John C. Reilly Reveals Those 'Stepbrothers' Farts Were Real!

John C. Reilly suited up to stop by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Thursday night (December 19) and detailed how legends of John Malkovich‘s method acting influenced the farts in Stepbrothers.

“I was doing Stepbrothers and there was a couple scenes where I needed to fart and I did it on command, on camera, actual farts,” the 53-year-old actor revealed. “I thought I’ve gotten to a Malkovich level now because I can control my bodily functions for my acting.”

John also talked about how his musical theater background led him to star in Chicago and promoted his upcoming film Stan & Ollie, which follows the story of the world’s most famous comedy duo, Laurel and Hardy.