find heart in storytelling, and how fatherhood has impacted his acting choices. Will ...
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“MacGruber” director remembers bizarre first meeting with Val Kilmer: 'Are you a king?'

Val Kilmer made a memorable first impression on filmmaker Jorma Taccone. The MacGruber writer-director recalled his first meeting with the Top Secret star to discuss his role as the villainous Dieter ...
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MacGruber Director Recalls R-Rated Joke Val Kilmer Rejected in Will Forte Comedy Movie

MacGruber director Jorma Taccone is recalling a joke that Val Kilmer refused to do. MacGruber is an action comedy movie that was released in the United States in 2010. Based on the Saturday Night Live ...
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'He Was Saying That He Was a King': MacGruber Director Recalls Bizarre First Meeting With the Late Val Kilmer

Writer-director Jorma Taccone discusses his bizarre first meeting with Hollywood icon and MacGruberstar Val Kilmer. Per Entertainment Weekly, Taccone recently recalled driving out to Malibu to meet ...
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Val Kilmer 'Refused to Do' an Extreme Joke in “MacGruber” Involving His Character's Penis

While Val Kilmer agreed to play a villain in 2010's action comedy spoof MacGruber, the actor drew the line at a joke that would have involved his character's penis getting cut off Director Jorma ...
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Does 'MacGruber' Herald a New Era of SNL Films?

This weekend sees the release of MacGruber, an action-comedy starring Will Forte and Kristen Wiig, directed by comedian Jorma Taccone. The film is a feature-length expansion of the Saturday Night Live ...