And I said to Chris, ‘Chris, you look like you’re doing Belushi.’
He goes, ‘Yeah, I’m tired of playing Tommy every day.
It’s boring.’
John Belushi and Chris Farley.Credit:Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty; Steve Granitz Archive 1/WireImage
I’m like, ‘Okay, this is a movie.
You have to be that guy every day.'"
“Some comedians love their characters,” Belushi once said.
Chris Farley in ‘Tommy Boy’.Chris Helcermanas-Benge/Paramount Pictures/Courtesy: Everett Collection
“I dont fall in love with mine.
In fact, I get tired of them very fast.”
At the time, it was looked at as a risky choice for his breakout performance.
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“It was very criticized.
And so that, combined with the original take, made a lot of people doubt us.”
