The wonderful character actor Bruno Kirby has died at 57. My favorite role of Kirby's was as the Sinatra loving driver in This is Spinal Tap.
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RIP Bruno Kirby
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Did you watch the deleted scenes reel? I think his best moments in that movie didn't even make it into the movie!noiseradio wrote:Bruno Kirby in Spinal Tap is genius. I always liked him in a movie, even if I didn't like the movie. That's really sad.
RIP for sure... he was hillarious.
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I was shocked by this, partly because he was so damn young. City Slickers may be a big ol' popcorn movie but he gave it one genuine moment with his "Best Day, Worst Day" speech and I remember watching that at the Bama Six theater when I was twelve years old and I knew it was something special.
One of the things I admired most about him was how, even though I am sure he got tired of being typecast, he was always so fresh and energetic as an actor which I'm sure wasn't easy after doing a thousand variations on the "randy, avuncular pal" role.
One of the things I admired most about him was how, even though I am sure he got tired of being typecast, he was always so fresh and energetic as an actor which I'm sure wasn't easy after doing a thousand variations on the "randy, avuncular pal" role.
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Absolutely agree. That bit of him singing Sinatra in his underwear is classic.BlueChair wrote:Did you watch the deleted scenes reel? I think his best moments in that movie didn't even make it into the movie!noiseradio wrote:Bruno Kirby in Spinal Tap is genius. I always liked him in a movie, even if I didn't like the movie. That's really sad.
RIP for sure... he was hillarious.
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