Zoolander articles
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Ben Stiller Was "Blindsided" By ZOOLANDER 2 Flopping
Ben Stiller recently opened up about Zoolander 2 and how he was blindsided by the fact that it bombed at the box office. As you might have expected, he was confused...
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Ben Stiller: I was blindsided by Zoolander 2 flopping
The actor said he was expecting a much warmer reception for the comedy sequel, but the shock gave him time to rethink his careerBen Stiller has said that he was “blindsided” by the failure of his 2016 sequel to Zoolander, the much-loved male model comedy from 2001.Speaking to David Duchovny on the latter’s podcast, Fail Better, Stiller said he was surprised by the critical and commercial scorn with which the movie was received. Continue reading
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Zoolander 2 flopping affected Ben Stiller for a long time
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...