Paul reiser stranger things 3 movie#

'I find myself closer to that,' Paul admitted to Vulture. He doesn't tell with 'today' and this is something that Paul related to when developing the character. Legend is very much a product of a certain time. We came up with all those references on the spot.' I love the shots of me with Lee Marvin and Roy Scheider it was so the time period of the ’80s. That was really fun, to play this guy who prides himself on who he knows and where he is in the pipeline of things but clearly has a lot of baggage. But the Legend was a bit of a caricature the character was so locked in to his look and his legacy in Hollywood history but didn’t feel of the moment. I had met him at the tail end of his life. I don’t think it was meant to be a send-up, but they said, 'He’s the old-school guy, really big in the day, but his day has come and gone.' We thought that was a really nice reference, and Robert Evans was such a huge figure. 'We sort of came to that when we were talking about wardrobe and look.

Paul reiser stranger things 3 movie#

Paul admitted that he and Eric were greatly influenced by movie producer Robert Evans when they fleshed out the character of Legend, who, of course, does appear in the original graphic novels. It was a little bit rough for me, and I politely passed.' And to be honest, the role, when I first read it, I was like.

And then I saw how funny it was and how great everybody was, and the production was great. 'I’m so not a comic-book guy, but I thought, Oh, they’re deliberately being wildly violent and graphic. Related: How The Boys Star Tomer Capone’s Audition Almost Got Him Arrested On top of the genre not being for him, Paul really didn't like the way his character was written. You’ll hate it.' I watched and I said, 'Oh, you’re right, it’s great, and' - ooh, aah.' I was so impressed with what they’d done, but it’s a world that is not at all my world,' Paul admitted in his interview with Vulture. Have you heard of The Boys?' And he said, 'Oh, it’s great. I said, 'I just got offered this role on The Boys. I have a very hip 21-year-old son who is very much into the world and the comic. 'To be honest, I had not heard of The Boys. Prior to being offered the role of Legend on The Boys, Paul had no clue the show even existed.