IFC News Podcast #59: On Selling Out
Monday, January 7, 2008 | 12:00 AM
By Matt Singer and Alison Willmore
IFC News
[Photo: David Cross in "Alvin and the Chipmunks," Twentieth Century Fox Animation, 2007]
Comedian David Cross was sensitive enough about taking a role in "Alvin and the Chipmunks" that he felt the need to defend himself on his blog. But he's hardly the first to take a less than Oscar-winning part for a payout — this week on the IFC News podcast, we list out a few of our favorite respected actors who have shown themselves to be unafraid to star opposite, say, a talking baby.
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