Owen Wilson is an outstanding actor who also considers himself a natural-born screenwriter, as substantiated by his gift for extemporization. But at the same time, he entered recognition from observers worldwide as a talented funnyman. Flicks similar to Zoolander, Wedding Crashers, and Meet the Parents made Wilson stand out among ultramodern masters of the comedy kidney.
His veritably first way in Hollywood
Can hardly be called successful, but everything changed after he met the popular funnyman Ben Stiller, who believed in Owen and his gift so much that he invited him to nearly all of his systems, bringing sweet fame to both of them. Indeed though Wilson’s filmography now has over 50 systems, the bone that changed the course of his entire career was the Shanghai Noon.
In this comedy set in the Wild West directed by Tom Day
Owen Wilson played his first major part — a train purloiner named Roy O’Bannon. In the story, he, together with Chon Wang, played by Jackie Chan, tries to find the abducted Chinese Princess Pei Pei, consummately portrayed by Lucy Liu. Wilson didn’t admit any awards or accolades for this part, neither did Jackie Chan, but Lucy got the Blockbuster Entertainment Award.
With a budget of$ 55 million, the film grossed about$ 100 million worldwide, and the effect, Shanghai Knights, was incontinently greenlit and released in 2003. This time, the dynamic brace’s adventures continued in London, alongside similar talented actors as Aaron Johnson, Tom Fisher, and Gemma Jones. But it was still the original that soared Owen’s career.
After Shanghai Noon
Gene Hackman, one of the oldest and most reputed Hollywood actors, recommended Wilson for the action movie Behind Adversary Lines, grounded on the true story of an American airman, who was portrayed by Owen Wilson. The forenamed comedy Zoolander was Wilson’s coming big thing, bringing him and Stiller a nomination for the Stylish Screen Brace from MTV Awards.
Moment Owen’s most promising design is the show Loki on Disney, where he plays a TBA agent who really loves jetski for some unidentified reason.
