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Rick Moranis Officially Ends Retirement for ‘Spaceballs 2,’ Sequel Announces Full Cast as Filming Starts (variety.com)
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[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Casting Liam Neeson is strong evidence they understood the assignment. You need a dramatic actor to lead a Naked Gun film.

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 3 days ago

You need an actor with a name that's hilariously similar to Leslie Nelson. Lol

I'm convinced this was 90% of the reason he was picked.