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PETERSON: [Even] Will’s dog had a little white wig. For some reason, I just remember it being the sleepiest poodle I’ve ever seen in my life. It may have been 102, I don’t have a clue. But it seemed to be the most un-high-strung poodle ever. I think it was just old and didn’t care. As long as Will had him in his arms, he was happy to sleep.

LANSING: We were concerned, but we must have felt the public would respond and that Ben and all the talent associated were big enough stars to get an audience in and that people were ready to go to the movies. JON VOIGHT (“LARRY ZOOLANDER”): I’m a fan of Ben’s. I think he was a very talented guy. When he called me for this thing, I said, “Well, I’d be interested, sure. Let me take a look at it.” I did, and I thought it was a very good script. And I thought the character was an interesting character for me to play. I thought I could make it work. They kept giving it an R rating because of that scene. And Ben really went to bat and said, “Listen, would I ever put my wife in a scene that would be compromising or anything worse than PG-esque?” (Laughs) PETERSON: “We’re doing a movie. Ben Stiller is Derek Zoolander doing this thing. We just want to ask you a couple questions. Talk about how incredible he is, how he’s really good looking.” They fed them a bit, and because they’re all great actors, everyone nailed it.TAYLOR: I can say it because I’m not Ben, but I sometimes think that he can be a little bit ahead of his time when it comes to comedically putting something out there. GABÉ DOPPELT (FASHION STILLS PRODUCER): Joel would come to me to say, “Who’s a famous male model?” And I said, “ Mark Vanderloo is probably the most famous male model right now.” And they thought that was funny and named him Derek Zoolander based on Mark Vanderloo’s name.

HAMBURG: At one point, Ben wanted to star in it and write it and produce it, but didn’t initially want to direct it. ROBIN STANDEFER (PRODUCTION DESIGNER): Ben was working with a production designer and they didn’t really gel. So [art director] Stephen Alesch and I got this sort of clandestine call. And I went and met Ben one night in his office. We just talked about the narrative, the script, and the whole concept of the film. And Stephen and I agreed to take it over. We brought in a whole new crew. A normal prep is maybe three to four months. They were about to start in a month, so we had to really rethink a lot of significant sets. We just worked 24/7. STILLER: We did take the World Trade Center out of the skyline, which I really regretted and made sure it was in for the DVD release. That was the one thing that I really felt bad about. But it was also a decision I made at that moment in time because I felt that was the right thing to do. And in retrospect, I feel like it wasn’t the right thing to do. So I changed it. STANDEFER: The model cemetery was one of the first things we had to shoot. There were literally a hundred painters and carpenters sculpting and building these hedge stones. Like Adonis with a penis. They were so insane. And at that moment, there was some foreshadowing that this was an incredible and funny and ironic send-up of fashion. And it was so timely. I had these flashes of, I think this is going to be epic and an archetype on some level.

FABIO: It was a lot of fun. He directed me to improvise. “Just say whatever.” In one of the scenes, I kind of made fun of Donatella [Versace], but they didn’t use it. Do you want to change the world? Not just with stuff like charity and schools that teach kids how to read good, but actually change it in useful ways, like through fashion? Then this official Mugatu Costume from the cult comedy movie Zoolander is the fashionable ensemble of your dreams! GALLEN: The show itself was not live. It was a taped show. So if a commercial break ran a little bit longer, it wasn’t going to kill anybody.