Owen Wilson & Ed Helms Answer the Web's Most Searched Questions

Hello, Ed Helms here.

Hi, it's Owen Wilson, and we're doing the Wired Interview.

Autocomplete Interview.

You better believe it.

So should I pull it? Or...

[Woman Off-Camera] You can pull it.

All right.

(jangly music)

(ripping) Is Owen Wilson...

A professional skateboarder?

I think so, yeah. (laughter)

Why not?

I enjoy it, I've seen some Tony Hawk skateboarding...

Have you ever been paid to do it?

(silence)

[Ed] That's a no. Yes.

No, I have been.

No, you had to think about it.

Is Owen Wilson vegan?

Yeah, I try to eat healthy.

(Ed laughs)

So what, vegan means no cheese also, right?

Yeah, no animal products at all.

No honey, no cheese, no dairy. Bacon?

You can have bacon if you're vegan.

Okay, so I'm pretty much vegan.

(ripping) Is Owen Wilson related

to Matthew Mcconaughey?

We are both from Texas, and there's

a brotherhood that exists in people

that went to the University of Texas.

Fraternal order of 'Tejas'.

(Owen laughs)

(ripping)

Is Owen Wilson related to Ellen Degeneres?

Where are you going with this, Google?

Yeah.

I've been on the show a number of times

and there's a chemistry there.

I could see how, wow, it's almost as if

they're related, but in fact we're not.

(ripping) Why is Owen Wilson

uncredited Night at the Museum?

That's Ed Helms.

That's actually, I am credited.

I play the little cowboy Jedidiah.

And you're uncredited in the second one.

Am I?

I think I'm credited.

Okay, well then maybe I'm not credited.

Then, it's my question too.

Why am I? (Ed laughs)

What is Owen Wilson doing now?

Well, I'm playing, I'm playing this game.

I think I'm doing pretty well.

I think you're nailing it.

Except for that vegan question.

Why does Ed Helms always sing?

You and me both, Google.

Well, there's a very good reason for it, and it's that I

♪ have a beautiful singing voice. ♪

[Owen] Does Ed Helms have a brother?

I have an older brother, he lives in Washington, DC

and has a beautiful family, and I love him very much.

Did Ed Helms really lose teeth?

Didn't we all?

Yeah.

But, yes, I get this question all the time.

The missing tooth from the hangover, I never had an

adult tooth come in, I always had a gap there.

So I've always had a fake tooth, and

then for the movie they took it out.

Oh, that's good.

And then put it back in.

How did Ed Helms get fat?

He's not even fat! Or-- get famous.

How did Ed Helms get famous?

This whole day, you've just been wondering

in the back of your head. Come on, you've always--

How am I, okay. You've always been thin.

It's like, I could never say that if you really were.

Ironically, I'm famous for winning

a hot dog eating contest.

(laughs) I was thinking that.

Is this a little bit of a dig?

Am I being overly sensitive?

About how did Ed Helms...

People are like, How did THAT hack get famous?

Oh no, oh no.

I think they are saying, Was it from the Hangover?

Was it from the Daily Show?

The Daily Show was the first thing that sort of put me

on the map, in terms of show business.

But it was kind of a gradual thing, that and The Office,

and then Night at the Museum 2.

Uncredited. Uncredited.

Does Owen Wilson say wow in cars?

I do say it.

Does Owen Wilson say wow in Behind Enemy Lines?

Is that really a question?

I probably do, I bet I probably do.

But I don't know for sure about that one.

Does Owen Wilson say wow in Marley...

For sure, I say it.

Marley in Me.

Ooh, that's a very different movie, Marley 'in' Me.

Marley 'in' me?

Yeah.

I probably do say it in that one.

Give us a-- give us a little 'wow'.

Wow.

How great they are.

Does Owen Wilson say wow in Wedding Crashers?

In Wedding Crashers, I don't.

Absolutely, you do.

Okay.

Does Owen Wilson say wow in Night at the Museum?

There's a little bit of a trend here.

No, I bet I don't as Jedidiah.

In No Escape?

I don't do it there.

But there's a new catchphrase that I began

in No Escape and I've continued in the Father Figure

so if you can identify this new word, this new word

is going to make the old word look like just nothing.

Can I guess?

Yeah.

Is it 'woah'?

(laughs)

Is Ed Helms nice?

Yes.

Is Ed Helms related to James--

Jamie Lissow?

Not to my knowledge, and I don't know who that is.

Is Ed Helms related to Jason Sudeikis?

Also not to my knowledge, though

he is an extremely funny man.

Is Ed Helms a vegetarian?

Wow, the vegan / vegetarian community is

really looking for allies. Yeah, some shout outs.

No, I'm not, I'm not a vegetarian.

What is Ed Helms doing... later tonight?

What am I doing now?

Just, I'm on this press junket right now.

Nice.

And I'm just trying to make the world

a better place, how's that? Good.

What's Owen Wilson's first movie?

Bottlerocket.

Mm-hmm, okay.

What highschool did Owen Wilson go to?

Like, three different...

New Mexico Military Institute.

But that's after St. George.

Yeah, St. Mark's.

St. Mark's.

Yeah, and Thomas Jefferson.

What does Owen Wilson look like?

Well, how about a Golden Retriever?

Can we say that?

(laughs) Yes, we can.

You look like a Golden Retriever.

What does Owen Wilson build in Meet the Parents?

Ooh.

I know this one.

This is one of my favorite lines from that movie.

I'll answer this.

Owen, in Meet the Parents, builds a 'Hoopa'.

A 'hoopa'.

There we go, thank you everybody,

and thank you for playing Wired.

Autofill.

Autowarn.

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