From Trump to Boss Baby, Alec Baldwin is America’s comedy commander-in-chief
Baldwin’s always been funny but he’s recently found himself on a winning streak, with his spoof President Trump and now providing the voice (and the expletives) for DreamWorks’ scheming infant
When the comedy poop hits the fan, count on Alec Baldwin to come to the rescue.
Just ask The Boss Baby director Tom McGrath, who was searching for the perfect expletive while recording the voices for his animated film about a baby with the mind of a sharp businessman. Baldwin, who voices Boss Baby, finally stepped in.
“We had tried all of these exclamations. And Alec just blurted out ‘fartpoopdoody’. It was just perfect,” says McGrath. “What’s great is Alec knows just where the comedy is.”
Baldwin, 58, has always shown he can zero in on the funny, But with Boss Baby hitting cinemas in the midst of Baldwin’s run as impersonator-in-chief for President Donald Trump on Saturday Night Live (he hosted for a record 17th time in February), the actor is showing he’s the true comedy boss. It’s a run that surprises even Baldwin.
“There’s a more typical path you’re on when rounding the corner toward 60 with retirement not far away or at least slowing down,” says Baldwin. “But it’s like the old saying, you make plans and life happens.”
For Baldwin, the comedy resurgence started with his seven-year stint as executive Jack Donaghy on TV’s 30 Rock, making him a natural choice to voice Boss Baby. McGrath even tested his story concept about a business-savvy baby living in a normal household with a demo featuring Baldwin’s voice from his cutthroat role in 1992’s Glengarry Glen Ross dubbed over an adorable animated baby from Megamind.