Comedy Legend David Zucker Reveals Untold Stories Behind Ryan Reynolds, Matt Stone, Trey Parker, and Hollywood’s Hidden Secrets
David Zucker
We’ve had the script for seven years and it’s me. Everybody says, oh, I’m this great, great, you know, talented, you know, guy, but it’s still like, I couldn’t even, I mean, I can’t emphasize enough. I couldn’t even get my own franchise. I mean, Naked Gun, I created the character, I created the franchise and then they go, some guy blows in.
Ashley
Yeah.
David Zucker
And they get and you know, and it’s part of it is ageism, you know, total ageism in Hollywood. And so, I know they wanted a young director, ooh, we’re going to get a young. Young doesn’t mean shit. It doesn’t mean anything. If you don’t know what you’re doing. You know, there’s nobody who could direct Star Malta, you know, I’m the only one who can do it. It’s just like, so it’s so specific. And, and so for young people starting out, I guess you can get an agent, you do a sample real of what of what a see a sample scene maybe. I’m not sure I’m not great at giving advice because I myself struggle.
