I don’t know how in touch you are with Dane Cook’s film career, but this December, the comedian-turned-actor stars in a kidnapping drama called Answers to Nothing. As a philandering husband whose wife is determined to get pregnant in spite of his infidelities, the leading role — which appears to be completely (and purposefully) humorless in the trailer — could be a step in a new direction for the 39-year-old stand-up. But can Dane Cook even be taken seriously as a dramatic actor at this point in his career?
First, a little background: Shortly before “breaking big” as a comedian on Comedy Central’s Premium Blend, it is worth noting that the Boston-born multi-talent (a descriptor that detractors might reject) earned his first two film credits in dramas. They weren’t Shakespeare adaptations — they were the awful Ashley Judd-Patrick Dempsey bank robbery flick Flypaper and the Jim Henson family movie Buddy (where Cook played “Fair Cop”) — but dramas nonetheless.
As his stand-up career picked up, Cook graduated from more iffy projects — like espionage thrillers starring Dennis Rodman (Simon Sez!) — to legitimate comedies like Stuck on You, Mr. 3000 and his first leading role in the Jessica Simpson project Employee of the Month. But the actor, wanting to flex a different muscle and jump genres like comedians Bill Murray, Jim Carrey and Robin Williams had done successfully before him, signed onto a few roles that would actually garner Cook some critical attention for his dramatic work.
The first such endeavor was a turn in the 2007 Kevin Costner thriller Mr. Brooks. As a serial killer wannabe who blackmails the film’s title killer (Costner) into taking him along on his next murder, Cook was serviceable as…
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