Christopher McDonald’s never done a spoof movie before and he wasn’t even supposed to play a large role in Superhero Movie, but one meeting with writer/director Craig Mazin changed all that. McDonald sat down with Mazin, a man he describes as one of the funniest people he’s ever met, and although he was originally set to play a small part in the film, Mazin switched things up and offered him Lou Landers/Hourglass, one of the film’s starring roles.

So what sets working a spoof movie apart from just a normal goofball comedy like Happy Gilmore? “It’s just fun the way he says some of the stupidest lines in the world. And Craig Mazin said to me, ‘do you know how hard it is to write those stupid lines?’ You are basically given carte blanche to be as big and chew as much scenery as you can,” explained McDonald.

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