August 11, 2005

Napoleon Dynamite & Liger Popularity Surges

Both ligers and Napoleon Dynamite star Jon Heder have seen a surge in popularity thanks to the indie movie. Ligers are in fact real animals; they're a cross between male lions and female tigers (though the magical powers are, sadly, a myth). While accredited zoos don't breed them, many wild animal parks do, and they've been rather popular lately.

Meanwhile Heder, who had his breakout role as Napoleon, has six movies lined up where he continues to play outcasts. He also hasn't ruled out a return to Napoleon:

"I think it would be fun to do, but it's just gotta be done right, I guess," he continued. "Nothing is written down yet, but I don't know. We'll see what happens. It's been more, like, joked about, but we have no idea."

Heder added that he's not afraid about being typecast as "the nerd."

"I don't mind. It's fun playing a dorky guy — or someone ugly," Heder said. "It's easy playing someone ugly and eccentric."

Posted by kevin at August 11, 2005 6:41 PM

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