Comedy Legend David Zucker Reveals Untold Stories Behind Ryan Reynolds, Matt Stone, Trey Parker, and Hollywood’s Hidden Secrets
Ashley
Yeah, yeah. Are there any young comedians coming up that you’ve seen or mentored or gotten to know that you recommend?
David Zucker
Yeah, well, I mentored Matt Stone and Trey Parker. I gave them their first job when they came to LA. Trey needed to buy a car. Now they’re like billionaires. And I really respect their talent and their originality. And they’re good guys too.
Ashley
Commitment, yeah, to not sell out and to stick with it.
David Zucker
They never sold out. They always did it their way and they’re not the sellouts that you know some people are who aren’t original or who copy things or who steal somebody else’s franchise. I mean you know I took over the scary movie franchise but it was my own original idea and you know the characters were the same but we totally changed the whole thing made it PG-13 and I don’t know what the Wayans thought of it but those were legitimate because they you know they were original. And I also think the Wayans are great talents really very original and you know I respect them and you know they would never have tried to take over the Naked Gun franchise. The Wayans, they declined. I don’t think they were able to make a deal with Bob. I think Bob Weinstein came to them first and somehow the deal didn’t work out and they signed a deal for another movie somewhere else but you know it wasn’t the same situation as my being excluded from us and Naked Gun for it.
