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Look closely and you can make out a theme running through Russell Brand’s major movie roles to date: lascivious rock star, drug-addicted rock star, drunk, rich drunk and an Easter Bunny who would rather be a rock star. But if Brand’s acting career lacks range, he hasn’t suffered for it.
The Easter Bunny — or rather, his rambunctious teenage son E.B., as voiced by Russell Brand — came early this year, as Hop, the kid-friendly mix of live action and cartoonery released by Universal’s new animation unit, earned $38.12 million, according to early studio estimates, to thump the new thrillers Source Code and Insidious and land at the top of the North American box office. But for Hollywood, which has seen severe drops each weekend from the same times last year, the pre-Easter presents have been rotten eggs.