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RATED Q&A
Your fi rst feature was
Road Trip, and your latest
movie is Due Date, about
two guys traveling cross-
country. Are you a big
fan of road movies?
Here’s the thing: The plots of my movies
sound generic, but we try to do
a spin on them. When I do a movie, it’s
more about who has chemistry. Or
antichemistry, in this case.
How did you decide to pair Robert
Downey Jr. with Zach Galifi anakis?
Zach is the funniest person I’ve ever
met. He just sits down to eat lunch
with you and you start laughing. And
Downey’s one of the greatest actors
alive, so even though I thought it was a
bit of a long shot, I sent him the script.
Most people didn’t know about Zach
until The Hangover, even though he’s
been doing comedy for a long time.
He actually read for Road Trip more
than 10 years ago, for Tom Green’s
character, Barry. That would’ve been
interesting. He has so much talent,
but I always thought he wasn’t quite
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The King
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TODD PHILLIPS
THE DEMENTED DIRECTOR OF ROAD TRIP, OLD SCHOOL, AND THE HANGOVER
IS BACK WITH THE DARKLY HILARIOUS ROAD FLICK DUE DATE.
Prep for the fourth season of The
Venture Bros.’ animated-action comedy
with the fi rst eight episodes on DVD . It’s
Adult Swim’s best and least weird show!
used properly in movies. Then the
role of Alan came up in The Hangover,
and I realized Zach could crush it. I’d
be happy to bring Zach into every
movie I do forever, but you have to let
him soar with other directors. It’s like
seeing your ex go out with other guys.
There’s death, violence, and a
masturbating dog in this movie. Will
fans of “Todd Phillips movies” be
thrown by how dark Due Date gets?
It does get a little dark, but we
still have that masturbating dog.
I think there’s nothing more pure
than masturbating.
In Road Trip you have a cameo as
the guy who wanted to suck on Amy
Smart’s toes. In Old School you
show up for an orgy. In The Hangover
you’re caught going down
on a girl in an elevator. You really
give yourself classy roles.
I only work in R-rated movies directed
by Todd Phillips. Actually, Juliette
Lewis is the same character in Due
Date as she was in Old School, and
I’m playing that guy who showed up to
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the gangbang again. In my mind
they’re the same couple, but in the
legal departments at DreamWorks
and Warner Bros., they’re not.
What’s up with Hangover 2?
I know sequels are perceived as a
money grab, but we’re doing it
because we want to make a movie
that’s funnier and better than the
fi rst one. I’m treating it like the
fucking Godfather II. A good portion
of the movie takes place in Bangkok.
I thought of Bangkok because
what word means something the
way “Vegas” means something?
’70s
Animal House,
Blazing Saddles,
Slap Shot
Denise Richards joins the cast of Blue
Mountain State, Spike TV’s comedy series
about ab the fundamentals of college:
be beer, sex, and football. Season
tw two kicks off October 20.
’80s
Police Academy,
Bachelor Party,
Caddyshack
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Todd poses with
the world’s creepiest
doll collection.
Vegas means bad behavior and
bad decisions, and Bangkok, to me,
is a shadier and scarier version
of that. It’s going to get dark, and
somebody’s coming back in a
body bag…I just don’t know who it is
yet. It’s probably going to be me.
Will Mike Tyson be involved?
Mike texts me all the time. He’s the
greatest guy on the planet. I know
he’s had transgressions, but he’s a
different man these days. He’s
become a really close friend, and it’s
hard to say no to Mike. Let me put
it that way.
REQUIRED VIEWING NINE MUST-MEMORIZE R-RATED CLASSICS.
’90s
Clerks, American Pie,
South Park: Bigger,
Longer & Uncut
Conan O’Brien returns to the late-night
game on TBS’s creatively titled Conan.
Here’s hoping the Masturbating Bear,
Pimpbot 5000, and Triumph will be back
on board, too.