It was also a bit of a nightmare.
“I read that and thought that was really funny,” he continued.
“That’s what rings true for me with ‘Bottle Rocket.'”
“All we ever heard was, ‘The studio doesn’t like it.’
‘They don’t know what you guys are doing.’
‘They don’t like the dailies,'” Wilson recalled.
“And me being like, ‘What are dailies?'”
It was exactly the kind of role Wilson knew he could chew on.
“Depressed out of work soap opera star…
I thought, ‘I like the sound of that,'” he said.
What were your acting aspirations back then?
Luke Wilson:We always really loved movies.
For me, Owen, and our brother Andrew that was our focus.
What theater are they at?
When I think back on it, that was what hooked me.
That movie launched not just your career, but your brother’s.
Would you two audition for the same stuff?
I was kind of doing indie stuff and smaller roles.
People always ask if we were competitive, and we never were.
We’re not trying to hijack each other.
The most exciting and interesting thing for me was “Tenenbaums.”
It seemed like things suddenly exploded.
How involved were you with the costuming of your character in “The Royal Tenenbaums”?
It’s become so memorable.
It was all Wes.
I do remember we did have one battle.
Wes pulled me in a corner and dressed me down, so I had to just let it go.
With “Old School,” I’ll never forget the test screening in the Valley.
This is ten minutes after seeing the movie for the first time.
So I kind of knew that was going to work.
But “Idiocracy” might be the biggest surprise.
And Fox wasn’t really giving him the money for the effects and set pieces.
So I called Mike Judge, and he told me the studio dumped the movie.
I was bummed out.
So I was so surprised when it became popular.
It is the movie that gets brought up the most to me.
Not justelection timebut over the years.
I think I’ve done well with comics because I have such love for them.
I have such admiration for stand-up comics.
It’s just unbelievable.
I really loved “Martin” the TV show.
From then on we got along great.
Sony is developing a sequel.
Have they called you?
I know we’ve talked to them about it.
Whenever I run into Martin we’ve always talked about a sequel.
We have also tried to work on some different things over the years and they just haven’t happened.
He’s one of my favorite people.
But hopefully, Carlson will be there if there’s a “Blue 2.”
How in the world did youend up in “Jackass Number 2?”
I’m not so sure how I got in that either.
So you weren’t buddies with those guys?
I didn’t really know those guys.
Here’s the kicker, Luke.
Your footage didn’t even make the final cut.
It’s a deleted scene.
I don’t really have much of a memory of that.
I don’t know why.
Do you think Mike Judge will ever do an “Idiocracy” sequel?
Oh, I always call Mike and tell him.
He’s always busy and always working on a script.
We see Terry’s Camacho character become president, Dax’s character runs a movie studio.
I’m always pitching that to Mike.
He gets a kick out of it.
This interview has been edited and condensed for length and clarity.
