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Ben Stiller: I was blindsided by Zoolander 2 flopping

The actor said he was expecting a much warmer reception for the comedy sequel, but the shock gave him time to rethink his career

Penelope Cruz, Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig co-starred in the sequel, along with a host of celebrities who cameoed, including Naomi Campbell and Justin Bieber. In 2018, Stiller directed TV crime drama Escape at Dannemora, for which he won a Directors Guild of America award, followed in 2022 by the thriller Severance. He is currently shooting David Gordon Green’s Nutcrackers, in which he plays a workaholic who must travel to rural Ohio to look after his recently orphaned nephews.

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