Eric plays a sort of washed-up local celebrity, says Gervais, who wrote and directed the film.
Hes on radio but it didnt work out like he thought.
Im a little nerd, I look up to him.
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But our mutual boss, played by Kevin Pollak, he doesnt like him.
As sort of a punishment, he sends him to a skirmish in Ecuador thats building up.
I decide to go with him but I accidentally throw away the tickets and passports.
Then I come up with the idea that we can fake the war.
And were couped up together.
The meat of the film is these two Laurel and Hardy-esque people getting under each others skin.
I thought he was this fantastic, brooding, actor, and an action hero as well.
And I found out hes a putz like me, which is good.
Hes a stupid, big, lumpy idiot, just like me.
But hes got great comic timing.
Special Correspondentsalso stars Vera Farmiga, Kelly Macdonald, America Ferrera, Raul Castillo, and Benjamin Bratt.
