Paul Rudd: Fantasy Regular
How much of a fantasy football guy is actor Paul Rudd (40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up)? He built ex-Steelers kicker Craig Colquitt out of LEGOs, changes his team’s name every week and has a wife who might join WAFS.
Here’s the relevant portion of his recent interview with Time Out New York:
TONY: What’s your crowning LEGO achievement?
Paul Rudd: I built a Pittsburgh Steelers football player—number 5, because that was the only number I had enough black left over to do. But that was cool because the Steelers’ kicker, a guy named Craig Colquitt, wore number 5. And the weird thing is, we moved to Kansas when I was ten, and about eight months ago I was visiting my parents, and the guy who lives across the street from their house is the punter for the Kansas City Chiefs—and his name is Dustin Colquitt. He’s Craig’s son! So, Dustin was over at my parents’ house and in an old box I found my Craig Colquitt LEGO player. I showed it to Dustin, who was kind of freaked out, understandably. And then my mom moved something, and it shattered all over the floor.
TONY: Are you as into fantasy sports as your character in Knocked Up is?
Paul Rudd: Yeah. Even before we made that, my wife told me, “You know, I’m so sick of looking at your back!”
TONY: Does that mean you’ve stopped playing?
Paul Rudd: No. In fact, this year for football I just decided that I’ll change the name of my team every week, and it’s NY1 anchors. So week one I was the Pat Kiernans. Week two I was the Annika Pergaments. Week three I was the Lewis Dodleys.
TONY: Are there really enough NY1 anchors to make that system work?
Paul Rudd: Are you kidding me? I haven’t even scratched George Whipple or Budd Mishkin yet.
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