Actor Vince Vaughn has a theory as to why R-rated comedies like the ones that made him famous aren’t made anymore.
The 54-year-old became a household name starring in movies like “Old School” (2003), “Dodgeball” (2004), and “Wedding Crashers” (2005). During a recent episode of the “Hot Ones” podcast, he said that Hollywood execs are less likely to greenlight these movies now because they fear losing their jobs.
“They just overthink it,” Vaughn said of movie studio higher-ups, per HuffPost. “And it’s crazy.”
“You get these rules,” he continued. “Like, if you did geometry and you said 87 degrees was a right angle, then all your answers are messed up, instead of 90 degrees. So there became some idea or concept, like, they would say something like, ‘You have to have an IP.’”
IP, or intellectual property, refers to films based on previous work, such as…
