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Sally Field Thought Robin Williams 'Wasn't Funny' on 'Mrs. Doubtfire'
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Sally Field Thought Robin Williams 'Wasn't Funny' on 'Mrs. Doubtfire'

Variety·Jack Dunn·23 days ago
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Sally Field said during a recent appearance on “ The Late Show with Stephen Colbert ” that she didn’t find her “Mrs. Doubtfire” co-star Robin Williams funny while shooting the 1993 comedy. “Because I would never laugh, ever,” Field recalled. “And everybody else was laughing and carrying on.” Field said that Williams, who prided himself on making his scene partners laugh with his improvising, grew frustrated that she was immune to his jokes. Popular on Variety “It drove him mad, actually,” Field said. “It wasn’t funny. It just wasn’t funny.” She later added, “Robin was always trying something different to make me laugh. It was so unfunny. I can’t begin to tell you. And then Pierce, wonderful Pierce Brosnan, we were sitting at a table at the restaurant, and he made a fart noise on his arm. And I was gone. That was it.” “Mrs. Doubtfire” is considered a classic comedy of the early ‘90s and one of the best in Williams’ filmography.…

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