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I have a theory. It goes thusly: The lead actor in a Woody Allen movie (when Woody Allen himself is not the lead) always does an impression of Woody Allen. Having never been in a Woody Allen film, I do not know if this is how they are directed to act, but I think that since one of the leads is invariably written by Woody in his own image, the actor just thinks he/she has to act like Woody-you know, stutter-y and shoulder hunch-y. Kenneth Branagh in Celebrity, Will Ferrell in Melinda and Melinda, Rebecca Hall and (Scarlett Johansson to an extent) in Vicky Cristina Barcelona. The lone hold out is that no one in Match Point did a Woody Allen impression, which is probably why I actually enjoyed it. That and Matthew Goode is amazingly hot.

NOW. My theory is admittedly flawed because I haven’t seen every Woody Allen film and I’m no Manohla Dargis. Or Sex Man for that matter. But, you know what? I don’t love his films! At all! In large portion because of this theory! And while I’m on this topic, I’d like to say that even though people give Nancy Meyers a lot of flack for only having rich white people in her films, the exact same could be said for Woody Allen. Everyone is white (or Spanish) with amazing apartments/country houses/city mansions. And that’s just the world they exist in. Obviously.

ANYWAY. There is a point to this. And that point is, people love doing Woody Allen impressions. Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan are no exception. They’re in a new show on BBC2 called The Trip directed by Michael Winterbottom, who is one of my favorite directors. Coogan is funny, but Winterbottom always makes Coogan funnier than he’s ever been. See: 24 Hour Party People and Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story. And Brydon’s obviously no slouch. After the jump, a clip from The Trip wherein the two eat food and are funny in an Allen-esque manner.

Wow, all that holding forth tuckered me out. I think I have half a bottle of opened Chardonnay in my fridge, I’m gonna go check on that.

Via LA Weekly

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