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Brother Bobby (Farrelly) Talks The Hearbreak Kid
By Fred Topel | Image property of Paramount Pictures.
The Heartbreak Kid
Brother Farrelly on The Heartbreak Kid
"We did spend a lot of time in the writing, thinking that whole part where she thinks that his wife was murdered, and Ben thinks that she knows about his wife and she’s cool with it," said Bobby Farrell. "That’s a critical moment because if it doesn’t work and the audience isn’t understanding what each one’s thinking, then the whole movie collapses. It was dangerous for us, filming it. I kept thinking, 'Geez, I hope this works because we’re in big trouble if it doesn’t.' But, they really sold it."
Either way, Stiller's character knows he's married and cruising for babes. "In most of our movies, we spend a lot of time trying to set up a guy that you do like enough that all these crazy things can happen to him and you like him, as they happen. We did do that in this movie, but as the story unfolds in this, more than any of our other movies, he is a bit of a cad. He’s a bit of an anti-hero. What he’s doing is not necessarily right, and that’s why there is no real traditional happy ending to this movie. He didn’t really deserve one. He is the Heartbreak Kid. But, hopefully, you like him enough that you can understand him and you understand that he falls for Miranda. He does mean to tell the wife, but a lot of things get in the way of that. He means well, but he’s still walking on thin ice."
It has been 10 years since the Farrellys worked with Stiller. Now they were dealing with a comedy mogul. "He’s been so successful, for the last 10 years, non-stop. He just keeps going and going and he’s been involved with so many movies that have really been good movies. I just think he’s more vocal about what his opinions are and things like that. Early on, when we were making There’s Something About Mary, if he had opinions, I think he kept them to himself. But now, he thinks about what everyone else is doing, and he comes over and tells us his opinions. With him, it’s good because he’s so smart that he’s almost always right about the things he points out. It’s not like he’s just being difficult for the director, or something. He really is extraordinarily helpful in making it better and better, so it’s much more collaborative."
The Heartbreak Kid is also back to the Farrellys' R-rated brand of outrageous gags. Apparently, it's okay to make R-rated comedies now. "I don’t think it’s easier. The beauty about when we made Mary was that people didn’t see it coming. They really didn’t expect it. And so, the type of comedy was really explosive and really worked. And then, after that movie, once it was a big hit, there was a bunch of those kind of movies, and so, it become more expected. It’s not that making them is easier, but getting them to a point where the audience is like, 'Wow, this is unbelievable! There’s something really fresh about this' is harder than before because there’s been so many of them."
The Heartbreak Kid opens to theatres on October 5th.
For trailer, stills and more movie info, go to The Heartbreak Kid Movie Page.
Fred Topel
Sources: Image property of Paramount Pictures.
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