Harvey Weinstein, formerly of Miramax and currently of The Weinstein Company, has a reputation that includes a tyrannical management style and a short-fuse temper, both of which make it all the more amusing that he appears as the straight man to Paul Rudd in a new Funny or Die video promoting Our Idiot Brother, the comedy-drama acquired by Weinstein at Sundance. Rudd, a fixture in such videos, trots out a procession of imbecilic and absurd ideas that include Rudd personally speaking to every single person on the planet "for at least five to ten minutes" and retitling the film Paul Rudd Presents Our Idiot Brother: The Hangover, Borat. If you're generally charmed/amused by Rudd and have three minutes, use all three of them watching this video.
As we already established but will nonetheless repeat, this video comes from the hilarity factory at Funny or Die
Rudd appears to be exploring some new territory as Ned, the disastrously naive titled character in Our Idiot Brother. After selling weed to a uniformed police officer, Ned is sent to jail for a stretch. Upon his release, he promptly makes himself a burden on his three sisters, played by Elizabeth Banks, Zooey Deschanel, and Emily Mortimer. The cast also includes Adam Scott, Rashida Jones, Steve Coogan, and TJ Miller.
Our Idiot Brother will see release on August 26th.
Until then, let's enjoy this reminder of a turning point in Rudd's career as an actor and professional funny person:
