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In Rouge/Universal's MacGruber, a comedy about a screw-up secret agent (SNL's Will Forte), Val Kilmer plays a character (presumably an edgy bad-guy type) named...Cunth. Ryan Phillippe, Kristen Wiig and Powers Boothe costar.

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on November 3, 2009 at 9:09 AM

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The Winchester says ...

I believe Phillippe was supposed to be the villain.

There's been an onslaught of Val Kilmer work coming lately. A lot of DTV like The Thaw and Hardwired, and Bad Lieutenant 2 (which needed more of him).

Posted by The Winchester at November 3, 2009 9:38 AM

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ErrantElan says ...

"MacGruber" is one of my favorite running SNL sketches in a long time (I barely watch the show anymore), or anytime, really. It's a wonderful comic conceit - for 2 1/2 minutes. In fact, the comic conceit is literally ABOUT the fact that its 2:30 in length. I think this is the worst SNL-to-movie idea I've heard yet (and boy have there been some doozys), even though I think the sketch is brilliant.

Posted by ErrantElan at November 3, 2009 10:13 AM

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Mark says ...

This is worse than Tarantino's It's Pat.

Next, Forte should do a feature length movie on his Spelling Bee sketch. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoGZ7rhZNHo

Kristin Wiig is above this. Phillipe, not so much.

Posted by Mark at November 3, 2009 10:32 AM

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BurmaShave says ...

Isn't it sort of understood now for about 4 or 5 years that Phillipe is actually one of the better actors of his generation who makes good choices...

Posted by BurmaShave at November 3, 2009 10:43 AM

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Mark says ...

i think it's been understood for 4 years that Phillipe is a good, but not special, supporting actor.

My thread came off as swipe at Phillipe, but was meant to say that I'd like to see Wiig extended more. She was complete furniture in the Macgruber universe to date.

Posted by Mark at November 3, 2009 11:01 AM

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