Al Pacino and Neil Patrick Harris are just two actors brave enough to attach their own names when sending up the personas they've built onscreen. Here's some of our other favorites.
The adventurous filmmaker behind "The Messenger" and "Time Out of Mind" on replacing Cate Blanchett in the director's chair for this audacious, incendiary battle of wits between brothers over an incident involving their sons.
The director talks about the sensitivity required for this touching portrait of Stan Laurel (Steve Coogan) and Oliver Hardy (John C. Reilly) in the twilight of their career.