Role Call

Role Call is a series in which Vulture talks to actors about performances they’ve probably forgotten by now, but we definitely haven’t.

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Holt McCallany Answers Every Question We Have About Fight Club

On working with the man he calls “Meat” (last name Loaf), the catharsis of terrorizing a priest, and his decades-old beef with Rosie O’Donnell. By Roxana Hadadi

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Nicholas Guest Answers Every Question We Have About Christmas Vacation

How he and Julia Louis-Dreyfus helped create the quintessential yuppie couple: Todd and Margot Chester. By Matthew Jacobs

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Rob Thomas Channeled His Inner McPoyle for It’s Always Sunny

The Matchbox Twenty singer’s only requirements for his 2008 cameo? “I want to be in my robe, and I want to look completely fucked up.” By Roxana Hadadi

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role call Patrick Warburton Answers Every Question We Have About Bee Movie “That bee is taking the time of his gal. He’s not happy about it.” By Devon Ivie
role call Anna Faris Answers Every Question We Have About Smiley Face “I couldn’t believe that this role was for a woman.” By Matthew Jacobs
role call Jeff Tweedy Answers Our Questions About Parks and Recreation’s Unity Concert “I wasn’t confident at all, but I assumed the show knew what it was doing.” By Devon Ivie
role call Alyson Hannigan Answers All Our Questions About American Pie On her Buffy co-stars’ mixed reactions to the movie, frustrations with the casting director, and the shock of hearing Taylor Swift’s “So High School.” By Mara Reinstein
role call Michael McDonald Answers Every Question We Have About His 30 Rock Kidney Anthem “Everybody knew our function was our pathetic comic value, not our musical talent.” By Devon Ivie
role call Nicole Richie Answers Every Question We Have About Great News “I don’t necessarily know what they saw in that audition.” By Devon Ivie
role call Diane Ladd Answers Every Question We Have About Wild at Heart On working with her daughter Laura Dern, why Blue Velvet made her “angry,” and what she was thinking during that improvised lipstick scene. By Matthew Jacobs
role call Colin Hanks Answers Every Question We Have About Orange County On what happens when a Tenacious D superfan gets his first leading role opposite Jack Black in a comedy based on Mike White’s life. By Derek Lawrence
role call Mekhi Phifer Answers Every Question We Have About 8 Mile “The first thing I remember when I think about 8 Mile is, Damn, I almost turned down my name in an Oscar-winning song.” By Derek Lawrence
role call Michael Bolton Answers Every Question We Have About ‘Jack Sparrow’ On the Lonely Island’s “beyond vulgar” first idea, learning how to be less serious, and the gift that never stops giving. By Devon Ivie

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Role Call

Holt McCallany Answers Every Question We Have About Fight Club

Nicholas Guest Answers Every Question We Have About Christmas Vacation

Rob Thomas Channeled His Inner McPoyle for It’s Always Sunny

Roles we’ve covered previously