“You are the motherfucking Antichrist!” For many moviegoers, their introduction to Paul Giamatti came in 1997, when the then baby-faced actor screamed this line at the shock jock Howard Stern. In Private Parts, Giamatti plays Stern’s boss at radio station WNBC, a tetchy asshole upon whom Stern bestows the memorable name “Pig Vomit.” Driven mad by Stern’s behavior—including phoning Mrs. Pig Vomit on the air—Giamatti’s character finally absolutely loses his shit. Held back by another executive, eyes bulging, Giamatti delivers the first diatribe in a career that will be filled with them.
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