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Hollywood Handbook

Adam McKay, Our Close Friend

Hollywood Handbook

Headgum

Comedy

4.83.6K Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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The Boys help ADAM MCKAY make his next big movie. Watch the video recording of this episode at Patreon.com/TheFlagrantOnes. See Hollywood Handbook live in Los Angeles April 17th at the Dynasty Typewriter! Click for tickets

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0:00.0

Yeah, I'm let's just do the show because I'm sure yeah, I'm good. I'm good. I'm happy that we have Adam and we have a good guest. I mean the guest is really exciting. Yeah.

0:16.3

And despite any personal stuff going on, we timing wise, it's not the best for me to have a good guest today, but I don't care.

0:23.7

Like I'm like just excited to do the show. We can we can we can talk about it. I do think it's either it.

0:29.9

And like, so I'll leave our talk about it. Okay. I don't mind. We have a little bit of a personal thing going on.

0:35.4

We are so excited to have you, but we have a little bit of personal stuff. I want I want to talk to you, but I don't

0:41.1

know if I'll be able to engage with you with what has been going on for me, which is some heavy stuff. If I could just

0:46.0

talk talk about it and just clear the air. You probably feel I think the best way to go is like talk about it. Get it.

0:53.7

Out. I'll sit here and like just get it out. I don't know if you want. Well, he's a creative. No, I mean, maybe you can give your opinion.

1:02.0

Like so I, I was working today on a script. You've dumped sure you had plenty of those experiences. And in a collaborative.

1:14.4

I have a boss. You know, I do have a boss who's sort of the final say on what goes in what doesn't. And we were working on a scene

1:22.6

where a gentleman was in very good physical condition. And I thought that a character could say in reference to him.

1:31.9

Get a load of Benicio del Torso over here.

1:37.0

Okay, that was what my boss said as well. That's sort of a thing. That exact sound. Like a.

1:41.7

Yeah. And then I like, you know, so we're all professionals. I mean, you're throwing out. Yeah. Yeah.

1:48.1

Yeah. Ideas, which is what you're hired to do. Yeah. So where. So maybe you threw one out. I don't know how you feel about that joke.

1:54.9

But I think objectively it's not the strongest joke. So he didn't land right. So what's the problem?

2:02.6

Yeah. No. No. That's what I was going to say that that I don't think the joke was strong. And I and I agreed with my boss.

2:11.0

I guess my issue was that then when I pitched Guillermo del Torso that that also was met with.

2:18.8

And at that point, what do you do at some point? Like what do you want? What is it that you're?

2:23.4

Oh, you know, so you felt like you hit like that's as good as you can give. That's as good as he gets.

2:30.0

That was the spectrum I feel like of jokes that you could do. From more niche to like super accessible.

2:38.5

Use of the word torso inside of a person's name. And so I guess I just don't know like at that point, I'm like,

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