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Ben Stiller Calls 'Zoolander 2' Failure 'Blindsiding': 'It Affected Me for a Long Time' (Exclusive)

Ben Stiller looked back on the commercial and critical failure of 'Zoolander 2' during an episode of David Duchovny's new podcast 'Fail Better.' The actor/director recalled the response to the sequel as 'blindsiding' and says it forced him into a period of reflection.

"I thought everybody wanted this," Stiller said of the follow-up to the 2001 comedy, which was a box office success and widely quoted and memed. Ben Stiller, Will Ferrell, Penélope Cruz and Owen Wilson walk the runway during the 'Zoolander 2' world premiere in February 2016. “We have had such a great and at times life-changing experience making this podcast with David — his openness to learning and the quest to understand human nature is something he brings to each conversation.

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