Curtis Armstrong, the iconic ’80s actor who played Booger in Revenge of the Nerds and Charles DeMar in Better Off Dead, returns to the small screen tomorrow (Saturday, November 17) at 4 p.m. on The Hub as the star of Dan Vs., a surreal revenge comedy that sees the titular Dan (Armstrong) and his friends Chris (Dave Foley, Kids in the Hall) and Elise (Paget Brewster, Criminal Minds) go on over-the-top quests for petty vengeance against the things Dan believes to have wronged him.The show has tackled everything from legitimate sources of stress like traffic and family Thanksgiving to the more absurd, like New Mexico or The Wolfman. It’s somewhat shocking, really, that tomorrow’s episode–“Dan Vs. Anger Management” is an idea that’s taken so long to hit the airwaves.Armstrong joined ComicBook.com to talk about the method of going from the soft-spoken, good-humored man we interviewed to the vamping, ranting maniac at the heart of Dan Vs.
One of the interesting thing of course is that he takes everyday irritations and blows them into these outrageous proportions to where they’re on the scope of an action movie.
I always just assumed the Canada thing was for [co-star Dave Foley’s] benefit, honestly.
Well, and we talked to Paget Brewster about the fact that all three of the principals in this animated show use your same voice, which is an interesting choice for an animated series.
Dan Vs.
Dan Vs.
It’s also interesting to me that while Dan is clinically insane, and a danger to himself and others–
–He’s still more of a functioning adult than many of the other characters you’ve played. I mean, I can’t imagine Charles DeMar getting a job.
But I can see Dan holding a seat in the Senate for six months if at the end of it he got to drop a bomb on somebody he thought had wronged him.
See, can you think of anything that you’d have a really hard time hating, or is it all just acting?
Is it fun to step into that insanity? I would think it’s cathartic.
Paget was saying that when you record together, you will get into Dan mode and you’ll shoot her a look if you blow a line or something.
You said you’ve looked forward to season three a little bit. Are there any particualrly absurd things you have to get angry at this time?
