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Jonah Hill Teases New Kristen Wiig Comedy ‘Cut Off’ as Pure Stupidity

Jonah Hill Teases New Kristen Wiig Comedy ‘Cut Off’ as Pure Stupidity

Published by Daniella Wilson

Jonah Hill may not have made it to the CinemaCon main stage during Warner Bros. studio presentation to promote his upcoming film, Cut Off, but the comedy vet didn’t miss a chance to tease it while under the lights at SmartLess Live on Saturday. “Next one is pure stupidity,” Hill told SmartLess hosts Jason Bateman, Will Arnett and Sean Hayes of the film, due in theaters July 17. It comes on the heels of his Apple TV original Outcome starring Keanu Reeves, Cameron Diaz and Matt Bomer. Asked to elaborate and share the concept, Hill said this: “It’s dumb. I’m about to go on a run of just the dumbest shit you’ve ever seen in your entire life. I hope you left your brains at home. It’s called Cut Off and Kristen Wiig and I play two dumb ass heirs, rich kids in their mid-40s who get cut off by their rich parents, played by Bette Midler and Nathan Lane. It is like Step Brothers, Clueless and Trading Places. Classic comedy. It’s so great, and …

Rose Byrne and Kristen Wiig Toast to ‘Bridesmaids’, Friendship, and Launching Themselves Into Space

Rose Byrne and Kristen Wiig Toast to ‘Bridesmaids’, Friendship, and Launching Themselves Into Space

Published by Sam Flores

For If I Had Legs I’d Kick You and Palm Royale, you both have created such singular characters. How different are they each from you in real life? Wiig: She’s a little more delusional than I am. She’s much more ambitious than I am, also. I feel like we’re pretty different. I will say a similarity: I do have a belief that everything works out, and it is supposed to work out the way it’s supposed to work out. She doesn’t take no for an answer—and I do! Obviously, she’s just a little more scheming in a way, but she’s well intentioned, which I guess I am. Byrne: I am pretty different. She’s very, very different from me. The character is incredibly hostile, Linda, and she comes from a place of hostility throughout the film, because she’s under such stress and trauma. Whereas my default is not hostility if I’m under stress or trauma. It is a different thing. I go overboard in another way, but not like that. So that was hard, because it’s …