Who is aldous snow based on

Hunnam went on to suggest that dropping out of the movie haunted him for a while …until he randomly saw Russell Brand doing stand-up comedy during the festive season.

Clearly, I just needed to step out of the way of the universe manifesting itself, the way that it was supposed to. Get the best of Den of Geek delivered right to your inbox! Brand followed up Forgetting Sarah Marshall with several other studio projects off the back of his standout performance as Snow, including Rock of Ages , Arthur and Get Him to the Greek , while Hunnam pretty much put comedy in his rear-view mirror.

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Perhaps the most surprising thing about the movie is Brand's character. A fizzing mix of British chirpiness, drug-dependent freak show, emotional baby and charismatic charmer, he's clearly based on Robbie Williams. On the one hand, it's strange that Universal has based a film on the former Take That member; Robbie never really broke America his biggest hit was Angels, which reached No 41 on the Billboard charts.

He also is able to point out the sycophantic nature of the music industry when he tells Aaron that if he is asked, he should say he loved "African Child" and "bought ten copies the day it came out," even if it's a lie. The movie does have its share of memorable moments. There's an inspired bit about a fur-covered wall and how a "Jeffrey" isn't quite as innocuous as it sounds.

One of the funniest scenes involves a shot of adrenaline. Unfortunately, if you've seen the ads on television, you've pretty much seen this already. Yes, Paul Krugman! If you are looking for a comedy classic, this isn't quite it. Hill and Moss do their best to give the film a slight sense of humanity, but mostly it's Brand's show and to many he is an acquired taste. We'll notify you here with news about.

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