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Why Paul Walter Hauser Feels Big Pressure Playing Chris Farley in an Upcoming Biopic · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood.
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Speaker 2: Paul Walter Hauser has made it a habit of scoring
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Speaker 2: his most glowing reviews for his portrayals of real people,
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Speaker 2: most notably in Ititania and Blackbird, but he's now tackling
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Speaker 2: the highest profile biopick of his career with the lead
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Speaker 2: in the upcoming Chris Barley project.
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Speaker 3: He knows that the level of adoration.
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Speaker 2: For Chris and his skits will make it all the
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Speaker 2: more challenging. Telling Variety, everybody's going to judge the heck
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Speaker 2: out of the movie and have very passionate, hard line opinions.
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Speaker 2: I'm not worried about playing Chris. I'll approach it with
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Speaker 2: a lot of love and effort.
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Speaker 3: All you can do is work hard.
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Speaker 2: And try your best to love the character and the project.
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Speaker 2: To me, that doesn't seem like much of a hurdle
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Speaker 2: With Chris. I adore him, I want to honor him.
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Speaker 2: I want people to leave the theater.
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Speaker 3: Having laughed and cried together.
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Speaker 2: That's Paul Walter Hauser on his upcoming Chris Barley biopic.
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Speaker 3: Which is expected to shoot later this year.
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