Hader said he was a fan of the Barry Sonnenfeld Addam’s Family movies back in the ’90s. While his favorite character is Lurch, he was excited to take on the role of scientist Cyrus Strange who befriends young Wednesday Addams at her school science fair in an effort to gain Addams’s family secrets. (read at dailynews)
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Bill Hader on LNSM 1/8/2021
On Creating Barry: A Conversation with Alec Berg and Bill Hader
The Austin Film Festival has put up their Barry panel-available to watch for $22 bucks!
Emmy nominee Henry Winkler talks about his “ensemble-loving” cast of Barry, and working with Bill Hader.
(via peopleTV)
HBO’s ‘This or That’ with Bill Hader and Finn Wolfhard
How Bill Hader and Finn Wolfhard Made ‘It Chapter Two’ 2019’s Funniest Horror Movie
While Wolfhard has become a recent staple in hit genre films and TV shows, thanks in large part to his role as Mike in Netflix’s hit series Stranger Things, Hader is best known for his comedy. After doing an eight-season run on the long-running Saturday Night Live, Hader went on to co-star in hits like Trainwreck and The Mindy Project, and was part of the voice cast for Bob’s Burgers, Finding Dory, Inside Out, and more. The two might have contrasting résumés, but in reality, the actors couldn’t be more similar— neither wanted to be an actor, both are quieter than what you might expect, and both had to quickly learn how to navigate fame as cast members for popular shows. Their similarities, in turn, made matching the older and younger versions of Richie a snap for the pair.
(mild spoilers in the article at GQ)
Bill Hader and Finn Wolfhard interview each other
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