You may inform so much about folks’s reply for his or her favourite film, and the 2025 film schedule is certain to provide a handful that folk declare as their very own. So listening to that Ben Stiller revealed that former first girl Laura Bush revealed 2001’s Zoolander as her personal is a reasonably amusing story.
Nonetheless, I’m undecided if that’s wilder than the additional piece of knowledge the co-writer/director/star of that franchise gave as a response. As he appeared on The At this time Present to advertise Season 2 of Apple TV+’s Severance, Stiller was given this Bush household secret from somebody who would know first hand: At this time host/Laura Bush’s daughter Jenna Bush Hager:
I’ve to inform Ben one thing, which is that my mother’s favourite film is Zoolander.
To have the ability to inform somebody you or somebody near you might be followers of their work is an honor, so listening to this story is fairly heartwarming. It should even be fairly rewarding for Ben Stiller, as this anecdote ought to solely enhance Zoolander’s standing as a cult traditional. Whereas the 2001 comedy tanked on the field workplace, everybody appears to have slowly come round to it being one among Ben Stiller’s greatest motion pictures. That’s aside from Mrs, Bush, who was apparently an early adopter.
After all, now I’m questioning if Stiller by some means knew this info beforehand. I solely say that as a result of whereas he appears to be pleasantly stunned, the actor behind Derek Zoolander had this piece of Zoolander 2 trivia up his sleeve for this event:
Oh my god, unimaginable. I needed to get her in Zoolander 2, however she was smart, she knew to remain away.
On one hand, having Laura Bush seem on this legacy-quel might have been one of many greatest celeb film cameos to have ever landed. Nonetheless, between that proposed cameo was purported to see Laura Bush concerned in an orgy, and Zoolander 2’s surprisingly “good” flopping on the 2016 field workplace, Mr. Stiller’s remarks appear to again this name on a number of ranges.
I imply it was sequel one of many entries on our checklist of sequels we want have been by no means made. I might be inclined to ask Mrs. Bush what she has to say on the matter although, as Jenna Bush Hager added these additional particulars to her story:
We did a screening on the White Home, which she invited all of her pals. And simply this 12 months — she’s 78 years previous — we have been taking part in a household recreation and she or he wrote her favourite film, all people else wrote Shawshank and she or he wrote Zoolander.
I nonetheless can’t choose which half of this fantastically unusual information I’m extra blown away by, so I’m going to want a short while. And earlier than anybody asks, in line with The Wrap, President George W. Bush’s favourite movies within the White Home ranged from Black Hawk Down and We Have been Troopers to the traditional tearjerker Discipline of Goals. The extra you already know, I suppose.
These of you seeking to return to the world of ridiculously good trying satire can stream Zoolander with an lively Paramount+ subscription. In the meantime, Ben Stiller has two sports activities comedies on the docket for 2025, as he’ll be in The Dink and Completely happy Gilmore 2 – each of which should not have launch dates on the time of this writing.