Vince Vaughn Explains Why R-Rated 90s Comedies Went Out of Fashion

“They don’t make movies like they used to,” every movie buff said. But Vince Vaughn (Star of 90s and 2000s hits like Swingers, wedding crashersAnd Dodgeball: A True Story of the Underdog) You know why. Nostalgia for old movies has always been a powerful force influencing moviegoers, but the rise of social media has seen that influence increase tenfold. Sites like Instagram, X, Facebook, and YouTube are filled with disgruntled moviegoers complaining about the lack of original storytelling in Hollywood. And while audiences often attribute this effect to Hollywood’s status as a money-making machine, according to Vaughn, that’s not the whole truth.

Vince Fogg recently tried out his famous chicken wings in Hot Ones to promote his new series on Apple TV+. bad monkeyThe actor was asked about his leading roles in classic Hollywood comedy classics of the past era, and what he thinks has changed in Hollywood’s approach to filmmaking. Vaughn’s opinion was similar to that of most moviegoers, expressing that Hollywood has become enamored with making films based on pre-established intellectual property. He said:

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They think about it too much. If you understand these rules, it's like if you study geometry and you say 87 degrees is a right angle, all your answers are wrong. […] They'll say something like, “You must have an IP address.”
“For some reason, the battleship game, which we used to play like a chart, has become a way to tell stories. It's very strange. Whereas a game like John Hughes from our area, right? The IP game was '16-year-old girl.' Every girl is 16. Or 'I'm cutting school.' You know, life situations.”

However, Vince Vaughn attributes Hollywood’s fascination with IP-based movies to a fear of individual failure on the part of studio executives, rather than outright greed. The actor explained:

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Executives don't want to get fired, they want to do something great. So they want to follow a set of rules that they don't really translate, as if they were fixed.
But as long as they follow them, they won't lose their jobs, because they can say, “I made a Payday movie. Even though the movie didn't work, you can't let me go.”

Vince Vaughn moved into more dramatic roles.

Vince Vaughn dominated the R-rated comedy scene during the late 1990s and early 2000s. The actor was a frequent collaborator with Ben Stiller, appearing in ZoolanderAnd Starsky and HutchVaughn's penchant for comedy continued into the early 2000s, starring in the hour And TrainingWhile Vaughn still takes part in comedic projects, his career took a turn in 2015 when the actor began to favor dramatic characters. After landing a lead role in the second season of the hit HBO crime drama, The real detectiveVaughn starred in the Oscar-winning film Hacksaw Ridge.

Vaughn's most notable role came in 2017, when the actor starred in Fight in Cell No. 99For the role, Vaughn shaved his head and got a huge cross tattooed on the back of his head to play Bradley Thomas, who struggles to stay in prison after a federal plea deal goes wrong. Vaughn still takes on comedic roles, with his new Apple TV+ series, bad monkeyHe brings his wry charm to the small screen in the 2000s. In the new show, Vaughn plays Andrew Yancey, a former Miami police detective who is demoted to become a restaurant inspector in the Florida Keys.