Paul Walter Hauser on His Wrestling Career, Reading ‘Fantastic Four’ Comics for His Role and the Pressure of Portraying Chris Farley: ‘I’ve Been Practicing to Play Him My Entire Life’
variety.comJack Dunn Despite a tumultuous Paramount-Skydance merger, some box office blunders and a painful presidential debate, the summer of 2024 may go down as the summer of Paul Walter Hauser.
Hauser began his career as a journeyman actor, playing supporting roles in popular films such as “Cruella,” “I, Tonya,” “BlacKkKlansman” and “Da 5 Bloods.” In 2019, he landed his first major leading role in Clint Eastwood’s drama “Richard Jewell,” and four years later, Hauser scored an Emmy and a Golden Globe for his performance as Larry Hall in the Apple TV+ series “Blackbird.” But starting in March 2024, a flurry of projects starring Hauser were unveiled.
In a matter of weeks, it was announced that Hauser would star in Marvel’s “Fantastic Four,” an untitled Chris Farley biopic, a “Naked Gun” reboot, “Press Your Luck,” the Mark Wahlberg action-comedy “Balls Up” and the Bruce Springsteen biopic “Deliver Me From Nowhere.” He also voiced Embarrassment in “Inside Out 2,” which recently passed “Incredibles 2” as the highest-grossing Pixar film of all time.
Although they were “not planned in any capacity” by Hauser or his representatives, the rapid-fire reveal of projects made him one of the fastest-rising stars in the business.
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