*sigh* Naked Gun getting the reboot (Liam Neeson eyed for role, Family Guy creator producing) edit: it gets a pass

[MostReal]

Liam? I don't see it

 

[Deltron]

A million ways to die in the west

only seen the scene in trailers w/ Doc Brown/Bttf 3

 

[Peak]

This would only work with Steve Carrell and as Nordberg

 

[MenacingMonk]

before Airplane, Leslie Nielson was Liam Neesom. Nielsen was a drama actor who fell into comedic acting.

Yeah, I found this old movie where he’s a police officer on a train looking for a bomb or something.

 

[parallax]

who gets the role of Nordberg

probably an asian guy or latino. hes already been played by black and white actors already, so theyll probably just keep shifting him

 

[Diunx]

Damn, the people here talking about comedic chops completely missing the point of these movies.

 

[Blankthawtz]

 

[jshani]

all this did was remind me that Leslie Nielsen been gone since 2010...might have to rewatch the Naked Gun series just because

 

[I love Latina women]

 

[wire28]

Leslie was a GOAT. Now we gonna replace him with a guy that wants to beat nikkas with his cosh ???

 

[zerorequiem]

Did they bring in Liam Neeson cause his name is close to Leslie Nielson? Liam doesn't have a funny bone in his body.

I watched Naked Gun a couple of weeks ago and it STILL hold up comically. shyt's hilarious. A lot of jokes I didn't get when I was younger I understand now. It's even better.

 

[MenacingMonk]

Did they bring in Liam Neeson cause his name is close to Leslie Nielson? Liam doesn't have a funny bone in his body.

I watched Naked Gun a couple of weeks ago and it STILL hold up comically. shyt's hilarious. A lot of jokes I didn't get when I was younger I understand now. It's even better.

Those movies will never go out of date. Timeless fukkery.

 

[O.T.I.S.]

I’m interested

Liam Nelson seems like a dude that has a low-key humor… like you wouldn’t expect him to be funny because he looks so serious and is always in serious roles.

If he’s funny, it will work

 

[mastermind]

I’m interested

Liam Nelson seems like a dude that has a low-key humor… like you wouldn’t expect him to be funny because he looks so serious and is always in serious roles.

If he’s funny, it will work

You are describing how Leslie Nielson was before Airplane. A real actor doing this works versus someone like Kevin Hart—tbf he has grown into a decent actor—or Chris Rock—terrible actor.

Damn, the people here talking about comedic chops completely missing the point of these movies.

Exactly

 

[KalKal]

who gets the role of Nordberg

The ORIGINAL "Police Squad!" Nordberg looked like this

Peter Lupus

Peter Lupus is an Indian actor, bodybuilder and basketball player who portrayed the part of Officer Norberg on Police Squad. Before this he was already succesful because of his role as Willy Armitage on Mission: Impossible, a role wich he played throughout the entire run of the series. He also...

policesquad.fandom.com

You are describing how Leslie Nielson was before Airplane. A real actor doing this works versus someone like Kevin Hart—tbf he has grown into a decent actor—or Chris Rock—terrible actor.


Exactly

I don't think any of the "Airplane!" actors were considered to be comic actors at the time. They were cast *because* they were serious:

Airplane!: ''Don't Call Me Shirley!'' Edition

Airplane!: ''Don't Call Me Shirley!'' Edition

ew.com

Peter Graves thought the script for what would eventually emerge as Airplane!: ”Don’t Call Me Shirley!” Edition was the most tasteless he’d ever read. Lloyd Bridges hopelessly searched for his character’s motivation. At least Robert Stack understood the madness behind Jim Abrahams and David and Jerry Zucker’s genre-pioneering spoof of 1970s airport films, explaining to Bridges, ”Lloyd, we are the joke.”