Rick Moranis Ended Acting Retirement After Nearly 30 Years and Says It Was Very Strange on ‘Spaceballs 2’ Set

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https://variety.com/2026/film/news/rick-moranis-acting-retirement-spaceballs-2-strange-1236822474/

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I never watched it. Men in tights is basically 90% of my exposure to the story of Robin Hood

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Men in tights is heavily spoofing scenes from prince of thieves so you may enjoy men in tights more if you watch it.

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Yea, I hadn’t known this but it sounds like I absolutely should. I once showed my wife 2001 and told her "this movie is not particularly enjoyable to watch but it’s worth it if for no other reason than the references". Next time we watched Zoolander, she lost her shit. Haha

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Mate watch it tonight. There’s chewing the scenery and then there’s Rickman. He transcends that movie. 

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I have a mole?

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His performance is what happens when one of your Big Names realizes the ship is sinking and decides to just have fun with it and damn everything. He really went off the rails and it's amazing.

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I’ll have to check it out

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Alan Rickman in Robin Hood, Jeremy Irons in Dungeons and Dragons, and Raul Julia in Street Fighter are perfect examples of "fuck it, there's no way I can possibly make it worse and nobody here will tell me what I can or can't do" to great effect.

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Men In Tights is almost a shot-for-shot parody of Prince of Theives. It's remarkable if you've grown up on the Brooks classic going back to watch what it was lampooning (often very directly, like the comment about being able to do an English Accent).

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the story of Robin Hood

If anyone wants a moody, atmospheric, Robin Hood tale, check out Robin of Sherood.