There is no possible response that could compare with the truly demented reality:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYf9BSTpNq8
and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yS14w5AKj34
In short, Leslie Nielsen goes shirtless, goes homicidally rapey and wrestles a bear.
So don't call him Shirley
He had lasagna for dinner.
shareSeriously people, if anyone reading this has not seen Day of the Animals yet, find it quick. In this film Leslie Neilson is a rapist and wrestles a grizzly without his shirt on. It is completely bizarre to think of Frank Drebin doing these things. Well, maybe he might go shirtless if Jane were around.
Great movie that includes the married acting duo Christopher and Lynda Day George, and as a bonus, a Gene Simmons look alike.
He was a serious actor before Airplane & Police Squad.
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Yes, and I have to say it’s my favorite non-comedic role of his.
(At least not intentionally comedic.)
He is a big part of what works in this film — a slow build-up to madness. As he gets hungrier and more sunburned, his baiting of “hot shot” Christopher George slowly ratchets up until he gets decked. That’s believable given the circumstances, but then he unravels completely after leading half the group up to the ranger station. At first they are volunteers, but soon find themselves taking orders from an ex-military madman.
A little hammy?
Maybe — that was Leslie Nielsen.
He later used that to pivot to comedy very successfully.
But here he’s convincing as the growing menace, starting out cocky and arrogant and ending up a psychopath “taking what he wants.” Other than maybe a few shots of him going a few rounds with the bear I find little to criticize. His character added dimension, suspense, and even excitement.
He was the right man for the job, no doubt.