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Chris Farley Biopic Package Heats Up Market With Paul Walter Hauser Playing Legendary Comic & Josh Gad Directing
Deadline is hearing a script based on the biography The Chris Farley Show is being shopped with Paul Walter Hauser attached to play the iconic comic
Getting his start in the heyday of Saturday Night Live where Farley would join an all-time ensemble of SNL greats that would include Adam Sandler, David Spade, Phil Hartman and Rob Schneider. From the start, Farley stood out with his great amazing physical comedy delivering iconic sketches like his “Van Down By The River’ performance or trying out as a Chip N Dales dancer with Patrick Swayze that live in SNL lore. His success on the show would translate over to the big screen where he would soon join the A-list of 90s comedians with hit films such as Tommy Boy, Black Sheep and Beverly Hills Ninja.
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