One of the stars of the 2004 comedy Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story looks completely different from her role in the iconic film released two decades ago.
Missi Pyle, 51, played Fran Stalinovskovichdavidovitchsky – a dodgeball player from Romanovia, where the game is the country’s national sport.
The original film follows a group of misfits who enter a dodgeball tournament in Las Vegas to save their beloved local gym Average Joe’s from the attack of Globo Gym, a corporate fitness chain.
Known for her monobrow, Fran is recruited by Ben Stiller’s character, owner White Goodman, to join the team at Globo Gym.
But twenty years later, actress Missi looks nothing like her Dodgeball character, who had wonky teeth, a monobrow and wore her hair in Princess Leia-esque buns.
Missi Pyle (see 2023), one of the stars of the 2004 comedy Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, looks completely different from her role in the iconic film released 20 years ago
Known for her monobrow, Fran is recruited by Ben Stiller’s character, owner White Goodman, to join the team at Globo Gym.
In the years that followed, the hilarious film Missi built up an impressive portfolio of film and TV work, including Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Two Broke Girls.
Most recently, Missi was seen in the 2023 Amazon Prime show Shelter, based on the book by Harlan Coben. The miniseries was canceled after one season.
It comes after it was revealed that Vince Vaughn, who played Average Joe’s Gym owner Pete LaFleur in the original film, would appear in an upcoming Dodgeball sequel made by 20th Century Fox.
Jordan VanDina will write the script for the sequel, Deadline reported, after Rawson Marshall Thurber wrote and directed the first film.
It was not immediately clear whether Rawson, who last directed the 2021 film Red Notice, would be in the director’s chair for the sequel.
Vince, 53, will reprise his role as Peter La Fleur in the sequel to the hit film, which also stars Ben Stiller, Christine Taylor, Justin Long, Stephen Root and the late Rip Torn.
Other notable names who appeared in the original film include Missi, Jason Bateman, Gary Cole, Alan Tudyk, Joel David Moore, Chris Williams, Hank Azaria, Chuck Norris and William Shatner.
In the first film, which grossed $168 million worldwide on a $20 million budget, Globo Gym attempted to buy Average Joe’s.
Twenty years later, actress Missi looks nothing like her Dodgeball character – who had wonky teeth, a monobrow and wore her hair in Princess Leia-esque buns
In the years that followed, the hilarious film Missi (out in 2023) built up an impressive portfolio of film and TV work, including Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Two Broke Girls.
The film culminated with the groups taking part in a $50,000 (£39,760) dodgeball match in Las Vegas.
The second installment in the franchise will “continue the story of Vaughn’s award-winning gym owner,” based on an idea from the actor, according to the outlet.
Thunder spoke to the outlet about revisiting the franchise in 2021 through TV or film projects.
“You know what: never say never,” Thurber said. “I’ve never thought about Dodgeball as a series, but that could be fun.
“I’m really proud of Dodgeball; it’s my first film and something that people still really love, it seems.
‘I would say never say never, and it has to be the right approach. But yeah, maybe.’
In December 2022, Vince confirmed that he and Ben Stiller were open to a sequel, after initially saying that Ben was “wary.”
At a premiere of the comedy Christmas With The Campbells, which Vince co-wrote and produced, he confirmed his and Ben’s interest in a follow-up film, as long as it’s quality material.
It comes after it was revealed that Vince Vaughn, who played Average Joe’s Gym owner Pete LaFleur in the original film, would appear in an upcoming Dodgeball sequel made by 20th Century Fox.
“They’ve always talked about these things and I had an idea that was fun and the studio likes it, so we’ll see where it goes,” Vince shared. The Hollywood Reporter.
“I think Ben is open to it, I think he’s in the same boat as me, which is, if it’s a really fun and great idea then that’s nice, but if it’s just something to do again do it, why?’ Vaughn explained.
Vince believes that sequels can be successful if the screenplay has “a story that can stand on its own.”
“You just want to make sure when you go to Dodgeball that it feels like a nice continuation,” the Wedding Crasher star said.
“I think for all of us, if it feels good and it’s funny, it’s something to come back to, and if it doesn’t, it’s just another idea being bandied about.”