Holland Taylor thought it was only natural that she be cast as the Great Leader, the most powerful person in the universe, in “Bill & Ted Face the Music.” After all, Taylor has made a career out of playing imperious figures who bend the world to their wills in everything from “Two and a Half Men” to “Legally Blonde.”As the film got ready to hit theaters and on-demand platforms on Aug.
28, Taylor spoke with Variety about her love of the Bill & Ted films, the trick to comedy, and a possible second season of “Hollywood,” the Ryan Murphy series in which she co-starred as studio executive Ellen Kincaid.Were you a fan of the “Bill & Ted” franchise?I loved the first one.
The second one, I hadn’t seen.
But even 30 years later I remember it as a goofy fable that really worked.
I liked that it was ludicrous, but the actors played it real,
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