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Owen Wilson's Secret Skateboarding Career

Ryan Marshall4 skaters recommend it · 4 mentions, 2021 to 2024
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2.8M views · 5 years ago · Other

Short comedy video essay by Ryan Marshall on how Owen Wilson ended up grinding a handrail in Girl's Yeah Right! (2003). Uses footage from that video and covers Spike Jonze's role.

Why skaters like it

Linked in threads asking how Owen Wilson ended up in a Girl video. Commenters point to it as a good explainer on a famous cameo.

“He was baffled by all of the skate lingo, it was like a foreign language to him, he said it was like learning to read Shakespeare.”

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What skaters said on Reddit

u/dream__weaver2024 · 26 points

There's not an actual source from Owen himself, but here's [VIDEO] a good video on it! Spike had discussed it on The Nine Club at some point

u/ChecksIn2022 · 6 points

You could explore the unique ways skateboarders converse. Check out this video [VIDEO] on how the actor Owen Wilson ended up in Pretty Sweet. "He was baffled by all of the skate lingo, it was like a foreign language to him, he said it was like learning to read Shakespeare."

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