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Ben Stiller's teenage daughter was unimpressed with her dad when he told her he'd cast Justin Bieber in 'Zoolander No. 2'.
In the comedy sequel, the actor is reprising his role as male model Derek Zoolander who becomes a secret agent to investigate who is responsible for murdering the world's 'beautiful people' after all the victims are found with his trademark 'Blue Steel' look etched on their faces.
Justin is among the famous faces to get killed in the flick, and although Ben and his wife Christine Taylor thought their kids, Ella, 13, and Quinlin, 10, would be excited that the pop superstar was in the film their response, especially Ella's, was very muted.
Speaking at the UK premiere of 'Zoolander No. 2' at the Empire Leicester Square in London on Thursday night (02.04.16), Christine said: "Our daughter - who is almost 14 - but of all of the 14 year olds on the planet, she is the one child who is like, 'Dad, I get it, everyone loves Justin Bieber, but I'm not one of them.' "
However, there was one celebrity cameo that Ella was impressed with - Benedict Cumberbatch's appearance as genderless model All.
Christine - who plays Derek Zoolander's on-screen lover Matilda Jeffries - added: "Benedict? Let's not get started. Ella, our daughter, is obsessed with Sherlock, obsessed with Benedict, so Ben's street cred' rose in huge amounts the minute that she found out that Benedict was a part of the movie."
Ben, 50, and Christine, 44, were joined on the special blue carpet at the premiere in London by their co-stars Penelope Cruz, Will Ferrell, Owen Wilson and Kristen Wiig, while famous faces at the event included Natalie Dormer, Jourdan Dunn, Myleene Klass and Anais Gallagher - whose dad is former Oasis rocker Noel Gallagher.

James Franco is set to direct and produce a stripper's Twitter story entitled 'Zola Tells All'.
The 37-year-old actor-turned-filmmaker will develop the true-life tale of Aziah "Zola" Wells, who chronicled a road trip she took with her violent pimp from Detroit to Florida in 148 posts on the social media site.
Her first tweet reads: "Okay listen up. This story long. So I met this white b***h at Hooters... (sic)"
The 20-year-old worked as a waitress in American diner Hooters, where she met her new friend Jessica, and the pair - along with Jessica's boyfriend Jarrett, and Jessica's violent Nigerian pimp named Z - embarked on a somewhat tragic journey.
The tweets that followed gave an account of the murder of a hustler, Jarrett's threat to leap from a four-story window and Jessica being forced to turn tricks.
Franco is working from a script by Andrew Neel and Mike Roberts, but the project is based on an article that was published in November by Rolling Stones journalist David Kushner about the saga, entitled 'Zola Tells All: The Real Story Behind The Greatest Stripper Saga Ever Tweeted'.

Will Ferrell's villainous character Jacobim Mugatu is "twice as psychotic" in 'Zoolander No. 2' .
The 48-year-old actor reprises his role as the evil fashion genius in Ben Stiller's comedy sequel and revealed it was a "thrill" to return to his alter ego, who is so evil he even murders Justin Bieber in the film.
Speaking at the UK premiere of the film at the Empire Leicester Square in London on Thursday night (04.02.16), he said: "It's great to be back. It's great to be here with all these wonderful people. It is a thrill to play the most misunderstood fashion genius Mugatu. In this one I think I'm almost twice as psychotic as I am in the first one. He's been in prison for 16 years, in fashion prison, and he comes back out to seek vengeance on the fashion world."
As well as Bieber, a host of famous faces such as Ariana Grande, Kanye West and Kim Kardashian West all lined up to be killed off by Mugatu for the crime of being "beautiful".
Although Ferrell enjoys lampooning the fashion industry in the film, he actually has a lot of respect for designers and models and the work they do - even if he doesn't always understand it.
He said: "There's a lot of material because on one hand fashion really is an art form you'll watch runways shows and you'll see beautiful items of clothing that you really have a lot of respect for and on the other hand you're like, who would wear that, ever? And why?"
Ferrell was joined on the special blue carpet rolled out for the 'Zoolander No. 2' premiere by his co-stars Penelope Cruz, Owen Wilson, Kristen Wiig and Stiller - who plays titular character Derek Zoolander.
Other stars in attendance included models Jourdan Dunn, Paul Sculfor and Lara Stone, 'Game of Thrones' actress Natalie Dormer, Millie Mackintosh and Kimberley Wyatt.

Drew Barrymore is a "workhorse".
The 'Miss You Already' star insists she is a grafter when it comes to her career but will always put her children - three-year-old Olive and 21-month-old Frankie, who she has with husband Will Kopelman - before her job.
She told Harper's Bazaar magazine: "I'll do my best. I'm a workhorse, I always have been, I always will be. But work is very much second to my kids."
Meanwhile, the 40-year-old actress previously revealed she is terrified of her children getting seriously ill.
She shared: "I first started working with Children's Hospital Los Angeles about three years ago. We wanted to do this kid-centric day with Flower Beauty, but they told us that the mothers don't often get to leave the hospital, so we decided to do an annual Mother's Day event right there. The children can play while their moms get treated to a day of beauty with hair and make-up stations.
"I remember walking into the room of a child who was on a respirator, and the mother and I recognised each other. She had been kind enough to give me and my kids their table in a coffee shop two weeks earlier. Now she was telling me about how one day her daughter was fine and the next she wasn't. It tapped into all my fears as a mother, and I was so moved."

Channing Tatum got tap lessons from his wife Jenna Dewan Tatum for his role in 'Hail Caesar!'.
The 35-year-old hunk dons a pair of tap dancing shoes to play fictional actor Burt Gurney in the Cohen Brothers' latest comedy project which is set in the 50s and boasts a star-studded cast that includes George Clooney, Scarlett Johansson, Ralph Fiennes and Jonah Hill.
Although he proved he had some raunchy moves in the 'Magic Mike' movies, Channing struggled with the light-footed moves for 'Hail Caesar!' but Jenna showed him what to do as she has had - unbeknown to him - years of tap dancing experience.
Channing revealed: "We would do about two to three hours everyday and then I would go home and have Jenna help me. She would watch the [choreography] video with me and then go over it with me and then I would do it.
"This one hit a real nerve with her because she's like, 'What. You're doing what?' I was like, 'Tap dancing.' She's like, 'You don't even (tap)! I'm an amazing tapper.' I was like, 'What?' I didn't even know she could tap because there is not a big huge demand for people who can tap dance."
What's more, Channing - who has two-year-old daughter Everly with actress Jenna - has to sing for the first on screen in the film, but he doesn't know if he can hold a tune as he is "tone deaf" to his own voice.
Asked what he thinks of his singing skills, he told PEOPLE: "I just can't tell. My ears go 'beeeep' like I hear a dog whistle or something. I just can't tell. I think I'm tone deaf to my own voice or something, I can't tell if it's good or not ."

Chris Pratt has been "overwhelmed by feelings of enthusiasm, joy, gratitude, conviviality, camaraderie, elation and exhilaration" since he started working on 'Guardians of the Galaxy 2'.
The 36-year-old actor has just started shooting the Marvel Studios sequel in which he reprises his role as Star-Lord and after getting stuck into the script he is beyond excited about bringing the story to life on the big screen.
In a post on his Instagram account, he shared: "Feels good to be back in action on Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2!!! I can't even tell you how excited I am. Ok I'll try. I'm ecstatic. I'm bursting with joy. I'm overwhelmed by feelings of enthusiasm, joy, gratitude, conviviality, camaraderie, elation, exhilaration. I just used an online thesaurus for these words. I suggest trying that. That way instead of saying 'I'm very excited' say, 'I'm exhilarated.' Never too late to learn words. The pen is mightier than the sword. I never got that. I could whoop someone's ass if I had a sword and they only had a pen. WAIT!!! Now I get it. Cause you could use a giant pen with a dagger on one end? And a gun on the other end? No? Whatever. (sic)"
And Pratt - who has three-year-old son Jack with wife Anna Faris - has jokingly boasted the sci-fi superhero sequel will be the "greatest spectacle film of all time".
He added: "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2. Is going to be the greatest spectacle film of all time. This is not.... bear with me... using online thesaurus..... Hyperbole! This is not hyperbole! (sic)"
As well as the return of Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Michael Rooker and Karen Gillan are all reprising their roles from the first film - which was released in 2014 and was a big box office success - while James Gunn will direct again.

Joe Alaskey who voiced Yosemite Sam, Daffy Duck and Bugs Bunny has died of cancer aged 63.
The Emmy-winning voice artist - who also voiced a host of other Looney Toons classic characters including Sylvester The Cat and Marvin The Martian - passed away in Los Angeles on Wednesday evening (03.02.16).
Joe was born in New York on April 17, 1952 and was the modern voice of Daffy Duck - taking up the mantle from Mel Blanc - but the character that propelled his early career was that of the grumpy cowboy Yosemite Sam who he voiced in Disney's live-action and animation mash-up 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit' in 1988.
From there, Joe portrayed Plucky Duck on 'Tiny Toon Adventures', which ran from 1990 until 1995.
His recognisable vocals gained him plaudits including an Emmy back in 2004 for being the eponymous character in 'Duck Dodgers', with the voice artist once describing the titular hero as "an egotistical, obnoxious duck with his own show".
The New Yorker - who once revealed he sang every day to keep his larynx supple - lent his voice to many characters outside the Warner Bros. fold including Richard Nixon in the 1994 Oscar winning movie 'Forrest Gump' and he played Grandpa Lou Pickles in all three animated 'Rugrats' movies, as well as Stinkie in 'Casper' and Droopy in three 'Tom and Jerry' movies.

Idris Elba wants to star in a musical.
The hunky star has had enough of playing tough guy roles and is ready to shake off his serious side and show off his tuneful side on screen as well as his humour.
He told the Daily Mirror newspaper: "I want to do a musical and a comedy all rolled into one. I'd love to do more comedy, I never get a chance to do that. It could be fun to do something less serious."
Idris rose to fame as Russell 'Stringer' Bell, the fictional drug kingpin on HBO's drama 'The Wire', and followed it up playing a tough talking detective in BBC series 'Luther'.
His manliness was on display again in movies such as 'Pacific Rim', 'Prometheus' and 'Thor: The Dark World' and most recently in Netflix film 'Beasts of No Nation' - which received critical acclaim but was wasn't notably dismissed in all categories at the Oscars.
Meanwhile, Idris has previously admitted he is up for doing "anything" for a part.
The 43-year-old actor - who is also a DJ and has a clothing line with Superdry - said: "If I want to do something, I'll do it - break dancing at the end of a movie trailer, adding a verse on a rap song, racing rally cars. Why not?"

Brenton Thwaites will star in zombie movie 'Office Uprising'.
The 26-year-old Australian actor - who was last seen in Helen Hunt's 'Ride' - has signed up to the Steven C. Miller-directed horror comedy as a lazy office worker who accidentally poisons his colleagues at the arms manufacturing company where he works.
The Ian Shorr and Peter Gamble scripted film sees the slacker turn his corporate drone colleagues into the brain-eating undead.
He's then reluctantly forced to fix the disaster he caused and save his friends within the company compound.
The movie will be produced by The Exchange and boss Brian O'Shea is delighted to get the 26-year-old Australian actor on board the project.
He said: "We are truly excited to have cast Brenton. (He's) a sensational, versatile young leading man who will hit the comedic notes and sell the action."
Brenton is familiar with the horror genre after starring in 'Oculus' and has also appeared in Disney's 'Maleficent' - which starred Angelina Jolie - and sci-fi flicks 'The Signal' and 'The Giver'.
He'll be seen next in 'Gods Of Egypt' - which stars Gerrard Butler - which is out in the UK on February 26 and Brenton has also been cast in 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales'.