Paul Walter Hauser on the challenge of playing Chris Farley

Paul Walter Hauser on the challenge of playing Chris Farley in the upcoming biopic: “I’ve been practicing playing him my whole life.”

Paul Walter Hauser is one of Hollywood’s busiest actors and one of his many (and I mean many) upcoming project is a Chris Farley biopic. Following in the legendary comedian’s footsteps is no easy task, but Hauser told Variety that he “I’ve been practicing playing Chris Farley my whole life.“

Hauser has played a handful of real people throughout his career, including Shawn Eckhardt in I, TonyaRichard Jewell in Richard Jewelland Larry Hall in Black birdbut Farley is by far the best known, which makes Hauser’s task more difficult.

“Everyone is going to ridicule the film and have very passionate, harsh opinions. I’m not worried about playing Chris because I know I’m going to approach the role with a lot of love and effort.“, said Hauser. “At the end of the day, all you can do is work hard and do your best to love the character and the project as much as possible. For me, that’s not a big obstacle with Chris. I adore him. I want to honor him. I want people to leave the theater having laughed and cried together.“

Josh Gad will direct the Chris Farley biopic based on the New York Times bestselling biography. The Chris Farley Show: A biography in three acts by Tom Farley Jr. and Tanner Colby. The screenplay was written by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber.

Now to the many projects Hauser is involved in. The actor is currently in Pixar’s Inside Out 2 and will next star alongside Matt Damon, Casey Affleck and Hong Chau in The instigatorsa heist thriller directed by Doug Liman. The film will be released on August 2nd before streaming on Apple TV+ on 9 August. He will also be in The Naked Cannon Reboot with Liam Neeson and will play the lead role in Try your luckwhich depicts the 1984 fraud scandal directed by Michael Larson. He will also star alongside Mark Wahlberg in Peter Farrelly’s action comedy Balls up and will appear in Marvel’s long-awaited Fantastic Four Movie.