Poor John C. Reilly.
His attempt at headlining a major movie, “Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story,” crashed and burned at the box office. So it’s back to second banana status for him.
He’ll have to settle for being an in-demand character actor for the next 30 years. Tough luck.
Reilly likely saw his future on the set of “Step Brothers,” his new comedy with Will Ferrell. Reilly and Ferrell play step brothers who call actor Richard Jenkins their pappy. Jenkins, 61, is the prototypical character actor, someone who works constantly without ever drawing a huge salary - or being the target of invasive paparazzi.
Jenkins has had at least one movie or television show out each year since 1984 (he did take 2006 off, apparently).
It’s not a bad life, even if you rarely get your name above a film title.
(Photo: Character actor John C. Reilly, right, co-stars with Will Ferrell in the bawdy new comedy “Step Brothers”)
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