Frat Pack

The Frat Pack (sometimes also called " Slacker Pack" ) is the name for a group of Hollywood actors who have worked together since the late 1990s with a string of successful comedy films in a different constellation. For this group, the actor Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Luke Wilson, Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn, Steve Carell and Jack Black are counted regularly.

Origin of the term

The name The Frat Pack is a nod to the legendary The Rat Pack, the Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop belonged. The term " Rat Pack " literally means something like " rat pack ", but is rather meant a "group of villains ". In contrast to this is " Frat " as an abbreviation for American Fraternities, in the German language better known as fraternities and sororities or fraternities.

The term Frat Pack was first used in 1998 by Entertainment Weekly, at the time, however, the designation was the actors Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Edward Norton and Ryan Phillippe, who were declared as the new generation of Hollywood. Permanently, the term, however, manifested only in June 2004, after the USA Today in an article in relation to the movie Old School - We make absolutely miss a thing (2003) with Luke Wilson, Will Ferrell and Vince Vaughn had used and they soon had been taken up by other media.

The actors of the Frat Pack even stressed on numerous occasions that the group is a pure invention of the media and denied any understandings with respect to the monopolization of the comedy landscape of Hollywood. The only reason for the frequent cooperation was their close friendship private.

Members

Owen Wilson

Luke Wilson

Will Ferrell

Vince Vaughn

Steve Carell

Jack Black

The group originally consisted of seven actors: Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Luke Wilson, Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn, Steve Carell and Jack Black. Over time, the circle is extended to the original Frat Pack and there were also actors like Jason Bateman, Paul Rudd, Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill, John C. Reilly, Justin Long and Jon Favreau to the group.

It is true that actresses like Malin Akerman, Amy Poehler or Kristen Bell are separated counted to The Frat Pack, as they were involved in one or more films of the troops, but the proportion of women in the group is significantly lower.

As Frat Packagers directors, producers or screenwriters are referred to that have repeatedly contributed to Frat Pack movies. These include, inter alia, Judd Apatow, Todd Phillips, Wes Anderson and Adam McKay.

Filmography

There is no movie in which all seven original Frat Pack members have played. After playing six of them together in Anchorman - The Legend of Ron Burgundy, only Owen Wilson has no appearance in the film.

Christina Applegate, Kristen Wiig, Tina Fey, Amy Pöhle