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How we made Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure

“Because of our theatre backgrounds, we approached the characters in the same way. At that time, everything was “method” in terms of the sincerity with which you’d look at your character. We were both marrying a clownish-type theatricality with this sincere take. We tried to find the distinctions between them. There’s more of a floppiness to Ted, whereas Bill is making more of a concerted effort to attack the world – but he’s failing completely. It might’ve been why Keanu and I clicked on camera. Often the other actors auditioning would be lampooning Bill and Ted; we were genuinely trying to be in their heads.”

– Alex Winter, Bill S. Preston Esquire. I love this observation. There is more of a floppiness to Ted.