"At the same time I have kids, so I think it's fun to be able to play both of those. Count Olaf (Neil Patrick Harris) dons glasses and a fake nose in yet another evil disguise. Jim Carrey brought the character of Count Olaf to life on the big screen in the 2004 flick, which Harris has seen, but he wanted to do things differently. Do Not Sell My Personal Information, Your California Privacy Rights 20 TV Events to Get Excited About in 2017. The actor’s new look seems to perfectly match Snicket’s frequent descriptions of Olaf as extremely tall and thin, with a unibrow and poor hygiene. “So I’m able to give opinions about casting choices or look at scripts without it just being a hollow empty narcissistic-actor rant,” he says. We've received your submission. The novels follows the orphaned Baudelaire siblings — Violet, Klaus and Sunny — who are sent to live with distant cousin Count Olaf, who plots to steal their inheritance. Olaf teasing the sugar bowl. Part of the American Media Entertainment Group.Powered by WordPress.com VIP, Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window). Kylie Jenner Sleeps in This $10 Organic Oil to Keep Skin Soft and Glowing, We Found a Cardigan Just Like J. Lo’s $995 Coach One for Under $30 Using StyleSnap. Instagram ad for VERIFIED FEALTY DETECTOR website. 728,033, This story has been shared 251,637 times. I like the ‘Gone Girl’ mentality where it seems like a romance and then someone gets their throat slit.”. Each season follows the three Baudelaire orphans, Violet, Klaus and Sunny (Malina Weissman, Louis Hynes and Presley Smith) as they’re shuffled between guardians and try to escape Count Olaf’s evil clutches. 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Your source for entertainment news, celebrities, celeb news, and celebrity gossip. The new Netflix series is scheduled for release later this year. 131,322, © 2020 NYP Holdings, Inc. All Rights Reserved “This is only three seasons long; we’re not hoping this has as many seasons as possible,” he says. “It’s fun to have pride and ownership in something on a personal level — caring more about the end product as a whole than about how my particular piece fits in.”, Even though he’s enjoyed the chance to be in a show his kids can watch, Harris says his personal preferences are all over the map, often skewing toward the unexpected. “Kids aren’t watching an adult show feeling like they shouldn’t be watching it, and adults aren’t watching a kid show where they feel like it’s been dumbed down for them,” he says. The show is currently filming in Vancouver, British Columbia, and the actor was spotted looking nothing like himself, with gray hair, a receding hairline, scruffy facial hair and a prosthetic nose. Neil Patrick Harris looked unrecognizable as the terrifying Count Olaf in new photos from the set of A Series of Unfortunate Events. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. “In the same great way that Jim Henson was able to do that with ‘The Muppets,’ it’s fun to create content that can hit both demographics authentically.”. “In my real life I have a pretty dark and acerbic sense of humor. “In trying to craft a career of longevity, you want to try and not be the go-to guy for just one specific flavor.”, “A Series of Unfortunate Events,” based on the best-selling book series of the same name, is a mix of Tim Burton’s dark whimsy and Wes Anderson’s retro visuals. Your California Privacy Rights The How I Met Your Mother star shifted gears for his latest TV project, A Series of Unfortunate Events, based on the Lemony Snicket book series. With all due respect to Barney Stinson, Doogie Howser, Hedwig and his id alter-ego in the “Harold & Kumar” films, Neil Patrick Harris believes that Count Olaf in “A Series of … He’s also the star of “A Series of Unfortunate Events,” back on Netflix for its second season in tracking the scheming, oft-disguised Count Olaf (Harris) and his pursuit of the orphaned Baudelaire siblings (he wants to get his greedy hands on their sizable inheritance). I'm a big fan of the idea of taking this 13-books series, one that I find very dark and almost Cirque du Soleil in the potential physicality of it and sort of owning that. Plus, Harris cited the allure of working with director and executive producer Barry Sonnefeld, which would make the show "creatively, it would be a little left of center.". 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Neil Patrick Harris plays the villainous Count Olaf in Netflix's adaptation of Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events books Holiday Greetings from Count Olaf (Neil Patrick Harris) Olaf's holiday greetings. The How I Met Your Mother star shifted gears for his latest TV project, A Series of Unfortunate Events, based on the Lemony Snicket book series. Would you like to receive desktop browser notifications about breaking news and other major stories? Thanks for contacting us. “I like questioning what [a story] is going to be. For access to all our exclusive celebrity videos and interviews – Subscribe on YouTube! Although Harris’ acting career has been prolific, “A Series of Unfortunate Events” is one of the few shows he’s also produced, which means that he’s intricately involved behind the scenes. News. This isn’t the first time the saga has been developed by Hollywood. With Neil Patrick Harris, Patrick Warburton, Malina Weissman, Louis Hynes. April 4, 2018 | 7:25pm | Updated April 4, 2018 | 9:55pm. Once they settled on the look, Harris said he just went a "little crazy.".
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