February 12, 2012

Owen Wilson’s Alter Egos

by Mallory Potosky | Published March 20, 2008

It would have been the rare critic who could have predicted Owen Wilson would be an Oscar nominee just six years after his debut in the 1996 film Bottle Rocket. But in fact, in 2002, the blondest of the Wilson brothers was nominated alongside his Bottle Rocket co-writer and longtime collaborator, Wes Anderson, for their original screenplay for The Royal Tenenbaums.

Together the duo has worked on five features including 1998’s Rushmore and 2004’s The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, but it is for his work with Ben Stiller and other members of the so-called “Frat Pack” that Wilson is best known. Whether he’s trying to play it straight in Meet the Parents or hamming it up in the big-screen adaptation of Starsky & Hutch, Wilson’s on-screen alter egos have provided audiences with years of laughter, tears, heartache and even more laughter.

As Drillbit Taylor makes a splash at the box office this weekend, MM takes a look at Wilson’s on-screen personas past and present.

Zoolander

Wilson was unusually convincing as Hansel, a scooter-riding, feather boa-wearing male model in 2001’s Zoolander. This role would mark the fourth on-screen pairing for the actor and his co-star Stiller. To date they’ve made eight movie appearances together, with Night at the Museum 2: Escape from the Smithsonian scheduled for a 2009 release.

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Comment by maria on 10/20/08 at 3:56 pm: drillbit taylor - a sham of a movie. they depict school bullies as something cool - its is not. bullies are a serious problem. My daughter was injured by a bully at school and now lives with the injury for the rest of her life.
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