“Louis C.K. thinks that the solution to Rock’s movie problem was obvious in retrospect. ‘His honesty and thoughtfulness and intelligence—it isn’t a good match for just putting a guy up there, building a big premise around him, and raking in the bucks,’ he says. ‘Chris was trying to figure out the formula to make a movie, but all he really needed to do was be who he is onstage.’”
- Louis C.K. reflects on Chris Rock’s movie career and new film Top Five in a new profile in The New Yorker.