Bill Hader Can't Put On Muscle | CONAN on TBS

Bill trained hard and dieted for months to prepare to play a former marine in "Barry" — and no one could tell the difference.

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Bill Hader Can't Put On Muscle | CONAN on TBS

[valeriekrsacok]

"what do you look for in a guy?"
"cute, funny, modest"
"Bill Hader?"

[Kirby.Burgess]

I swear Bill Hader has the most enjoyable interviews; I could just listen to him be interviewed for hours on end

[poppyseed]

I love that Bill always sounds as if he's come straight from the 50ies - that voice!!

[linnycrocus]

Bill is an incredibly handsome man. I hope he knows that. It makes me a little bit sad when he puts himself down.

[FlashakaViolet]

the fact Bill hasn't the phisique du role to play a marine turned hitman actually made him scarier in Barry somehow

[aspyr]

The episode where he completely falls apart and breaks the mirror, that made me burst into tears, because that's as close as anyone ever portrayed PTSD, rage issues and crippling depression, when things pile up and there's a breaking point where nothing but violence remains. For me, that particular aspect was very personal, the show was really, really well done, there were laughs in almost every episode despite the facts that some episodes really are dark and serious for a good portion of time, I am really looking forward to season 2. Since there's no way to actually reach out and compliment the aspect I mentioned in the beginning of my comment, I'll just hope Bill sees this. I don't know how deeply you were emotionally involved into acting, but as I said, it's as close as anyone ever got in acting that out, it made me cry because it happened to me, I relived that moment that I never even wanted to remember, but I was feeling thankful, I even looked at my hand that was broken due to damage I've done to it over the past year and I saw it twitching, I had to pause the scene and cry it out, I'm not sure if it healed me or made things worse, but I feel thankful.

[NightFurysWrath]

“He died of a haircut” sounds like an SNL premise

[ozcosgaming]

The funniest thing about Bill Hader is his laughing, indeed. It's also nice to see that Conan and he get along well together.

[eldestgruff]

I mean he didn't look like a super hero but he definitely packed on some lean muscle. I though he was definitely believable as a marine.

[Cancun]

Not being a macho muscle man actually makes Hader's Barry character _more_ menacing and believable. It's like, if _that_ guy hacked it in the Marines, he must somehow be extra badass. Which fits this role perfectly, usually he is awkward, shy and at times even clumsy, but then when the killing finally happens, he's whipping out a pistol and emptying the mag into THREE guys at once, as natural as breathing. Or, you know, wrestling a man down and choking him to death, up close and personal. Et cetera. And then you keep thinking about him being that scorpion when he is in that acting class with his pushy bitch girlfriend and all those Hollywood wannabes and Henry Winkler as the acting teacher, and none of them have the slightest clue.

[Finnickzfilms]

Bill doesn't need muscles to be attractive, just his laugh makes me want to spend my life with him

[harley]

That “Oh No” at 1:59 always cracks me up. 😂😂😂😂

[mollymakesthings]

Bill has an adorable laugh and I love how happy he is

[courtp]

If you look at his like arms pre barry you can tell he gained a whole lot of arm muscle for the role of barry which is all he really needed.

[winstontroy]

@Bill Hader being former miltary myself military members come in all shapes and it can be tough to tell a person's fitness level just by appearance. Your character is very believable

[babiesporsche]

1:41 "SKWEEKY SKWEEKY" killed me

[workinghoustonian]

lmao, Hader is making his way up my all star guest list right next to Goldblum, Burr, Olyphant, and Arnett.

[yesman]

He actually looked pretty big in Barry.

[katie]

Bill hader is such a genuinely down to earth guy.

[clairerubbelke]

he can mimic any sound effect and voice on earth, and yet he chooses to use "squeaky squeaky" when comparing his arm to a dog toy