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Owen Wilson’s Alter Egos

By Mallory Potosky
URL: http://www.moviemaker.com/acting/article/owen_wilson_alter_egos_20080320/

It would have been the rare critic that 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, The Royal Tenenbaums.

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

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

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Comments:	A friend has recommended you read the following from MovieMaker Magazine... Owen Wilson’s Alter Egos By Mallory Potosky It would have been the rare critic that 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, The Royal Tenenbaums. Together the duo has worked on five features including 1998's Rushmore and the The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004), but it is for his work with Ben Stiller and other members of the "Frat Pack" that Wilson is known best. Whether he's trying to play it straight in Meet the Parents, or hamming it up in the film adaptation of Starsky & Hutch, Wilson's on-screen alter egos have provided audiences with years of laughter, tears, heartache and even more laughter. Before Drillbit Taylor makes a splash at the box office this weekend, MM takes a look at Wilson's on-screen personas past and present. http://www.moviemaker.com/acting/article/owen_wilson_alter_egos_20080320/