Describing himself as a 'beta male' with occasional alpha tendencies, Rudd explained during the New Yorker Festival panel how leaning into that with his characters in 'Our Idiot Brother' and 'I Love You, Man' helped him deliver more 'vulnerable human moments.'
Describing himself as a"beta male" with occasional alpha tendencies, Rudd explained during the New Yorker Festival panel how leaning into that with his characters in 'Our Idiot Brother' and 'I Love You, Man' helped him deliver more"vulnerable human moments."
Paul Rudd has made a name for himself in Hollywood as the "nice guy," but during a Saturday night panel at this year's New Yorker Festival, thestar attempted to playfully dispel that image while sharing why he's drawn to it in his films. "I think that when I get a little nervous, I get a… smile?" Rudd said about his charming interview persona during the 90-minute talk at Gerald W. Lynch theater. "I also think there's something about the midwest. The people that I grew up with in the midwest -- there's something hardwired in them that they just don't take themselves too seriously. They don't get too big for their britches.
Rudd, who grew up mainly in Kansas City, Missouri, followed that up with a joke about his wife, who doesn't share audiences' vision of him. But that hasn't stopped him from playing it and even using the trope to explore images of masculinity and vulnerability.
The rest of the sold-out conversation explored a variety of topic, occasionally getting personal between discussing his transition from comedies to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, working on
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