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Albert Brooks on His Surprising Villainous Turn: “I really wanted that part and the guy directing the movie said, ‘I’m a big fan but I just don’t see it'”

Brooks has received praise for doing something completely different in his role in last year’s Drive.

Albert Brooks on his ‘Drive’ Role: “First and foremost, the part was something I thought I could do and was different than I had played before”

Many have commented on how Brooks really went against his typical comedy type for his role, and he confesses that this change is what attracted him to the role in the first place.

Albert Brooks: “I’m growing into parts I never even knew I wanted to play”

There’s a very clichéd bad guy in American movies, and you know who he is, the blond-haired guy who talks in an accent and from the moment he’s on screen you know everything about him.”