Zoolander 2 flopping affected Ben Stiller for a long time
The A.V. Club -

Sequels to big, dumb, beloved comedies are almost always a bad idea: inevitably disappointing, rarely capturing the magic of the original, often seemingly like a desperate cash grab. (See: Blues Brothers 2000, Caddyshack II, etc.) But Ben Stiller must’ve thought he was exempt when he took a stab at a second Zoolander. “I thought everybody wanted this,” he reflected on an episode of David Duchovny’s upcoming podcast Fail Better (via People). “And then it’s like, ‘Wow, I must have really fucked...

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