Paul Walter Hauser tells JoBlo precisely who he will likely be taking part in within the upcoming Bare Gun reboot starring Liam Neeson.
Our personal Alex Maidy lately spoke with Paul Walter Hauser and couldn’t resist asking him in regards to the upcoming Bare Gun reboot, particularly about who he can be taking part in. When Hauser’s casting was first introduced, it was mentioned that he would play Captain Ed, the position performed by George Kennedy within the earlier Bare Gun films. Effectively, we’d need to add a “Jr.” to the top of that.
“In Naked Gun. I am playing the son of the George Kennedy character from the originals, Captain Ed Hocken,” Hauser mentioned. “Liam Neeson is taking part in the son of Leslie Nielsen’s character, Frank Drebin Jr.“
I’m maintaining my fingers crossed that they’ll be capable of pull this one off, and Hauser added that he believes they discovered the fitting tone. “It was really a mastery of tone. That’s one of those things where they got the right guy to make it: Akiva Schaffer, who I love,” Hauser mentioned. “I felt like he and his companions took it so significantly, and so they have been attempting to do low-brow comedy from a high-brow perspective. And the way will we make this devoted to the tonality of the originals? And, you understand, I feel they did. I haven’t seen the film but, however every little thing I skilled, every little thing I shot. It appears like, wow, they by some means captured this and can make many individuals actually glad.“
Along with Liam Neeson and Hauser, The Bare Gun stars Pamela Anderson, Kevin Durand, Danny Huston and extra. Though Neeson has expertise within the realm of comedy, he’s by no means led one himself. He defined why he wished to tackle The Bare Gun final 12 months. “It’s funny because right before Christmas, my sons and I were looking through the Academy screeners and trying to find something silly, some silly, stupid movie that we could giggle at,” Neeson defined. “There was none, of course, as they were all very heavy and international. I mean, brilliant movies but all very heavy. When Seth MacFarlane approached me about it — this was about two years ago, now — I thought, yeah, I guess I could do that as long as I play it dead seriously and not try and imitate Mr. Leslie Nielsen. He was wonderful. Akiva Schaffer is directing it and he’s from the [Saturday Night Live] world. I’m looking forward to it. It’s a good script, and there’s a few laugh out loud moments in it.” The Bare Gun will hit theaters on August 1st.
Hauser will subsequent be seen in The Luckiest Man in America, a drama which tells the true story of Michael Larson, a person who received over $100,000 on Press Your Luck after he discovered the key behind the sport. The movie will likely be launched on April 4th.
