Post by kimster on Aug 9, 2006 2:00:14 GMT -5
On The Daily Show With Jon Stewart and in flicks like Old School, Rob Corddry has embodied, with almost De Niro–ian verisimilitude, the part of a fella who enjoys the ladies and the occasional 12-pack. With Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story just out on DVD—he stars as a wayward paintball legend making a comeback—Corddry checked in from San Diego’s Comic-Con to chitchat about paintball boot camp, his new real-life role as a father, and the world domination plans of the Corddry brothers.
How’d Comic-Con treat you?
[Laughs] My hangover feels like muscular dystrophy. It’s awful. It’s like cancer AIDS.
Were you pretty much the best-looking guy there?
It is an eclectic crowd. That’s what I’ll say.
Why should our readers rush out and buy Blackballed on DVD?
I say, don’t. No. Stay home. It’s hot out. I guess because I just had a baby and my boobs don’t produce milk. So the way in which I contribute is by providing other ways for the child to eat, one of those ways being selling those DVDs. I get 150 points on the back end.
Why’d it take so long to get the movie out there—it was filmed in, what, 2004?
[Director-producer] Brant [Sersen], he’s like Stanley Kubrick or Werner Herzog. Every scene was meticulously set up. That will be apparent when people watch it. We will be placed in the “masters of light” section of the DVD store.
What does Blackballed teach us about paintball?
I think it teaches us more about society. It really brings to light how precarious society’s balance is right now.
What did you do in the way of training for Blackballed?
I went to paintball boot camp and played a couple of games.
What does one do at paintball boot camp, besides play paintball?
You stand in the rain and ask yourself why you’re doing this stupid f**king movie nobody’s ever going to see. You call your wife and tell her your balls smell like a homeless person. She says, “Not again.”
I’ll be honest—it’s really killing me to be away from [my wife and daughter]. I feel like I’m going to miss something, like a ballet recital, or maybe she’ll get into college while I’m gone.
What kind of reaction have you received from the paintball community?
They’ve really responded to it, actually. We tried to be very respectful of the sport. When I watch movies set in New York, I hate it when somebody turns a corner and then all of a sudden they’re in a different section of the city. So we really adhered to the rules of paintball.
Who are the people that make you laugh?
I love the cast of The Real World. They’re comic masterminds. Come on—none of those people can really be that f**king retarded. It’s high comedy. And Larry the Cable Guy is a genius.
What role do you think your correspondent fills on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart?
I’m the handsome one. I don’t know if you know this, but I’m a bald person—a person of baldness, as I like to say. I’m the person people go to when they just want to talk, when they just want to rap. [pauses] Larry, do you want to talk? Shh. Tell me. Don’t be scared.
Uh…
Seriously. What’s going on, man? Talk to me. Let’s get down to where it hurts.
I’m dealing with a hangover now that sounds a little like yours, and…
Oh, you’re gay. It’s so obvious.
You’ve got a midseason series, The Winner, coming out on Fox in January. What can we expect from it?
I play a 35-year-old sort of obsessive-compulsive shut-in who tries to gain life experience. It’s like a really weird Wonder Years. Erinn Hayes is my quote-unquote love interest. I’m not sure how interested she’ll be.
Your brother Nate also has a TV series coming up soon. Are the Corddry brothers ready to take over the entertainment world? And do you have any message for the Baldwin brothers?
Can’t all brothers just get along? I’m speaking at you, Dillon boys. I see you looking at us…What was the question again? No. Yes. I don’t know
www.maximonline.com/articles/index.aspx?a_id=7257
How’d Comic-Con treat you?
[Laughs] My hangover feels like muscular dystrophy. It’s awful. It’s like cancer AIDS.
Were you pretty much the best-looking guy there?
It is an eclectic crowd. That’s what I’ll say.
Why should our readers rush out and buy Blackballed on DVD?
I say, don’t. No. Stay home. It’s hot out. I guess because I just had a baby and my boobs don’t produce milk. So the way in which I contribute is by providing other ways for the child to eat, one of those ways being selling those DVDs. I get 150 points on the back end.
Why’d it take so long to get the movie out there—it was filmed in, what, 2004?
[Director-producer] Brant [Sersen], he’s like Stanley Kubrick or Werner Herzog. Every scene was meticulously set up. That will be apparent when people watch it. We will be placed in the “masters of light” section of the DVD store.
What does Blackballed teach us about paintball?
I think it teaches us more about society. It really brings to light how precarious society’s balance is right now.
What did you do in the way of training for Blackballed?
I went to paintball boot camp and played a couple of games.
What does one do at paintball boot camp, besides play paintball?
You stand in the rain and ask yourself why you’re doing this stupid f**king movie nobody’s ever going to see. You call your wife and tell her your balls smell like a homeless person. She says, “Not again.”
I’ll be honest—it’s really killing me to be away from [my wife and daughter]. I feel like I’m going to miss something, like a ballet recital, or maybe she’ll get into college while I’m gone.
What kind of reaction have you received from the paintball community?
They’ve really responded to it, actually. We tried to be very respectful of the sport. When I watch movies set in New York, I hate it when somebody turns a corner and then all of a sudden they’re in a different section of the city. So we really adhered to the rules of paintball.
Who are the people that make you laugh?
I love the cast of The Real World. They’re comic masterminds. Come on—none of those people can really be that f**king retarded. It’s high comedy. And Larry the Cable Guy is a genius.
What role do you think your correspondent fills on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart?
I’m the handsome one. I don’t know if you know this, but I’m a bald person—a person of baldness, as I like to say. I’m the person people go to when they just want to talk, when they just want to rap. [pauses] Larry, do you want to talk? Shh. Tell me. Don’t be scared.
Uh…
Seriously. What’s going on, man? Talk to me. Let’s get down to where it hurts.
I’m dealing with a hangover now that sounds a little like yours, and…
Oh, you’re gay. It’s so obvious.
You’ve got a midseason series, The Winner, coming out on Fox in January. What can we expect from it?
I play a 35-year-old sort of obsessive-compulsive shut-in who tries to gain life experience. It’s like a really weird Wonder Years. Erinn Hayes is my quote-unquote love interest. I’m not sure how interested she’ll be.
Your brother Nate also has a TV series coming up soon. Are the Corddry brothers ready to take over the entertainment world? And do you have any message for the Baldwin brothers?
Can’t all brothers just get along? I’m speaking at you, Dillon boys. I see you looking at us…What was the question again? No. Yes. I don’t know
www.maximonline.com/articles/index.aspx?a_id=7257