Adam McKay was in the early steps of doing a Will Farrell comedy about Reagan’s time with Alzheimer’s dementia, the concept being he was too far gone so his advisers told him he was playing the President as a role… the outrage machine got summoned and it got binned, but CANCEL CULTURE only applies to other things I guess.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/big-short-director-adam-mckay-892495/
I’m not the biggest Farrell fan but Old School or Step Brothers wouldn’t have been the same without him, just perfect roles. I also liked him in the latest season of The Boys, as a
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Hollywood stooge chasing an Oscar in a BS white saviour narrative